JNB · Insurance - Life

Discovery Limited (DSY.JO) Stock

$26888.00 +2.90% JNB: DSY.JO Financial Services

Discovery Limited provides various insurance products and services primarily in South Africa and the United Kingdom. It operates through the SA Health, SA Life, SA Invest, SA Insure, SA Bank, UK Health, UK Life, and All Other segments.

Valuation

MetricValue
Price$26888.00
Market Cap$179.95B
P/E Ratio14.29
P/B Ratio220.85
P/S Ratio2.16
EPS (TTM)$19.25
52-Week High$29117.00
52-Week Low$21096.00
Dividend Yield1.17%

Financials & Margins

MetricValue
ROE17.82%
ROA3.59%
ROCE—
Gross Margin51.69%
Operating Margin25.86%
Net Margin15.85%
Debt/Equity0.23
Current Ratio3.89

Valuation & Return Ratios

MetricValue
PEG Ratio103.90
EV / EBITDA-2.15
FCF Yield—
Quick Ratio3.86
Interest Coverage—
Return 1Y21.87%
Return 3Y97.30%
Return 5Y93.28%

Ownership

Insiders Held17.17%
Institutions Held44.90%
Institutions Float Held54.21%
Institutional HolderSharesReport Date
ARK Investment Management, LLC3,359,0962024-03-31

Peer Comparison

TickerPriceChangeP/EMarket CapDiv Yield
AFH.JOAlexander Forbes Group Holdings Limited $760.00 -1.94% — — 0.00%
MTM.JOMomentum Group Limited $3730.00 +2.75% — — 0.00%
OMU.JOOld Mutual Limited $1345.00 +3.46% — — 0.00%
OUT.JOOUTsurance Group Limited $8328.00 -0.06% 23.01 $128.93B 3.54%
SLM.JOSanlam Limited $8320.00 +3.24% — — 0.00%

About Discovery Limited

Discovery Limited provides various insurance products and services primarily in South Africa and the United Kingdom. It operates through the SA Health, SA Life, SA Invest, SA Insure, SA Bank, UK Health, UK Life, and All Other segments. The company offers health, life, car, travel, business, and home insurance; motor, building, household content, and portable possessions insurance; private medical insurance; and commercial short-term risk insurance. It also provides pension and provident fund solutions; managed care services; financial solutions; investment products; retail banking solutions, including deposits and loans and advances; and Vitality, which offers health and lifestyle benefits. The company was formerly known as Discovery Holdings Limited and changed its name to Discovery Limited in December 2012. Discovery Limited was founded in 1992 and is based in Sandton, South Africa.

Discovery Limited is led by CEO Adrian Gore, employs 13,800 people, headquartered in Sandton, ZA, publicly traded since 1999.

Discovery Limited (DSY.JO) stock trades at $26888.00 with a market capitalization of $179.95B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 14.29, price-to-book of 220.85, price-to-sales of 2.16. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $21096.00 and $29117.00, and currently trades 7.7% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.17%.

On profitability, Discovery Limited generates a return on equity (ROE) of 17.82%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, an operating margin of 25.86%, a net profit margin of 15.85%.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23 (debt below half of shareholders' equity), a current ratio of 3.89. For banks and other lenders, borrowing and deposits are part of the business model, so debt-to-equity and the current ratio read differently than for other companies.

DSY.JO has an average daily trading volume of 1,376,660 shares, a beta of 0.59 (historically less volatile than the overall market), 0.67B shares outstanding.

Official website: www.discovery.co.za

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