Ratings Discovery Limited

Equities

DSY

ZAE000022331

End-of-day quote Johannesburg S.E. Other stock markets 03:30:00 26/04/2024 am IST			5-day change	1st Jan Change
112.5 ^ZAR	+2.25%		+3.32%	-21.73%

19/04	South African insurer Old Mutual gets green light to establish bank	RE
04/04	Consumer spending growth in South Africa steadied in 2023, report shows	RE

Summary

From a short-term investment perspective, the company presents a deteriorated fundamental configuration.

Strengths

Growth progress expectations are rather promising. Indeed, sales are expected to rise sharply in the coming years.
With a P/E ratio at 10.63 for the current year and 9.03 for next year, earnings multiples are highly attractive compared with competitors.
Over the past year, analysts have regularly revised upwards their sales forecast for the company.
Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
Analyst opinion has improved significantly over the past four months.
Analysts' price targets are all relatively close, reflecting good visibility on the company's valuation.

Weaknesses

The firm pays small or no dividend to shareholders. For that reason, it is not a yield company.
For the last 12 months, analysts have been regularly downgrading their EPS expectations. Analysts predict worse results for the company against their predictions a year ago.
For the last twelve months, the analysts covering the company have given a bearish overview of EPS estimates, resulting in frequent downward revisions.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' consensus has been significantly revised downwards.
The group usually releases earnings worse than estimated.

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Sector: Life & Health Insurance

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
DISCOVERY LIMITED	-21.73%	3.95B	B
AXA	+14.78%	79.51B	B-
METLIFE, INC.	+6.49%	50.22B	B+
AFLAC INCORPORATED	+1.35%	48.11B	B
MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORPORATION	+9.53%	42.2B	B+
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC.	+6.55%	39.71B	B+
GENERALI	+19.34%	37.78B	B
SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC.	+2.84%	30.07B	B
GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC.	-7.77%	27.56B	B-
PRUDENTIAL PLC	-18.42%	24.71B	A-

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