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Discovery (JSE:DSY) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : N/A (As of Jun. 07, 2024)


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What is Discovery Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-06-07), Discovery's share price is R109.33. Discovery's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was R-3.04. Hence, Discovery's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is N/A.

The historical rank and industry rank for Discovery's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, Discovery's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 441.06. The lowest was 9.14. And the median was 38.79.

JSE:DSY's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 9.22
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow only.

Discovery's Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Dec. 2023 was R-3.10. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was R-3.04.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Discovery was -416.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -66.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, Discovery's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 102.20% per year. The lowest was -66.00% per year. And the median was 14.20% per year.


Discovery Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Discovery's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Discovery Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Discovery Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 11.43 9.82 48.39 405.14

Discovery Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 48.39 - 405.14 -

Competitive Comparison of Discovery's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Discovery's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Discovery's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Discovery's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Discovery's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Discovery Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Discovery's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=109.33/-3.041
=N/A

Discovery's Share Price of today is R109.33.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Discovery's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was R-3.04.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Discovery  (JSE:DSY) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Discovery (JSE:DSY) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Discovery Place, Sandton, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2196
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, Vitality South Africa, Insure South Africa, Bank South Africa, Health United Kingdom, Life United Kingdom, and other segment which include SA insure, SA bank, SA distribution, vitality group. It serves employers for health insurance, as well as individual clients who buy health and life insurance and investment products across the UK, US, China, Singapore, and Australia.

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