RIVERWOODS, Ill. (AP) _ Discover Financial Services (DFS) on Tuesday reported third-quarter profit of $639 million.
On a per-share basis, the Riverwoods, Illinois-based company said it had profit of $1.56.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 12 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.48 per share.
The credit card issuer and lender posted revenue of $2.3 billion in the period, also beating Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.85 billion.
Discover shares have risen roughly 5 per cent since the beginning of the year, while the Standard & Poor’s 500 index has climbed roughly 5 per cent. In the final minutes of trading on Tuesday, shares hit $56.14, a decline of 1 per cent in the last 12 months.
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