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 33rd most valuable stock on the JSE with a market capitalization of ZAR 73.6 billion, which is about 0.388% of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange equity market.
| Last Trading Results | |
|---|---|
| Opening Price | |
| Day’s Low Price | 107.74 |
| Day’s High Price | 109.60 |
| Traded Volume | 1.7M |
| Number of Deals | 5,671 |
| Gross Turnover | 185M |
| Growth & Valuation | |
|---|---|
| Earnings Per Share | 10.3070 |
| Price/Earning Ratio | 10.56 |
| Dividend Per Share | 1.75 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.61% |
| Shares Outstanding | 676M |
| Market Capitalization | 73.6B |
DSY Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
|---|---|---|
| -2.12% | -15% | -18.3% |
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
|---|---|---|
| -17.5% | -24% | -24.2% |
The current share price of Discovery Limited (DSY) is ZAR 108.85. DSY closed its last trading day (Friday, April 19, 2024) at 108.85 ZAR per share on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), recording a 0.5% drop from its previous closing price of 109.35 ZAR. Discovery began the year with a share price of 143.68 ZAR but has since lost 24.2% off that price valuation, ranking it 359th on the JSE in terms of year-to-date performance. Shareholders’ worries are compounded by the fact that DSY has lost 15% of the stock’s value from March 19th to date.
Discovery is the 45th most traded stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the past three months (Jan 19 - Apr 19, 2024). DSY has traded a total volume of 97.1 million shares—in 248,178 deals—valued at ZAR 12.4 billion over the period, with an average of 1.54 million traded shares per session. A volume high of 4.47 million was achieved on March 20th, and a low of 351,172 on January 25th, 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-19 | 1,704,704 | 108.85 | -0.50 | -0.46% |
| 2024-04-18 | 1,999,970 | 109.35 | +0.28 | +0.26% |
| 2024-04-17 | 1,664,285 | 109.07 | -1.73 | -1.56% |
| 2024-04-16 | 1,750,380 | 110.80 | +1.30 | +1.19% |
| 2024-04-15 | 1,707,858 | 109.50 | -1.71 | -1.54% |
| 2024-04-12 | 2,306,465 | 111.21 | -4.05 | -3.51% |
| 2024-04-11 | 2,129,424 | 115.26 | -1.55 | -1.33% |
| 2024-04-10 | 1,431,811 | 116.81 | -1.19 | -1.01% |
| 2024-04-09 | 2,290,320 | 118.00 | -0.63 | -0.53% |
| 2024-04-08 | 1,988,341 | 118.63 |
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 (+0.94%) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNT | Santam Limited | 34.1B | 296.03 | +3.3% |
| CLI | Clientele Ltd | 3.42B | 10.20 | -4.67% |
| MTM | Momentum Met Hldgs Ltd | 28.8B | 20.58 | -5.98% |
| SLM | Sanlam Limited | 142B | 64.61 | -11.3% |
| LNF | London Finance & Investment Group | 374M | 12.00 | +57.9% |
| 4SI | 4Sight Holdings Limited | 385M | 0.72 | +44% |
| RHB | RH Bophelo Limited | 249M | 3.85 | +28.3% |
| PPE | Purple Group Ltd | 1.21B | 0.86 | +21.1% |
| ETFGLD | 1nvest Gold ETF | 1.65B | 443.34 | +19.2% |
| GLD | New Gold Issuer Limited | 20.3B | 423.96 | +19.1% |