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Discover Financial Services Ownership | Who Owns Discover Financial Services?

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Discover Financial Services Ownership Summary

Discover Financial Services is owned by 84.25% institutional investors, 0.70% insiders, and 15.05% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 12.37% of DFS shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 3.14% of its assets in Discover Financial Services shares.

DFS Ownership Benchmark

TypeName% Inst% Insiders% Retail
StockDiscover Financial Services84.25%0.70%15.05%
SectorFinancial Services Stocks 40.08%14.24%45.69%
IndustryCredit Services Stocks39.92%8.89%51.19%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

HolderShares% HoldingValue
Vanguard group31.05M12.37%$5.38B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de21.77M8.67%$3.77B
Capital world investors19.50M7.77%$3.38B
State street10.80M4.30%$1.87B
Fmr7.55M3.01%$1.31B
Geode capital management6.24M2.49%$1.08B
Boston partners4.81M1.92%$837.56M
Norges bank4.18M1.67%$724.72M
Dimensional fund advisors lp3.16M1.26%$546.82M
Invesco2.97M1.19%$515.27M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

HolderShares% AssetsValue
Vazirani asset management25.62K13.77%$4.44M
Sessa capital im1.78M11.03%$307.68M
Brave warrior advisors2.52M10.88%$437.23M
Alpine associates management864.16K9.08%$149.70M
One fin capital management lp100.00K7.49%$17.32M
14b captial management lp94.00K7.09%$16.28M
Khrom capital management349.06K6.85%$60.47M
Lb partners46.35K6.02%$8.03M
Bruni j v & co /co303.33K5.95%$52.55M
Clearalpha technologies lp40.87K4.85%$7.08M

Top Buyers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Norges bank4.18M0.10%4.18M
C2p capital advisory group, llc d.b.a. prosperity capital advisors2.03M4.26%2.03M
Ubs group2.13M0.07%1.20M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de21.77M0.08%1.13M
Invesco2.97M0.10%826.29K

Top Sellers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Southpoint capital advisors lp---1.50M
Capital world investors19.50M0.51%-1.39M
Hotchkis & wiley capital management7.04K0.00%-1.19M
Cooke & bieler lp---1.03M
Brave warrior advisors2.52M10.88%-930.74K

New Positions

HolderShares% AssetsChangeValue
Norges bank4.18M0.10%4.18M$724.72M
C2p capital advisory group, llc d.b.a. prosperity capital advisors2.03M4.26%2.03M$50.48M
Third point640.00K1.49%640.00K$110.87M
Empyrean capital partners, lp583.00K4.61%583.00K$100.99M
Rokos capital management llp561.67K0.97%561.67K$97.36M

Sold Out

HolderChange
Mendota financial group-1.00
Evolution advisers-10.00
Claris advisors, llc / mo /-11.00
Plante moran financial advisors-28.00
Jaffetilchin investment partners-46.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

DateHoldingsChange %SharesChange %OwnershipChange %Increased PositionChange %Decreased PositionChange %
Dec 31, 20241,1636.50%211,467,2601.37%841.22%5269.58%39913.03%
Sep 30, 20241,0873.13%208,570,713-1.93%831.16%47814.63%350-7.41%
Jun 30, 20241,054-1.22%212,679,2352.04%841.22%417-6.29%378-5.26%
Mar 31, 20241,0674.10%208,421,032-4.22%831.10%445-7.68%39918.40%
Dec 31, 20231,0258.24%217,594,6613.39%871.23%48219.60%337-2.03%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

HolderShares% HoldingChange
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv7.88M3.14%15.62K
American Funds Washington Mutual A7.56M3.01%-
Capital Group Wash Mutual Invtrs Comp7.56M3.01%-
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust6.92M2.75%116.15K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional5.40M2.15%801.00
American Funds American Balanced A4.02M1.60%-
Capital Group Growth Fnd of Amer Comp3.30M1.31%-1.33M
American Funds Growth Fund of Amer A3.30M1.31%-1.33M
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust3.13M1.24%12.58K
Fidelity 500 Index3.12M1.24%14.24K

Recent Insider Transactions

DateNameRoleActivityValue
Jan 26, 2024Greene John EVP, Chief Financial OfficerSell$3.75M
Mar 03, 2023Eichfeld Robert Andrew EVP - Chief HR & Admin OfficerSell$1.54M
Feb 02, 2023Minetti Carlos EVP, Pres. - Consumer BankingSell$826.00K
Feb 01, 2023Minetti Carlos EVP, Pres. - Consumer BankingSell$809.55K
Dec 07, 2022Moskow Michael H-Sell$135.68K

Insider Transactions Trends

DateBuySell
2024 Q2--
2024 Q1-1
2023 Q3--
2023 Q2--
2023 Q1-3

DFS Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Discover Financial Services?

Discover Financial Services shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 84.25%, followed by 0.70% insiders and 15.05% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Discover Financial Services's industry, Credit Services Stocks, is 39.92%, which Discover Financial Services exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Discover Financial Services?

Discover Financial Services’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (31.05M shares, 12.37%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (21.77M shares, 8.67%), and Capital world investors (19.5M shares, 7.77%). Together, they hold 28.81% of Discover Financial Services’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Discover Financial Services?

BlackRock is not among the top 10 institutional shareholders of Discover Financial Services.

Who is Discover Financial Services’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Vazirani asset management is Discover Financial Services’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 13.77% of its assets in 25.62K Discover Financial Services shares, valued at 4.44M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Discover Financial Services shares?

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Discover Financial Services shares, with 3.14% of its total shares outstanding invested in 7.88M Discover Financial Services shares.

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