AEON Financial Service (OTCMKTS:AEOJF – Get Free Report) and Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS – Get Free Report) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for AEON Financial Service and Discover Financial Services, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
AEON Financial Service | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Discover Financial Services | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 2.40 |
Discover Financial Services has a consensus price target of $136.12, indicating a potential downside of 12.28%. Given Discover Financial Services’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Discover Financial Services is more favorable than AEON Financial Service.
Dividends
Profitability
This table compares AEON Financial Service and Discover Financial Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
AEON Financial Service | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Discover Financial Services | 12.88% | 20.92% | 1.94% |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares AEON Financial Service and Discover Financial Services”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
AEON Financial Service | N/A | N/A | N/A | $143.79 | 0.06 |
Discover Financial Services | $17.40 billion | 2.24 | $2.94 billion | $8.77 | 17.70 |
Discover Financial Services has higher revenue and earnings than AEON Financial Service. AEON Financial Service is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Discover Financial Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
23.5% of AEON Financial Service shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Discover Financial Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Discover Financial Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Discover Financial Services beats AEON Financial Service on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About AEON Financial Service
AEON Financial Service Co., Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides various financial services in Japan. The company operates Retail, Solutions, China Area, Mekong Area, and Malay Area segments. It is involved in banking, short-term insurance, bank agency, ATM, housing and other loans, property leases, installment sales, life and non-life insurance agency, life insurance sales, loan purchases, credit card purchase contracts, collection and payment agency, credit card, and electronic money businesses, as well as bank and business management activities. In addition, the company engages in the management, collection, and purchase of specified monetary claims, and backup servicing businesses. AEON Financial Service Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1981 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.
About Discover Financial Services
Discover Financial Services, through its subsidiaries, provides digital banking products and services, and payment services 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; personal loans, home loans, and other consumer lending; and direct-to-consumer deposit products comprising savings accounts, certificates of deposit, money market accounts, IRA certificates of deposit, IRA savings accounts and checking accounts, and sweep accounts. The Payment Services segment operates the PULSE to access automated teller machines, debit, and electronic funds transfer network; and Diners Club International, a payments network that issues Diners Club branded charge cards and/or provides card acceptance services, as well as offers payment transaction processing and settlement services. The company was incorporated in 1960 and is based in Riverwoods, Illinois.
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