DSY - Discovery Limited
Discovery Limited provides insurance products and services. The Company offers life and health insurance, medical aid administration, science-based wellness programs, credit cards, and investment products. Discovery serves customers worldwide.
Discovery Ltd. is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and is an integrated financial services organisation specialising in health insurance, life assurance, wellness, investments and savings products, short-term insurance and banking products.
Discovery Ltd sells multiple insurance products and provides investment management services. The company has reportable segments based on a combination of products and services which are Health South Africa, Life South Africa, Invest South Africa,...
Discovery Limited is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Discovery is traded on the JSE under the ticker symbol “DSY”. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) of JSE:DSY is ZAE000022331. Discovery Limited is currently the 43rd most valuable stock on the JSE with a market capitalization of ZAR 69.3 billion, which is about 0.37% of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange equity market.
| Last Trading Results | |
|---|---|
| Opening Price | |
| Day’s Low Price | 102.55 |
| Day’s High Price | 104.09 |
| Traded Volume | 399,967 |
| Number of Deals | 1,867 |
| Gross Turnover | 41.3M |
| Growth & Valuation | |
|---|---|
| Earnings Per Share | 7.9240 |
| Price/Earning Ratio | 12.92 |
| Dividend Per Share | 1.01 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.99% |
| Shares Outstanding | 677M |
| Market Capitalization | 69.3B |
DSY Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
|---|---|---|
| -2.66% | -7.49% | -21.4% |
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
|---|---|---|
| -42.4% | -26.8% | -28.7% |
The current share price of Discovery Limited (DSY) is ZAR 103.24. DSY closed its last trading day (Wednesday, October 5, 2022) at 102.41 ZAR per share on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), recording a 2.9% drop from its previous closing price of 105.50 ZAR. Discovery began the year with a share price of 143.57 ZAR but has since lost 28.7% off that price valuation, ranking it 347th on the JSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Shareholders’ worries are compounded by the fact that DSY has lost 7% of the stock’s value from September 7th to date.
Discovery is the 47th most traded stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the past three months (Jul 8 - Oct 5, 2022). DSY has traded a total volume of 108 million shares—in 227,711 deals—valued at ZAR 12.8 billion over the period, with an average of 1.71 million traded shares per session. A volume high of 6.55 million was achieved on September 12th, and a low of 635,420 on July 11th, for the same period. The table below details the last 10 trading days of activity of Discovery on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
| Date | Volume | Close | Change | Change% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-05 | 1,118,950 | 102.41 | -3.09 | -2.93% |
| 2022-10-04 | 1,701,144 | 105.50 | +1.51 | +1.45% |
| 2022-10-03 | 1,787,327 | 103.99 | -0.94 | -0.90% |
| 2022-09-30 | 1,950,179 | 104.93 | +1.70 | +1.65% |
| 2022-09-29 | 2,566,734 | 103.23 | -1.98 | -1.88% |
| 2022-09-28 | 2,016,665 | 105.21 | +0.14 | +0.13% |
| 2022-09-27 | 2,121,039 | 105.07 | +1.39 | +1.34% |
| 2022-09-26 | 2,157,219 | 103.68 | -3.65 | -3.40% |
| 2022-09-23 | 2,046,638 | 107.33 | -1.84 | -1.69% |
| 2022-09-22 | 3,612,699 | 109.17 |
Profile of Discovery Limited
Discovery Limited was founded on April 19, 1999 and operates in the Financials sector, specifically, the Insurance industry. Discovery contracts an estimated total number of 8,484 employees.
Factsheet of Discovery Limited
- Sector
- Financials
- Industry
- Insurance
- Address
- 1 Discovery Place, Sandton, 2146, South Africa
- Telephone
- +27-11-529-2888
- Website
- www.discovery.co.za
DSY Industrial Market Competitors
Discovery Limited, issuers of the DSY and Discovery B Preference Shares (-1.53%) stocks on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, have a number of market competitors who are also engaged in the Financials sector and/or Insurance industry. The table below presents an overview of the market standing of the top 10 by year-to-date performance.
| Code | Name | M. Cap. | Close | YTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLI | Clientele Ltd | 3.62B | 10.81 | +6.5% |
| SNT | Santam Limited | 28.6B | 248.50 | -7.62% |
| SLM | Sanlam Limited | 112B | 50.19 | -15.5% |
| MTM | Momentum Met Hldgs Ltd | 22.8B | 15.22 | -19.7% |
| ADW | African Dawn Capital Ltd | 16.5M | 0.26 | +225% |
| HCI | Hosken Consolidated Investments Ltd | 15.2B | 177.50 | +140% |
| SBP | Sabvest Capital Limited | 3.32B | 84.00 | +37.7% |
| ARA | Astoria Investments Ltd | 381M | 6.80 | +36% |
| RACP | RECM and Calibre Limited | 742M | 14.50 | +31.8% |
| NGPLD | NewGold Palladium ETF | 434M | 386.00 | +29.2% |