DFS Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own DFS shares is 1411, representing 86.06% of the company's common stock.

HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in DFS by -1.3% restricting it's holding to 1.25 million shares of worth nearly $163.55M. CREDIT SUISSE AG/ also lessened -5.44% of the DFS shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 412.23 thousand shares of worth $54.04M. COOKE & BIELER LP also shunned DFS shares holding by -8.95% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.22 million shares worth $159.85M.

As per its latest 13F filing, MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ increased its stake in DFS by 8.95% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 1.17 million shares having worth more than $153.89M. UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC also added 0.68% more shares of DFS to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1.17 million shares of worth $153.40M. KBC GROUP NV also increased its DFS shares holding by 205.54% which brought its holding to 1.12 million shares worth $147.07M.

The insider with the most stakes in DFS is NELMS DAVID W , Executive Officer at the company. Additionally, DFS stock is highly held by CEO and President HOCHSCHILD ROGER C and EVP, Pres. - Consumer Banking Minetti Carlos among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.58% percent of Discover Financial Services's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which DFS insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include GREENE JOHN, EICHFELD ROBERT ANDREW, and MINETTI CARLOS.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Discover Financial Services insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 0 Discover Financial Services shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.58% of DFS stock.

DFS Executive Officer, NELMS DAVID W holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. DFS shares owned by NELMS total nearly 970.89 thousand.

HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC is the largest institutional owner in DFS which holds 1.25 million shares worth $163.55M or 0.5% of the total DFS shares outstanding followed by CREDIT SUISSE AG/ with ownership of 412.23 thousand shares representing 0.16% of the DFS ownership. COOKE & BIELER LP is the third largest stakeholder with 1.22 million shares or 0.49% of the ownership worth more than $159.85M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the DFS is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of DFS shares short is 2.98M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 251.31M shares of DFS are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, DFS has 249.24M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for DFS is 2.42.