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Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) Share Price, News & Analysis

Smurfit Kappa Group logo
GBX 3,656
+124.00 (+3.51%)
(As of 07/5/2024)

About Smurfit Kappa Group Stock (LON:SKG)

Key Stats

Today's Range
3,558
3,675.97
50-Day Range
3,656
3,656
52-Week Range
2,528
3,910
Volume
24.17 million shs
Average Volume
691,367 shs
Market Capitalization
£9.55 billion
P/E Ratio
1,474.19
Dividend Yield
3.58%
Price Target
GBX 4,015
Consensus Rating
Buy

Company Overview

Smurfit Kappa Group Plc, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells containerboard, corrugated containers, and other paper-based packaging products in Ireland, Germany, France, Mexico, rest of Europe, and other Americas. The company offers e-commerce, retail, consumer, industrial, bottle, protective, heavy-duty, hexacomb, and various punnet packaging products; composite cardboard tubes, bags, and sacks; and bag-in-box, a packaging system that comprises films, accessories, bags, taps, and boxes. It also provides point of sale displays; cardboards of social distancing; corrugated sheet boards, solid board sheets, folding carton sheet boards, sack Kraft papers, MG brown Kraft papers, preprint products, agro-papers, technical papers, BanaBag, and Catcher Board MB12; and various types of containerboards, such as kraftliners, testliners, and containerboard flutings. In addition, the company offers recycling solutions to cardboard and paper products; and supplies packaging machinery. It primarily serves consumer goods, industrial goods, and food and drink sectors. Smurfit Kappa Group Plc was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Smurfit Kappa Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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SKG MarketRank™: 

Smurfit Kappa Group scored higher than 8% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Smurfit Kappa Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Smurfit Kappa Group has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Smurfit Kappa Group's stock forecast and price target.
  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Smurfit Kappa Group is 1,474.19, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 133.70.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Smurfit Kappa Group is 1,474.19, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 355.29.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Smurfit Kappa Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.70. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for SKG.
  • Dividend Yield

    Smurfit Kappa Group pays a meaningful dividend of 3.38%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Smurfit Kappa Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Smurfit Kappa Group is 5,282.26%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Read more about Smurfit Kappa Group's dividend.
  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for SKG.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Smurfit Kappa Group this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    2 people have added Smurfit Kappa Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Smurfit Kappa Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.86% of the stock of Smurfit Kappa Group is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    75.75% of the stock of Smurfit Kappa Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Smurfit Kappa Group's insider trading history.
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SKG Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Smurfit Kappa Group's stock was trading at GBX 3,120 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, SKG shares have increased by 17.2% and is now trading at GBX 3,656.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Smurfit Kappa Group investors own include GSK (GSK), AstraZeneca (AZN), Barclays (BARC), BP (BP), HSBC (HSBA), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) and Rio Tinto Group (RIO).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Packaging & Containers
Sub-Industry
N/A
CIK
N/A
Fax
N/A
Employees
47,000
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
GBX 4,015
High Stock Price Target
GBX 4,200
Low Stock Price Target
GBX 3,830
Potential Upside/Downside
+9.8%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
2 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
£758 million
Pretax Margin
N/A

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
£11.27 billion
Cash Flow
GBX 225.32 per share
Book Value
GBX 2,151 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
N/A
Market Cap
£9.55 billion
Optionable
Not Optionable
Beta
0.94
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This page (LON:SKG) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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