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

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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 4,200
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 22% 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 1 buy rating, 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 123.07.

  • 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 393.10.

  • 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.
    • 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 stock has increased by 17.2% and is now trading at GBX 3,656.
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    Shares of SKG 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 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 4,200
    High Stock Price Target
    GBX 4,200
    Low Stock Price Target
    GBX 4,200
    Potential Upside/Downside
    +14.9%
    Consensus Rating
    Buy
    Rating Score (0-4)
    3.00
    Research Coverage
    1 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 12/3/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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