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Discover Financial Services (DFS)On Oct 7: 23.41  Down 0.58 (2.42%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:12.87B
Enterprise Value (Oct 8, 2011)3:26.99B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):6.24
Forward P/E (fye Nov 30, 2012)1:7.29
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:0.60
Price/Sales (ttm):2.29
Price/Book (mrq):1.61
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:4.68
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:N/A
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Nov 30
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Aug 31, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):35.80%
Operating Margin (ttm):57.38%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):3.28%
Return on Equity (ttm):29.24%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):5.76B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):10.58
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):69.20%
Gross Profit (ttm):N/A
EBITDA (ttm)6:N/A
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):2.04B
Diluted EPS (ttm):3.75
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):149.00%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):4.01B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):7.30
Total Debt (mrq):17.82B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):222.56
Current Ratio (mrq):1.40
Book Value Per Share (mrq):14.88
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):3.98B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):N/A
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Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.54
52-Week Change3:38.11%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-0.83%
52-Week High (Jul 7, 2011)3:27.92
52-Week Low (Oct 11, 2010)3:16.76
50-Day Moving Average3:24.52
200-Day Moving Average3:24.47
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:7,784,840
Avg Vol (10 day)3:10,061,300
Shares Outstanding5:549.64M
Float:544.70M
% Held by Insiders1:0.40%
% Held by Institutions1:85.20%
Shares Short (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:12.91M
Short Ratio (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:1.90
Short % of Float (as of Sep 15, 2011)3:N/A
Shares Short (prior month)3:9.78M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.24
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:1.00%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.20
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.80%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:4.00%
Dividend Date3:Oct 19, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Oct 4, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:N/A
Last Split Date3:N/A

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Aug 31, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Aug 31, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Aug 31, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Nov 30, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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