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: 576.50 to 581.40
• 50-Day Range: 447 to 576.50
• 52-Week Range: 270.30 to 596.50
• Volume: 6.38 million shs
• Average Volume: 9.02 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £8.00 billion
• P/E Ratio: 2,071.41
• Dividend Yield: 3.10%
• Price Target: GBX 413.75
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

DS Smith Stock Analysis - 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.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

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.

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 2,051.79, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 131.16.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of DS Smith is 2,051.79, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Cyclical sector average P/E ratio of about 342.91.

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 2.00. 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: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

DS Smith has a news sentiment score of 0.67. 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 1 news article for DS Smith this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

15 people have added DS Smith to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 400% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

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.

SMDS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have SMDS shares performed this year?

DS Smith's stock was trading at GBX 307.30 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, SMDS stock has increased by 87.0% and is now trading at GBX 574.50.
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How were DS Smith's earnings last quarter?

DS Smith Plc (LON:SMDS) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, June, 18th. The company reported $35.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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%.

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.
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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 10/4 Dividend: 9/05/2024
• Dividend Payable: 10/04/2024
• Today: 11/21/2024

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 413.75
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 480
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 360
• Potential Upside/Downside: -28.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.28
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 2,051.79
• Forward P/E Ratio: 18.08
• 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: 1.16
• Cash Flow: GBX 84.99 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.76
• Book Value: GBX 287 per share
• Price / Book: 2.00

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,380,000,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £7.93 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.87