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 24th most valuable stock on the JSE with a market capitalization of ZAR 157 billion, which is about 0.663% of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange equity market.
| Last Trading Results | |
|---|---|
| Opening Price | |
| Day’s Low Price | 226.59 |
| Day’s High Price | 231.83 |
| Traded Volume | 1.56M |
| Number of Deals | 6,573 |
| Gross Turnover | 359M |
| Growth & Valuation | |
|---|---|
| Earnings Per Share | 14.47 |
| Price/Earning Ratio | 15.93 |
| Dividend Per Share | 2.88 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.25% |
| Shares Outstanding | 682M |
| Market Capitalization | 157B |
DSY Stock Market Performance
| 1WK | 4WK | 3MO |
|---|---|---|
| +0.65% | +2.6% | +14.1% |
| 6MO | 1YR | YTD |
|---|---|---|
| +4.22% | +17.2% | +1.28% |
The current share price of Discovery Limited (DSY) is ZAR 230.50. DSY closed its last trading day (Tuesday, January 6, 2026) at 230.50 ZAR per share on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), recording a 1.7% gain over its previous closing price of 226.60 ZAR. Discovery began the year with a share price of 227.58 ZAR and has since gained 1.28% on that price valuation, ranking it 141st on the JSE in terms of year-to-date performance.
Discovery is the 51st most traded stock on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the past three months (Oct 6, 2025 - Jan 6, 2026). DSY has traded a total volume of 91.3 million shares—in 290,546 deals—valued at ZAR 20.2 billion over the period, with an average of 1.45 million traded shares per session. A volume high of 5.84 million was achieved on December 18th, and a low of 338,706 on December 24th, 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | 1,561,669 | 230.50 | +3.90 | +1.72% |
| 2026-01-05 | 540,009 | 226.60 | -0.40 | -0.18% |
| 2026-01-02 | 859,759 | 227.00 | -0.58 | -0.25% |
| 2025-12-31 | 474,490 | 227.58 | -1.09 | -0.48% |
| 2025-12-30 | 462,783 | 228.67 | -0.34 | -0.15% |
| 2025-12-29 | 641,308 | 229.01 | +0.90 | +0.39% |
| 2025-12-24 | 338,706 | 228.11 | +1.20 | +0.53% |
| 2025-12-23 | 1,390,268 | 226.91 | -2.04 | -0.89% |
| 2025-12-22 | 648,732 | 228.95 | -0.90 | -0.39% |
| 2025-12-19 | 2,478,355 | 229.85 |
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 (-0.72%) 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 | 7.25B | 15.99 | +14.3% |
| SLM | Sanlam Limited | 217B | 102.32 | +3.89% |
| MTM | Momentum Met Hldgs Ltd | 52.1B | 39.12 | +2.3% |
| SNT | Santam Limited | 49B | 425.42 | -0.47% |
| BAC | Africa Bitcoin Corporation Ltd | 114M | 10.00 | +25% |
| NGPLT | NewGold Platinum ETF | 9.88B | 367.29 | +15.4% |
| ETFPLT | 1nvest Platinum ETF | 5.53B | 373.19 | +14.4% |
| NGPLD | NewGold Palladium ETF | 286M | 280.43 | +13.3% |
| ETFPLD | 1nvest Palladium ETF | 68.3M | 278.63 | +12% |
| MTNZF | MTN Zakhele Futhi | 27.2M | 0.22 | +10% |