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DS Smith (SMDS) Share Price, News & Analysis

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GBX 545.50
+68.10 (+14.26%)
(As of 10/31/2024 ET)

About DS Smith Stock (LON:SMDS)

Key Stats

Today's Range
471
551.50
50-Day Range
447
484.60
52-Week Range
270.30
551.50
Volume
10.61 million shs
Average Volume
9.11 million shs
Market Capitalization
£7.53 billion
P/E Ratio
1,948.21
Dividend Yield
3.30%
Price Target
GBX 413.75
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

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.

DS Smith Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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21st Percentile Overall Score

SMDS MarketRank™: 

DS Smith scored higher than 21% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    DS Smith has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 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.

  • Read more about DS Smith's stock forecast and price target.
  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of DS Smith is 1,950.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 135.26.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of DS Smith is 1,950.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 354.86.

  • 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 1.90. 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 SMDS.
  • 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.

  • Read more about DS Smith's dividend.
  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for SMDS.
  • News Sentiment

    DS Smith has a news sentiment score of 0.75. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.36 average news sentiment score of Consumer Cyclical companies.
  • 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

    9 people have added DS Smith to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 800% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, DS Smith insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £453,799.08 in 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.

  • Read more about DS Smith's insider trading history.
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SMDS Stock News Headlines

DS Smith rises Monday, still underperforms market
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SMDS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

DS Smith's stock was trading at GBX 307.30 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, SMDS stock has increased by 77.7% and is now trading at GBX 546.
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DS Smith Plc (LON:SMDS) issued its earnings results on Monday, June, 18th. The company reported $35.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $34.80 by $0.70. DS Smith had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.58% and a net margin of 5.64%.

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.
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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 10/4 Dividend
9/05/2024
Dividend Payable
10/04/2024
Today
10/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Packaging & Containers
Sub-Industry
N/A
CIK
N/A
Fax
N/A
Employees
29,519
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
GBX 413.75
High Stock Price Target
GBX 480
Low Stock Price Target
GBX 360
Potential Upside/Downside
-23.6%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.50
Research Coverage
4 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
£385 million
Pretax Margin
N/A

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
£6.82 billion
Cash Flow
GBX 80.10 per share
Book Value
GBX 287 per share

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
1,380,000,000
Free Float
N/A
Market Cap
£7.47 billion
Optionable
Not Optionable
Beta
0.87
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This page (LON:SMDS) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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