DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES Revenue, Growth & Competitor Profile

Company Profile & Annual Report for Discover Financial Services

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Discover Financial Services Fast Facts

Revenue	Over $500 million    See Exact Annual Revenue
Employees	Over 1,000Exact Company Size
Primary Industry	52221 Credit Card Issuing
Address	2500 Lake Cook Road Riverwoods, IL 60015 discover.com

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Discover Financial Services is a publicly traded company on NYQ using the ticker symbol DFS. Detailed information on company financials and operating reports can be found here: NYQ: DFS

Discover Financial Services Annual Revenue and Growth Rate

Discover Financial Services	Revenue Est. ($ Million)	Growth Rate (%)	# Employees
2021	Details in Premium Report
2020
2019
2018
2017

1-Year Growth Rate: 3-Year Growth Rate (CAGR):

Note: Discover Financial Services's revenues are gauged from an analysis of company filings.

Trademark Applications

Trademark applications show the products and services that Discover Financial Services is developing and marketing. Discover Financial Services's new tradmarks suggest it is investing in R&D and marketing, while expanding into new products or markets. Trademarks may include brand names, product names, logos and slogans.

Trademark	Date
EXCEPTIONALLY COMMON SENSE Chip cards, namely, magnetically encoded credit, debit and stored value prepaid cards containing embedded microchips; downloadable computer e-commerce software to allow users to perform electronic business transactions via a global computer network; downloadable computer software for providing an on-line database in the field of transaction processing to upload transactional data, provide statistical analysis, and produce notifications and reports; downloadable computer software, namely, electronic financial platform that accommodates multiple types of payment and debt transactions in an integrated mobile phone, pda, and web based environment; downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for managing credit card accounts and performing contactless credit card transactions; downloadable mobile applications for managing credit card accounts and performing contactless credit card transactions; encoded electronic chip cards containing programming used for authentication in financial transactions; electronic data carriers in the form of magnetically encoded charge, credit and debit cards; magnetically encoded debit cards; magnetically encoded credit cards; electronically coded credit cards, namely, magnetically encoded credit cards; electronically coded debit cards, namely, magnetically encoded debit cards; magnetically encoded smart cards, namely, encoded electronic chip credit cards containing programming used to store and protect cardholder data; gift cards and prepaid cards with magnetic coding or electronically coding; downloadable computer software for transmitting, displaying and storing transaction, identification and financial information for use in the financial services and banking industries; magnetically encoded payment cards; electronically coded cards, namely, magnetically encoded debit cards, credit cards, and stored value prepaid cards; downloadable computer software for facilitating and administering payment, banking, credit card, debit card, payment card, electronic payments, electronic processing and transmission of bill payment data, transaction authentication, routing, authorization, fraud detection and control, and encryption services; downloadable computer software for a digital wallet that stores customer account information; downloadable computer software to enable smart cards, mobile phones and mobile devices to interact with terminals and card readers; downloadable computer software for transmitting, displaying and storing transactions, identifications and financial information for use in the financial services, banking and telecommunications industries; downloadable computer software for facilitating payment transactions by electronic means over wireless networks, global computer networks and mobile telecommunications devices; downloadable software application for use in connection with contactless payment terminals for the purpose of allowing merchants to accept contactless mobile commerce transactions	09/22/2021
SOMETHING BRIGHTER CHIP CARDS; COMPUTER E-COMMERCE SOFTWARE TO ALLOW USERS TO PERFORM ELECTRONIC BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS VIA A GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR PROVIDING AN ON-LINE DATABASE IN THE FIELD OF TRANSACTION PROCESSING TO UPLOAD TRANSACTIONAL DATA, PROVIDE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, AND PRODUCE NOTIFICATIONS AND REPORTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE, NAMELY, ELECTRONIC FINANCIAL PLATFORM THAT ACCOMMODATES MULTIPLE TYPES OF PAYMENT AND DEBT TRANSACTIONS IN AN INTEGRATED MOBILE PHONE, PDA, AND WEB BASED ENVIRONMENT; DOWNLOADABLE SOFTWARE IN THE NATURE OF A MOBILE APPLICATION FOR MANAGING CREDIT CARD ACCOUNTS AND PERFORMING CONTACTLESS CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS; DOWNLOADABLE MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR MANAGING CREDIT CARD ACCOUNTS AND PERFORMING CONTACTLESS CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS; ENCODED ELECTRONIC CHIP CARDS CONTAINING PROGRAMMING USED FOR AUTHENTICATION IN FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS; ELECTRONIC DATA CARRIERS IN THE FORM OF MAGNETICALLY ENCODED CHARGE, CREDIT AND DEBIT CARDS; MAGNETICALLY ENCODED DEBIT CARDS; MAGNETICALLY ENCODED CREDIT CARDS; ELECTRONICALLY CODED CREDIT CARDS, NAMELY, MAGNETICALLY ENCODED CREDIT CARDS; ELECTRONICALLY CODED DEBIT CARDS, NAMELY, MAGNETICALLY ENCODED DEBIT CARDS; MAGNETICALLY ENCODED SMART CARDS, NAMELY, ENCODED ELECTRONIC CHIP CREDIT CARDS CONTAINING PROGRAMMING USED TO STORE AND PROTECT CARDHOLDER DATA; GIFT CARDS AND PREPAID CARDS WITH MAGNETIC CODING OR ELECTRONICALLY CODING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR TRANSMITTING, DISPLAYING AND STORING TRANSACTION, IDENTIFICATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR USE IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND BANKING INDUSTRIES; MAGNETICALLY CODED CARDS; ELECTRONICALLY CODED CARDS, NAMELY, MAGNETICALLY ENCODED DEBIT CARDS, CREDIT CARDS, AND STORED VALUE PREPAID CARDS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR FACILITATING AND ADMINISTERING PAYMENT, BANKING, CREDIT CARD, DEBIT CARD, PAYMENT CARD, ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS, ELECTRONIC PROCESSING AND TRANSMISSION OF BILL PAYMENT DATA, TRANSACTION AUTHENTICATION, ROUTING, AUTHORIZATION, FRAUD DETECTION AND CONTROL, AND ENCRYPTION SERVICES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR A DIGITAL WALLET THAT STORES CUSTOMER ACCOUNT INFORMATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE TO ENABLE SMART CARDS, MOBILE PHONES AND MOBILE DEVICES TO INTERACT WITH TERMINALS AND CARD READERS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR TRANSMITTING, DISPLAYING AND STORING TRANSACTIONS, IDENTIFICATIONS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR USE IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES, BANKING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRIES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR FACILITATING PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OVER WIRELESS NETWORKS, GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORKS AND/OR MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES; DOWNLOADABLE SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH CONTACTLESS PAYMENT TERMINALS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING MERCHANTS TO ACCEPT CONTACTLESS MOBILE COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS	10/09/2020
DISCOVER. SOMETHING BRIGHTER. CHIP CARDS; COMPUTER E-COMMERCE SOFTWARE TO ALLOW USERS TO PERFORM ELECTRONIC BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS VIA A GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR PROVIDING AN ON-LINE DATABASE IN THE FIELD OF TRANSACTION PROCESSING TO UPLOAD TRANSACTIONAL DATA, PROVIDE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, AND PRODUCE NOTIFICATIONS AND REPORTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE, NAMELY, ELECTRONIC FINANCIAL PLATFORM THAT ACCOMMODATES MULTIPLE TYPES OF PAYMENT AND DEBT TRANSACTIONS IN AN INTEGRATED MOBILE PHONE, PDA, AND WEB BASED ENVIRONMENT; DOWNLOADABLE SOFTWARE IN THE NATURE OF A MOBILE APPLICATION FOR MANAGING CREDIT CARD ACCOUNTS AND PERFORMING CONTACTLESS CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS; DOWNLOADABLE MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR MANAGING CREDIT CARD ACCOUNTS AND PERFORMING CONTACTLESS CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS; ENCODED ELECTRONIC CHIP CARDS CONTAINING PROGRAMMING USED FOR AUTHENTICATION IN FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS; ELECTRONIC DATA CARRIERS IN THE FORM OF MAGNETICALLY ENCODED CHARGE, CREDIT AND DEBIT CARDS; MAGNETICALLY ENCODED DEBIT CARDS; MAGNETICALLY ENCODED CREDIT CARDS; ELECTRONICALLY CODED CREDIT CARDS, NAMELY, MAGNETICALLY ENCODED CREDIT CARDS; ELECTRONICALLY CODED DEBIT CARDS, NAMELY, MAGNETICALLY ENCODED DEBIT CARDS; MAGNETICALLY ENCODED SMART CARDS, NAMELY, ENCODED ELECTRONIC CHIP CREDIT CARDS CONTAINING PROGRAMMING USED TO STORE AND PROTECT CARDHOLDER DATA; GIFT CARDS AND PREPAID CARDS WITH MAGNETIC CODING OR ELECTRONICALLY CODING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR TRANSMITTING, DISPLAYING AND STORING TRANSACTION, IDENTIFICATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR USE IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND BANKING INDUSTRIES; MAGNETICALLY CODED CARDS; ELECTRONICALLY CODED CARDS, NAMELY, MAGNETICALLY ENCODED DEBIT CARDS, CREDIT CARDS, AND STORED VALUE PREPAID CARDS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR FACILITATING AND ADMINISTERING PAYMENT, BANKING, CREDIT CARD, DEBIT CARD, PAYMENT CARD, ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS, ELECTRONIC PROCESSING AND TRANSMISSION OF BILL PAYMENT DATA, TRANSACTION AUTHENTICATION, ROUTING, AUTHORIZATION, FRAUD DETECTION AND CONTROL, AND ENCRYPTION SERVICES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR A DIGITAL WALLET THAT STORES CUSTOMER ACCOUNT INFORMATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE TO ENABLE SMART CARDS, MOBILE PHONES AND MOBILE DEVICES TO INTERACT WITH TERMINALS AND CARD READERS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR TRANSMITTING, DISPLAYING AND STORING TRANSACTIONS, IDENTIFICATIONS AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR USE IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES, BANKING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRIES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR FACILITATING PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS OVER WIRELESS NETWORKS, GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORKS AND/OR MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES; DOWNLOADABLE SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH CONTACTLESS PAYMENT TERMINALS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING MERCHANTS TO ACCEPT CONTACTLESS MOBILE COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS	10/09/2020

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Recession Risk

Determine whether Discover Financial Services grew or shrank during the last recession. This is useful in estimating the financial strength and credit risk of the company. Compare how recession-proof Discover Financial Services is relative to the industry overall. While a new recession may strike a particular industry, measuring the industry and company's robustness during the last recession estimates its ability to weather future recessions.

Market Share of Discover Financial Services's Largest Competitors

A competitive analysis shows these companies are in the same general field as Discover Financial Services, even though they may not compete head-to-head. These are the largest companies by revenue. However, they may not have the largest market share in this industry if they have diversified into other business lines. The "Competition" section of a business plan or investment memorandum would start by analyzing the information about these companies. Competitive advantage comes from offering better pricing or superior products/service.

Company	Headquarters	Revenue ($ MM)
DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES	Riverwoods, IL	100
CREDIT ONE BANK N.A.	Las Vegas, NV	5
FIRST HOME BANK	Saint Petersburg, FL	4
GALILEO FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES	Salt Lake City, UT	2
MISSION LANE	Richmond, VA	2
PAYROC PAYMENT SYSTEMS	Des Plaines, IL	2
NETSPEND	Austin, TX	2
TRELLANCE	Tampa, FL	2
VANCO PAYMENT SOLUTIONS	Atlanta, GA	1

Nearby Competitors

These companies are similar in business line and location to Discover Financial Services. While some companies compete with neighboring businesses for customers, other companies may compete to attract skilled employees.

Company	Headquarters	Revenue ($ MM)
DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES	Riverwoods, IL	100
DOVENMUEHLE MORTGAGE	Lake Zurich, IL	14
M S MANAGEMENT	Deerfield, IL	4
PAYROC PAYMENT SYSTEMS	Des Plaines, IL	2
WINTRUST MORTGAGE A DIVISION OF BARRINGTON BANK & TRUST COMPANY N.A.	Rosemont, IL	1
OASIS INTERMEDIATE HOLDCO	Rosemont, IL	1

Future Competition: Discover Financial Services's Fastest Growing Competitors

These companies are in the same general field as Discover Financial Services and are rapidly expanding. Companies may grow organically or through acquisition. In some cases apparently high growth rates may be caused by data that weren't available in previous years.

Company	Revenue ($ MM)