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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 80.75% institutional investors, 0.16% insiders, and 19.10% retail investors. Fmr is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 3.01% of DFS shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 3.21% of its assets in Discover Financial Services shares.

DFS Ownership Benchmark

TypeName% Inst% Insiders% Retail
StockDiscover Financial Services80.75%0.16%19.10%
SectorFinancial Services Stocks 51.64%15.54%32.82%
IndustryCredit Services Stocks53.72%9.31%36.97%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

HolderShares% HoldingValue
Fmr7.55M3.01%$1.31B
Norges bank4.18M1.67%$724.72M
Goldman sachs group1.78M0.71%$308.47M
Millennium management1.69M0.68%$293.48M
Nuveen asset management1.37M0.54%$236.57M
Hsbc1.17M0.47%$202.43M
Alliancebernstein666.35K0.27%$115.43M
Bnp paribas arbitrage, snc623.13K0.25%$107.94M
California state teachers retirement system426.13K0.17%$73.82M
Royal bank of canada356.21K0.14%$61.70M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

HolderShares% AssetsValue
Phase 2 partners22.29K2.90%$3.86M
Discovery capital management, llc / ct140.90K1.66%$24.41M
Caxton associates lp219.24K1.20%$37.98M
Boussard & gavaudan investment management llp82.82K1.19%$14.28M
Wellington wealth strategies, llc.1.40K0.24%$265.58K
Fruth investment management4.00K0.19%$692.00K
Skopos labs3.30K0.17%$572.18K
Kentucky retirement systems insurance trust fund16.96K0.16%$949.00K
Keeley-teton advisors7.33K0.15%$1.27M
Millennium management1.69M0.14%$293.48M

Top Buyers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Norges bank4.18M0.10%4.18M
Nuveen asset management1.37M0.07%443.52K
Goldman sachs group1.78M0.05%244.46K
Caxton associates lp219.24K1.20%219.24K
Discovery capital management, llc / ct140.90K1.66%140.90K

Top Sellers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Vanguard group---31.15M
Capital world investors---20.69M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de---20.59M
State street---10.93M
Geode capital management---6.40M

New Positions

HolderShares% AssetsChangeValue
Norges bank4.18M0.10%4.18M$724.72M
Caxton associates lp219.24K1.20%219.24K$37.98M
Discovery capital management, llc / ct140.90K1.66%140.90K$24.41M
Group one trading8.48K0.00%8.48K$1.47B
Madison investment advisors2.84K0.01%2.84K$492.67K

Sold Out

HolderChange
Mendota financial group-1.00
Kohmann bosshard financial services-2.00
Global wealth strategies & associates-2.00
Vista private wealth partners.-3.00
Copeland capital management-5.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

DateHoldingsChange %SharesChange %OwnershipChange %Increased PositionChange %Decreased PositionChange %
Mar 31, 20251,180-1.67%203,480,702-4.17%801.13%507-7.31%4335.35%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

HolderShares% HoldingChange
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv8.07M3.21%133.67K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF7.97M3.17%43.01K
American Funds Washington Mutual A7.54M3.00%-15.10K
Capital Group Wash Mutual Invtrs Comp7.54M3.00%-15.10K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust7.09M2.82%113.51K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional5.47M2.17%52.33K
American Funds American Balanced A4.02M1.60%-
American Funds Growth Fund of Amer A3.29M1.31%-5.50K
Capital Group Growth Fnd of Amer Comp3.29M1.31%-5.50K
Fidelity 500 Index3.15M1.25%3.89K

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
2025 Q2--
2025 Q1--
2024 Q4--
2024 Q3--
2024 Q2--

DFS Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Discover Financial Services?

Discover Financial Services shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 80.75%, followed by 0.16% insiders and 19.09% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Discover Financial Services's industry, Credit Services Stocks, is 53.72%, which Discover Financial Services exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Discover Financial Services?

Discover Financial Services’s largest shareholders are Fmr (7.55M shares, 3.01%), Norges bank (4.18M shares, 1.67%), and Goldman sachs group (1.78M shares, 0.71%). Together, they hold 5.39% 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?

Phase 2 partners is Discover Financial Services’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 2.90% of its assets in 22.28K Discover Financial Services shares, valued at 3.86M$.

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 3.21% of its total shares outstanding invested in 8.07M Discover Financial Services shares.

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