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Discover Financial Services is a direct banking and payment services company. It provides direct banking services, payment services, credit card loans, private student loans, personal loans, home equity loans and deposit products. The company also operates the Discover Network, the PULSE network and Diners Club International, collectively known as the Discover Global Network. The Discover Network processes transactions for Discover-branded credit and debit cards and provides payment transaction processing and settlement services. PULSE operates an electronic funds transfer network, providing financial institutions issuing debit cards on the PULSE network with access to ATMs domestically and internationally, as well as merchant acceptance throughout the U.S. for debit card transactions. Diners Club is a global payments network of licensees, which are generally financial institutions, that issue Diners Club branded charge cards and/or provide card acceptance services.

TypePublic
Founded1985
HQRiverwoods, IL, USMap
Websitediscover.com
Employee Ratings3.9More
Overall CultureBMore
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Employees (est.) (Dec 2019)17,200(+4%)
Revenue (FY, 2019)$2 B(+3%)
Share Price (Jan 2021)$97 (+2%)
Cybersecurity ratingBMore

Key People/Management at Discover

Wanji Walcott

Wanji Walcott

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
Jen Wong

Jen Wong

Director – Risk Oversight Committee
Roger C. Hochschild

Roger C. Hochschild

Director, Chief Executive Officer and President
Jeffrey S. Aronin

Jeffrey S. Aronin

Director - Compensation and Leadership Development Committee
John T. Greene

John T. Greene

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Gregory C. Case

Gregory C. Case

Director - Compensation and Leadership Development Committee (Chair)
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Discover Office Locations

Discover has offices in Riverwoods, Houston, Lake Zurich, Naperville and in 7 other locations
Riverwoods, IL, US (HQ)
2500 Lake Cook Rd
Houston, TX, US
Houston, TX, USA
Lake Zurich, IL, US
1 Corporate Dr Ste 360
Naperville, IL, US
2012 Corporate Ln
New Albany, OH, US
6500 New Albany Rd E
New Castle, DE, US
12 Reads Way
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Discover Financials and Metrics

Discover Revenue

Discover's revenue was reported to be $2 b in FY, 2019
USD

Revenue (Q3, 2020)

449.0m

Net income (Q3, 2020)

771.0m

Market capitalization (13-Jan-2021)

29.7b

Closing stock price (13-Jan-2021)

97.0

Cash (30-Sept-2020)

9.5b

EV

42.1b
Discover's current market capitalization is $29.7 b.
Annual
USDFY, 2010FY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019

Revenue

2.1b2.2b2.3b9.4b9.6b10.0b10.5b1.9b2.0b2.0b

Revenue growth, %

3%4%5%

Cost of goods sold

1.1b1.1b1.3b1.4b

Gross profit

8.2b8.5b8.7b9.1b
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2010Q3, 2010Q1, 2011Q2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q1, 2020Q2, 2020Q3, 2020

Revenue

512.8m564.1m562.6m543.8m552.0m549.5m533.1m594.3m582.0m611.0m553.0m515.0m583.0m552.0m542.0m539.0m503.0m474.0m465.0m476.0m447.0m481.0m475.0m475.0m474.0m501.0m458.0m520.0m498.0m490.0m472.0m449.0m

Sales and marketing expense

98.0m130.5m135.7m124.2m133.4m131.4m119.0m160.5m169.0m185.0m174.0m169.0m168.0m182.0m182.0m199.0m168.0m162.0m198.0m195.0m168.0m192.0m203.0m185.0m224.0m218.0m195.0m224.0m230.0m231.0m129.0m140.0m

R&D expense

63.1m62.4m64.7m66.6m63.5m70.5m71.4m68.8m78.0m85.0m81.0m84.0m87.0m87.0m88.0m90.0m84.0m88.0m89.0m81.0m80.0m77.0m78.0m82.0m86.0m89.0m99.0m101.0m96.0m114.0m117.0m111.0m

Operating expense total

215.3m259.0m274.5m282.6m276.4m313.5m370.2m424.2m340.0m414.0m373.0m355.0m362.0m373.0m391.0m425.0m361.0m357.0m393.0m385.0m350.0m366.0m389.0m382.0m399.0m415.0m404.0m442.0m453.0m469.0m417.0m357.0m
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Annual
USDFY, 2010FY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019

Cash

5.1b2.8b3.9b6.6b7.3b9.6b11.9b13.3b13.3b6.9b

Accounts Receivable

45.5b55.1b59.3b65.8b70.0b72.4b77.3b81.6b87.5b92.5b

PP&E

460.7m483.3m534.0m654.0m670.0m693.0m734.0m825.0m936.0m1.1b

Goodwill

255.4m255.4m286.0m284.0m257.0m255.0m255.0m255.0m255.0m255.0m
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2010Q3, 2010Q1, 2011Q2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q1, 2020Q2, 2020Q3, 2020

Cash

10.3b7.9b5.2b3.8b4.0b6.3b5.1b6.2b8.1b5.7b5.6b8.7b6.9b7.4b11.8b10.6b10.3b12.1b10.6b12.1b15.2b13.0b13.2b17.0b15.3b16.0b15.2b10.3b6.1b10.0b15.1b9.5b

Accounts Receivable

46.1b46.4b48.6b51.8b54.3b55.2b57.5b58.8b60.1b61.1b62.3b64.3b65.7b65.9b67.3b68.3b68.4b70.0b71.5b73.6b75.6b77.9b80.0b82.0b84.0b85.6b87.0b89.2b

PP&E

469.0m456.9m459.0m471.1m465.9m486.5m492.4m519.6m572.0m607.0m639.0m668.0m665.0m661.0m678.0m688.0m684.0m706.0m708.0m722.0m750.0m774.0m800.0m848.0m874.0m896.0m980.0m1.0b1.0b1.1b1.1b1.1b

Goodwill

255.4m255.4m255.4m255.4m255.4m255.4m255.4m287.0m286.0m284.0m284.0m284.0m284.0m284.0m257.0m255.0m255.0m255.0m255.0m255.0m255.0m255.0m255.0m255.0m255.0m255.0m255.0m255.0m255.0m255.0m255.0m255.0m
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Annual
USDFY, 2010FY, 2011FY, 2012FY, 2013FY, 2014FY, 2015FY, 2016FY, 2017FY, 2018FY, 2019

Net Income

764.8m2.2b2.3b2.5b2.3b2.3b2.4b2.1b2.7b3.0b

Depreciation and Amortization

64.0m59.7m63.0m395.0m435.0m436.0m

Accounts Payable

(269.0m)73.0m162.0m234.0m

Cash From Operating Activities

3.9b3.6b3.0b3.5b3.8b3.9b4.4b5.2b5.2b6.2b
Quarterly
USDQ2, 2010Q3, 2010Q1, 2011Q2, 2011Q3, 2011Q1, 2012Q2, 2012Q3, 2012Q1, 2013Q2, 2013Q3, 2013Q1, 2014Q2, 2014Q3, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017Q3, 2017Q1, 2018Q2, 2018Q3, 2018Q1, 2019Q2, 2019Q3, 2019Q1, 2020Q2, 2020Q3, 2020

Net Income

154.5m415.1m464.9m1.1b1.7b631.0m1.2b1.8b673.0m1.3b1.9b631.0m1.3b1.9b586.0m1.2b1.8b575.0m1.2b1.8b564.0m1.1b1.7b666.0m1.3b2.1b726.0m1.5b2.2b(61.0m)(429.0m)342.0m

Depreciation and Amortization

37.5m57.9m(21.0m)(53.5m)66.3m23.0m46.6m70.9m25.0m56.0m247.0m90.0m181.0m274.0m95.0m193.0m291.0m84.0m176.0m262.0m93.0m188.0m289.0m107.0m216.0m326.0m99.0m202.0m315.0m123.0m246.0m362.0m

Cash From Operating Activities

2.4b2.7b1.3b2.3b2.8b1.0b1.5b2.2b1.5b2.1b2.5b1.1b1.8b2.8b1.1b1.7b2.8b1.2b1.8b3.1b1.0b2.0b3.6b1.2b2.8b4.4b2.3b3.9b4.7b1.7b3.3b4.6b

Purchases of PP&E

(17.5m)(29.5m)(15.6m)(49.9m)(70.1m)(26.4m)(56.0m)(104.7m)(59.0m)(117.0m)(177.0m)(43.0m)(73.0m)(102.0m)(41.0m)(88.0m)(119.0m)(46.0m)(86.0m)(132.0m)(47.0m)(103.0m)(161.0m)(58.0m)(118.0m)(177.0m)(82.0m)(151.0m)(212.0m)(59.0m)(153.0m)(206.0m)
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USDQ2, 2010

Financial Leverage

10.3 x
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Discover Operating Metrics

Discover's Total Loans was reported to be $78b in Q2, 2017. Discover's Transaction Volume was reported to be $83.5b in Q2, 2017.
FY, 2014Q1, 2015Q2, 2015Q3, 2015FY, 2015Q1, 2016Q2, 2016Q3, 2016FY, 2016Q1, 2017Q2, 2017

Transactions

6.30 b1.48 b1.50 b1.49 b5.92 b1.33 b1.39 b1.41 b5.58 b1.37 b1.51 b

Transaction Volume

$321.74 b$77.56 b$78.56 b$77.44 b$312.40 b$73.57 b$76.55 b$76.32 b$306.58 b$76.97 b$83.45 b

Total Loans

$70 b$67.60 b$69 b$70.10 b$72.40 b$70.30 b$71.90 b$73.60 b$77.30 b$75.90 b$78 b

Countries

185 185 185
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Discover Revenue Breakdown

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Discover revenue breakdown by business segment: 97.4% from Direct Banking and 2.6% from Other

Discover Cybersecurity Score

Cybersecurity ratingPremium dataset

B

81/100

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Discover Company Culture

  • Overall Culture

    B

    71/100

  • CEO Rating

    A+

    77/100

  • Compensation

    B

    73/100

  • Diversity

    C

    64/100

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Discover News and Updates

October 22, 2020

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September 16, 2019

Greene named CFO of Discover Financial Services

Discover Financial Services said Sept. 13 that John T. Greene was named executive vice president, chief financial officer and a member of the company’s executive committee effective Sept. 18. Greene succeeds R. Mark Graf, who will remain with the company as an executive adviser until his retirement …
July 19, 2019

Discover Financial Services Names Jennifer L. Wong to Board of Directors

RIVERWOODS, Ill.--( )-- Discover Financial Services announced today that Jennifer L. Wong, chief operating officer at Reddit, Inc., has joined the company’s Board of Directors.read more
July 09, 2018

Why I No Longer Hold Discover Financial Services

April 26, 2018

Discover Financial Services (DFS) Q1 2018 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

April 26, 2018

Discover Financial Services 2018 Q1 - Results - Earnings Call Slides

Discover Blogs

October 20, 2020

How to Save More Money in the Stay-at-Home Economy by Focusing on What Matters Most

Have you been spending lots of time at home? Creating a household budget can help you get a handle on where you’re spending—and where you can find ways to save. The post How to Save More Money in the Stay-at-Home Economy by Focusing on What Matters Most appeared first on Discover Bank - Banking Top…
October 06, 2020

4 Quarantine Money Lessons to Turn New Habits into Long-term Savings Strategies

The COVID-19 pandemic transformed spending behaviors overnight. Here are some post-lockdown smart savings tips to take from quarantine. The post 4 Quarantine Money Lessons to Turn New Habits into Long-term Savings Strategies appeared first on Discover Bank - Banking Topics Blog.
October 02, 2020

How to Prepare for the End of Your Unemployment Benefits

If you’re nearing the end of your unemployment benefits, don’t worry. Here are your options for what to do when your unemployment runs out. The post How to Prepare for the End of Your Unemployment Benefits appeared first on Discover Bank - Banking Topics Blog.
September 30, 2020

How to Handle a Pay Cut: Budgeting in Uncertain Times

Are you stressed by an income reduction? Try these budgeting tips to survive a pay cut and thrive during this challenging time. The post How to Handle a Pay Cut: Budgeting in Uncertain Times appeared first on Discover Bank - Banking Topics Blog.
September 03, 2020

Planning a Home Office? Check Out These Budget-Friendly Tips

When you’re setting up a home office for remote work, keep these key principles from ergonomic experts in mind. Your body—and your productivity—will thank you. The post Planning a Home Office? Check Out These Budget-Friendly Tips appeared first on Discover Bank - Banking Topics Blog.
August 07, 2020

How to Find a Job in a Recession: Smart Strategies for Experienced Professionals and New Grads

Whether you’ve lost your job or are a recent graduate entering the workforce, these tips from career experts can help you pursue career opportunities during a recession. The post How to Find a Job in a Recession: Smart Strategies for Experienced Professionals and New Grads appeared first on Discove…
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 Discover Frequently Asked Questions

  • When was Discover founded?

    Discover was founded in 1985.

  • Who are Discover key executives?

    Discover's key executives are Wanji Walcott, Jen Wong and Roger C. Hochschild.

  • How many employees does Discover have?

    Discover has 17,200 employees.

  • What is Discover revenue?

    Latest Discover annual revenue is $2 b.

  • What is Discover revenue per employee?

    Latest Discover revenue per employee is $116 k.

  • Who are Discover competitors?

    Competitors of Discover include Capital One, Mastercard and Ally Financial.

  • Where is Discover headquarters?

    Discover headquarters is located at 2500 Lake Cook Rd, Riverwoods.

  • Where are Discover offices?

    Discover has offices in Riverwoods, Houston, Lake Zurich, Naperville and in 7 other locations.

  • How many offices does Discover have?

    Discover has 12 offices.