DS Smith (SMDS) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

DS Smith Plc provides packaging solutions, paper products, and recycling services worldwide. The company offers transit and transport, consumer, retail and shelf ready, heavy duty, fiber base pallets, automotive standard, multi-material, dangerous goods, and e-commerce packaging, as well as packaging for food and drinks, health and beauty, apparel and footwear, home and DIY, and consumer electronics. It also provides various recycling and waste management services, including total waste management, paper and cardboard recycling, confidential shredding, and plastics recycling, as well as recycling solutions for the retail, manufacturing, print and publishing, paper mills, automotive, pharmaceutical, and public sectors. In addition, the company offers brown, white, and kraft liners; medium/fluting grades; dual-use grades; coated papers; and specialty papers, as well as technical and supply chain services, as well as point of sale display solutions and packaging machine systems. The company was formerly known as David S. Smith (Holdings) PLC and changed its name to DS Smith Plc in 2001. DS Smith Plc was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 589 to 593
• 50-Day Range: 537 to 594
• 52-Week Range: 270.30 to 601.75
• Volume: 1.38 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.62 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £8.14 billion
• P/E Ratio: 2,107.14
• Dividend Yield: 3.05%
• Price Target: GBX 481.67
• Consensus Rating: Hold

DS Smith Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

DS Smith scored higher than 10% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

DS Smith has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

DS Smith has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of DS Smith is 2,108.21, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 101.91.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of DS Smith is 2,108.21, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 336.85.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

DS Smith has a PEG Ratio of 1.06. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

DS Smith has a P/B Ratio of 2.06. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for SMDS.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

DS Smith is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.85%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

DS Smith does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of DS Smith is 6,428.57%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.97

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for SMDS.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.00

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for DS Smith this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added DS Smith to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, DS Smith insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 6.11% of the stock of DS Smith is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

88.12% of the stock of DS Smith is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

SMDS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have SMDS shares performed this year?

DS Smith's stock was trading at GBX 542 at the beginning of the year. Since then, SMDS stock has increased by 8.9% and is now trading at GBX 590.30.
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How were DS Smith's earnings last quarter?

DS Smith Plc (LON:SMDS) released its earnings results on Monday, June, 18th. The company reported $35.50 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $34.80 by $0.70. DS Smith had a net margin of 5.64% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.58%.

How do I buy shares of DS Smith?

Shares of SMDS stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of DS Smith own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that DS Smith investors own include Vodafone Group Public (VOD), GSK (GSK), BP (BP), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Barclays (BARC), Legal & General Group (LGEN) and Glencore (GLEN).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 6/18/2018
• Ex-Dividend for 1/29 Dividend: 12/12/2024
• Today: 1/20/2025
• Dividend Payable: 1/29/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Packaging & Containers
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:SMDS
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.dssmith.com
• Phone: +44-20-77561800
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 29,519
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 481.67
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 550
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 415
• Potential Upside/Downside: -18.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.28
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 2,116.07
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.64
• P/E Growth: 1.06
• Net Income: £385 million
• Net Margins: 5.64%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 9.58%
• Return on Assets: 4.02%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 70.02
• Current Ratio: 0.86
• Quick Ratio: 0.59

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £6.82 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.20
• Cash Flow: GBX 87.65 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.76
• Book Value: GBX 287 per share
• Price / Book: 2.06

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,380,000,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £8.18 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.87