Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) shares are trading higher by 3.30% to $106.96 during Wednesday's session after the company announced it will resume repurchases under its existing share repurchase program authorizing up to $4.2 billion of share repurchases.
Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) is among the few companies that have substantial excess capital and hopes to resume share buybacks in the final quarter of 2022, according to Morgan Stanley.
Morgan Stanley analyst Betsy Graseck upgrades Discover Financial (NYSE:DFS) from Equal-Weight to Overweight and raises the price target from $104 to $116.
Pre-open movers
U.S. stock futures traded lower in early pre-market trade on Monday after recording sharp gains in the previous session. The Dow Jones jumped by around 750 points on Friday. All the three major indices recorded their best week since June, with the S&P 500 and Dow adding 4.7% and 4.9%, respectively last week.