Discover Financial Services (DFS) 11/4/09 PriceWatch Alert Targets 19.56% Return
Posted: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 8:12 AM EDT
By: Market Intelligence Center Staff
Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) closed yesterday at $14.19. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $4.73 and 52-week high of $17.36. Discover stock has been showing support around 13.72 and resistance in the 14.54 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bearish and S&P gives DFS a very positive 5 STAR (out of 5) strong buy rating. DFS appears on the Investors Observer Volume Leaders list. For a hedged play on this stock, look at an Apr '10 12.50 covered call (DFS DV) for a net debit in the $11.49 area. That is also the break even stock price for this trade. This covered call has a 164 day duration, provides 19.03% downside protection and an 8.79% assigned return rate for a 19.56% annualized return rate (comparison purposes only). Discover has a current annual dividend yield of 0.57%. [WBA-Seven Summits Research]
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