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DFS vs SLM

Side-by-side comparison of Discover Financial Services (DFS) and SLM Corporation (SLM): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both DFS and SLM operate in Finance: Consumer Services (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • DFS is the larger of the two at $32.76B, about 7.7x SLM ($4.28B).
  • Over the past year, DFS is up 5.1% and SLM is down 27.3% - DFS leads by 32.4 points.
  • SLM has hit the wire 12 times in the past 4 weeks while DFS has been quiet.
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceDFS+5.12%SLM+0.22%
2025-05-02+0.00%2025-05-16
MetricDFSSLM
Company
Discover Financial Services
SLM Corporation
Price
$200.12-0.24%
$22.68-1.75%
Market cap
$32.76B
$4.28B
1M return
+5.12%
+4.30%
1Y return
+5.12%
-27.29%
Industry
Finance: Consumer Services
Finance: Consumer Services
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
News (4w)
0
12
Recent ratings
25
25
DFS

Discover Financial Services

Discover Financial Services, through its subsidiaries, operates as a digital banking and payment services company in the United States. It operates in two segments, Digital Banking and Payment Services. The Digital Banking segment offers Discover-branded credit cards to individuals; and other consumer products and services, including private student loans, personal loans, home loans, and other consumer lending, as well as deposit products, such as certificates of deposit, money market accounts, IRA certificates of deposit, IRA savings accounts, checking accounts, and sweep accounts. The Payment Services segment operates the PULSE network, an automated teller machine, debit, and electronic funds transfer network; Diners Club International, a payments network that issues Diners Club branded charge cards and/or provides card acceptance services; and Discover Network that processes transactions for Discover-branded credit and debit cards, as well as offers payment transaction processing and settlement services. Discover has strategic network alliance agreement with Arab Financial Services. The company was incorporated in 1960 and is based in Riverwoods, Illinois.

SLM

SLM Corporation

SLM Corporation, through its subsidiaries, originates and services private education loans to students and their families to finance the cost of their education in the United States. It also offers retail deposit accounts, including certificates of deposit, money market deposit accounts, and high-yield savings accounts; and omnibus accounts. The company was formerly known as New BLC Corporation and changed its name to SLM Corporation in December 2013. SLM Corporation was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Newark, Delaware.

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