How to buy Discovery stock | 20.2

Discovery, Inc is an entertainment business based in the US. Discovery shares (DISCA) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Discovery employs 9,200 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$10.8 billion.

How to buy shares in Discovery

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Discovery. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: DISCA. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Discovery reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$20.2, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Discovery, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Discovery. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted Discovery's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Discovery's share price has had significant negative movement.

Its last market close was USD$20.2, which is 30.83% down on its pre-crash value of USD$29.205 and 17.99% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$17.12.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Discovery shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$634.39 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$693.06.

Discovery share price

Use our graph to track the performance of DISCA stocks over time.

Discovery shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	USD$20.2
52-week range	USD$17.12 - USD$33.655
50-day moving average	USD$22.1751
200-day moving average	USD$21.7462
Wall St. target price	USD$24.57
PE ratio	10.6396
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$1.713

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Is it a good time to buy Discovery stock?

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Discovery price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $20.2 from 2020-10-19

1 week (2020-10-23)	-4.27%
1 month (2020-10-01)	-6.09%
3 months (2020-07-30)	-4.49%
6 months (2020-04-30)	-9.90%

1 year (2019-10-30)	-24.93%
2 years (2018-10-30)	-35.36%
3 years (2017-10-30)	6.43%
5 years (2015-10-30)	-31.39%

Is Discovery under- or over-valued?

Valuing Discovery stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Discovery's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Discovery's P/E ratio

Discovery's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 11x. In other words, Discovery shares trade at around 11x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Discovery's PEG ratio

Discovery's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.8401. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Discovery's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Discovery's EBITDA

Discovery's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$4.5 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Discovery's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Discovery financials

Revenue TTM	USD$10.8 billion
Operating margin TTM	29.36%
Gross profit TTM	USD$7.4 billion
Return on assets TTM	5.91%
Return on equity TTM	12.91%
Profit margin	12.86%
Book value	$14.639
Market capitalisation	USD$9.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Discovery shares

There are currently 46.8 million Discovery shares held short by investors – that's known as Discovery's "short interest". This figure is 1.9% down from 47.7 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Discovery shares can be evaluated.

Discovery's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Discovery's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Discovery shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Discovery shares traded daily (recently around 4.2 million). Discovery's SIR currently stands at 11.09. In other words for every 100,000 Discovery shares traded daily on the market, roughly 11090 shares are currently held short.

However Discovery's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Discovery shares, or, against the total number of tradable Discovery shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Discovery's short interest could be expressed as 0.09% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Discovery shares in existence, roughly 90 shares are currently held short) or 0.3438% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Discovery shares, roughly 344 shares are currently held short).

A SIR above 10% would generally be considered pretty high, pointing to a potentially pessimistic outlook for the share price and a discouraging interest in betting against Discovery.

Find out more about how you can short Discovery stock.

Discovery's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Discovery.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Discovery's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 23.16

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Discovery's overall score of 23.16 (as at 10/01/2020) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 21st percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Discovery is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Discovery's environmental score

Environmental score: 5.16/100

Discovery's environmental score of 5.16 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Discovery is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Discovery's social score

Social score: 15.63/100

Discovery's social score of 15.63 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Discovery is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Discovery's governance score

Governance score: 13.37/100

Discovery's governance score puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Discovery is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Discovery's controversy score

Controversy score: 1/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Discovery scored a 1 out of 5 for controversy – the highest score possible, reflecting that Discovery has managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Discovery, Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2020-10-01.

Total ESG score	23.16
Total ESG percentile	21.36
Environmental score	5.16
Environmental score percentile	8
Social score	15.63
Social score percentile	8
Governance score	13.37
Governance score percentile	8
Level of controversy	1

Discovery share dividends

We're not expecting Discovery to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Discovery's shares ever split?

Discovery's shares were split on a 1957:1000 basis on 7 August 2014. So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1957 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Discovery shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 48.9% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Discovery shares which in turn could have impacted Discovery's share price.

Discovery share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Discovery's shares have ranged in value from as little as $17.12 up to $33.655. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Discovery's is 1.3889. This would suggest that Discovery's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Discovery overview

Discovery, Inc. operates as a media company in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, U.S. Networks and International Networks. The company owns and operates various television networks under the Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science Channel, MotorTrend, Food Network, HGTV, Travel Channel, TVN, DIY Network, Cooking Channel, Discovery Family Channel, American Heroes Channel, Destination America, Discovery Life, Discovery en Espanol, Discovery Familia, Great American Country, ID, the Oprah Winfrey Network, Eurosport, Discovery Kids, DMAX, and Discovery Home & Health brands, as well as other regional television networks. Its content spans genres, including survival, exploration, sports, lifestyle, general entertainment, home, food and travel, heroes, adventure, crime and investigation, health, and kids. The company also operates production studios that develop and produce content; and digital products and Websites. It provides content through various distribution platforms comprising pay-television, free-to-air and broadcast television, authenticated GO applications, digital distribution arrangements, and content licensing agreements, as well as various platforms that include brand-aligned Websites, online streaming, mobile devices, video on demand, and broadband channels. As of February 27, 2020, the company delivered approximately 8,000 hours of original programming each year in approximately 50 languages worldwide. Discovery, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Discovery is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 3.249% of Discovery shares are held by insiders and 127.299% by institutions.

• How many people work for Discovery?

  Latest data suggests 9,200 work at Discovery.

• When does the fiscal year end for Discovery?

  Discovery's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Discovery based?

  Discovery's address is: 8403 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD, United States, 20910

• What is Discovery's ISIN number?

  Discovery's international securities identification number is: US25470F1049

• What is Discovery's CUSIP number?

  Discovery's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 25468Y107