Discover Financial (DFS) to be Acquired by Capital One for $35B
DFSDiscover Financial Services(DFS) Zacks Investment Research·2024-02-21 02:05

Discover Financial Services (DFS) recently announced that it will be acquired by Capital One Financial Corporation (COF) in an all-stock deal for $35.3 billion. Under this transaction, Capital One will provide 1.0192 shares of its company for each DFS share. This represents a premium of 26.6% on DFS’s closing price of $110.49 on Feb 16, 2024. The deal is expected to close by late 2024 or early 2025, subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals and closing conditions. After closing, Discover Financial sha ...