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DFS Relative to the S&P 500

DFS Relative to the Sector

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Seasonal Chart Analysis

Analysis of the Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) seasonal charts above shows that a Buy Date of June 19 and a Sell Date of October 18 has resulted in a geometric average return of 4.53% above the benchmark rate of the S&P 500 Total Return Index over the past 17 years. This seasonal timeframe has shown positive results compared to the benchmark in 15 of those periods. This is a very good rate of success and the return outperforms the relative buy-and-hold performance of the stock over the past 17 years by an average of 1.5% per year.

The seasonal timeframe correlates Poorly with the period of seasonal strength for the Financial sector, which runs from November 22 to April 13. The seasonal chart for the broad sector is available via the following link: Financial Sector Seasonal Chart.

Discover Financial Services is a bank operating in two distinct segments: direct banking and payment services. The company issues credit and debit cards and provides other consumer banking products including deposit accounts, students loans, and other personal loans. It also operates the Discover, Pulse, and Diners Club networks. The Discover network is the fourth-largest payment network in the United States as ranked by overall purchase volume, and Pulse is one of the largest ATM networks in the country.

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