Discover Financial Services (DFS)

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Discover Financial Services Beneish M-Score: -3.567

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DFS Beneish M-Score Rankings

Overall 91st percentile 306 of 3761
Sector 77th percentile 152 of 675 in Financial
Industry 75th percentile 4 of 16 in Credit Services

DFS Beneish M-Score Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum -4.200 Nov 2010
Maximum -3.278 Nov 2007
Average -3.703

About Beneish M Score

The Beneish M Score helps to uncover companies who are likely to be manipulating their reported earnings. Companies with a higher score are more likely to be manipulators. This is a probabilistic model, so it will not detect manipulators with 100% accuracy.

The best cut-off point depends on the costs mistakenly classifying in one of two ways:

1) Classifying firm that is manipulating earnings as a non-manipulator (Type I error), and
2) Classifying a firm as a manipulator when it actually was not manipulating (Type II Error).

Here are optimal cut-offs according to Beneish, presented as the score followed by the cost of Type I error relative to cost of Type II error):

M Score HTML Table:

ScoreRelative Error Costs
(Type I:Type II)
M Score > -1.49 (10:1)
M Score > -1.78 (20:1)
M Score > -1.89 (40+:1)


Beneish excluded financial institutions from his sample when calculating the M-Score, so extreme care should be taken when looking at M-Scores of financial firms - their business models are different from the manufacturing and other service firms that Beneish used in his study.

If you want more details, here is the original Beneish M Score Paper, or you can learn about our calculation by clicking "Learn More" below.

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DFS News

some interesting longer term charts $WMB $V $TYC $FMC $CBS $CBE $DFS
about 6 days ago by carsondahlberg
3 Reasons to Sell American Express
May 22, 11:57AM Fool
Listen to $DFS Discover Financial Services at Deutsche Bank Global Financial Ser - live at 04:40 PM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3vMG
about 7 days ago by earningscast
RT @geckojb Current Top 10 in my RS Scan: $ROST $HAIN $DFS $HIBB $DLTR $TSCO $DDS $CERN $ORLY $TCBI
about 7 days ago by rheetta
$DFS best cc co. and cheaper undervalued stock then $V or Mastercard plus pays a nice div
about 10 days ago by epime7heus
Despite Concern, Banks Give Student Loans the Old College Try
May 16, 12:12PM The Wall Street Journal
$DFS looking great for me.. My first buy tomorrow.
about 13 days ago by vjtweet
One Stock at the Top of its Class
May 15, 4:10PM Fool
US retail credit defaults drop to 2008 levels
May 15, 3:56PM Financial Times
@JackDamn watching $DFS as well. nice Inside Day today.
about 14 days ago by 1nvestor
Weekly. Basing in the box with Supp at 32. R at 34.75 $DFS http://chart.ly/lfa3pxl
about 16 days ago by 1nvestor
Notable stocks with a strong RS line. $LEN $FDO $LECO $DHI $DFS $MSA $GNC $EBAY $GRA $FLT
about 18 days ago by hertcapital
Second day in a row that $DFS is demonstrating that it can shrug off just about anything...strong.
about 21 days ago by hamboneMJ
RT @chessNwine: NEW POST: "The Rules of the Duel" http://stks.co/3fTV $AEO $CMG $DFS $IYR $MNST $QQQ $SBUX $SPY $V $XHB
about 24 days ago by 1nvestor
NEW POST: "The Rules of the Duel" http://stks.co/3fPQ $AEO $CMG $DFS $IYR $MNST $QQQ $SBUX $SPY $V $XHB
about 25 days ago by chessNwine
Stocks with strong RS. $RHT $TDG $DG $DFS $ENPH $FTK
about 25 days ago by hertcapital
Banks slash retailers' debit card fees
May 03, 5:12AM CNNMoney.com
@ldrogen Some pretty good stock symbols advertised on the boards in Ranger game $DNKN $DFS $PZZA
about 26 days ago by chartsmarter
$AXP $DFS $MA $V as a group are all near ATH. Wait for the market to come to you to buy. If u r holding & they rip tomorrow, ok to sell some
about 26 days ago by DeidreZune
$AXP @ 5 year high, $DFS near highs, $MA dipping slightly ahead of $V earnings. Dips r buys in $MA $V. Secular solid growth.
about 26 days ago by DeidreZune
7 Stocks Hit 52-Week Highs http://stks.co/3bjQ My story via @TheStreet $INTC $VZ $EAT $LZB $PNC $DFS $CMCSA #52WeekHigh
about 27 days ago by azendrian
$DFS Sold 1/2 at 34.58 for +2 (posted entry).
about 27 days ago by TandoorGG
Will look to add to my $DFS position this week. Started a position on 4/18 ( posted entry 32.58)
about 28 days ago by TandoorGG
$DFS MACD Bearish Chart pattern Possible Trend Reversal RSI Bullish Up/Down volume under Distribution 50/200 day MA Bullish Support 32.48
about 29 days ago by MACDaddy
Discover | via @UpsideTrader http://stks.co/3Z9W $DFS
about 30 days ago by STNet
Sorry guys, that last link to my blog post on Discover should have been $DFS not DSC
about 30 days ago by upsidetrader
$DFS will go to $50
about 31 days ago by dudedrevon
$DFS I'm a bit drunk but I see a nice fake-out and then now a break out of triangle, sweet!
about 33 days ago by BollingerBandit
$AXP http://stks.co/3Vcz A constructive chart 4 the Credit Card industry group. Many solid stocks in the grp. $DFS $FLT $ADS
about 33 days ago by hertcapital

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