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Discover Financial Services Tangible Common Equity Ratio: 11.97%
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DFS Tangible Common Equity Ratio Rankings
| Overall | 72nd percentile | 1210 of 4385 |
| Sector | 49th percentile | 438 of 871 in Financial |
| Industry | 61st percentile | 12 of 31 in Credit Services |
DFS Tangible Common Equity Ratio Range, Past 5 Years
| Minimum | 8.14% | Feb 2010 |
| Maximum | 16.33% | May 2008 |
| Average | 12.73% |
About Tangible Common Equity Ratio
The tangible common equity (TCE) ratio is a useful number to gauge leverage of a financial firm. Specifically, it answers the question: "How much can the value of a bank's assets fall before the entire value of tangible* common equity is wiped out?"
For example, assume a bank as a TCE ratio of 5%. If the value of all of the banks assets fell by 5%, theoretically stockholders would no longer have a claim on the bank's tangible assets.
Another way of thinking about the TCE ratio of 5% is that the remaining 95% of the bank's tangible assets have been purchased using loaned funds that the bank must repay.
This ratio is worth spending time with. Once investors understand its implications, they rarely look at banking businesses the same way.
* The word tangible, in accounting, essentially means anything that can be touched or traded. Cash, buildings, accounts receivable, inventories and stock holdings of a business are all tangible assets. Trade secrets, patents, copyrights, and goodwill are not tangible assets, even though they may have value.
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Recent Quotes
| Symbol | Price | Chg | Chg % | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFS | 32.73 | +0.11 | +0.34% | 17.35B |
| DVD | 1.30 | -0.07 | -5.11% | 47.96M |
| DVAX | 3.64 | -0.01 | -0.27% | 567.18M |
| DVA | 81.76 | -0.26 | -0.32% | 7.661B |
| DV | 28.22 | +0.32 | +1.15% | 1.873B |
| DUST | 49.91 | -1.07 | -2.10% | |
| DUSA | 5.44 | +0.04 | +0.74% | 134.10M |
| DUK | 21.96 | +0.16 | +0.73% | 29.38B |
| DUG | 27.46 | +0.20 | +0.73% | |
| DUF | 14.83 | -0.07 | -0.47% | 515.79M |