DS Smith (SMDS) Competitors

Smurfit Kappa Group (LON:SKG) and DS Smith (LON:SMDS) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SKG or SMDS?

DS Smith received 426 more outperform votes than Smurfit Kappa Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.62% of users gave Smurfit Kappa Group an outperform vote while only 67.06% of users gave DS Smith an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Smurfit Kappa Group	Outperform Votes 252 72.62%	Underperform Votes 95 27.38%
DS Smith	Outperform Votes 678 67.06%	Underperform Votes 333 32.94%

Is SKG or SMDS a better dividend stock?

Smurfit Kappa Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 131 per share. DS Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Smurfit Kappa Group pays out 5,282.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DS Smith pays out 6,428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, SKG or SMDS?

Smurfit Kappa Group has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DS Smith has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate SKG or SMDS?

Smurfit Kappa Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,200, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. DS Smith has a consensus target price of GBX 481.67, indicating a potential downside of 18.38%. Given Smurfit Kappa Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Smurfit Kappa Group is more favorable than DS Smith.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Smurfit Kappa Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
DS Smith	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media favor SKG or SMDS?

In the previous week, DS Smith had 2 more articles in the media than Smurfit Kappa Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for DS Smith and 0 mentions for Smurfit Kappa Group. Smurfit Kappa Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled DS Smith'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Smurfit Kappa Group	Neutral
DS Smith	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, SKG or SMDS?

Smurfit Kappa Group has higher revenue and earnings than DS Smith. Smurfit Kappa Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DS Smith, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Smurfit Kappa Group	£11.27B	0.00	£758M	£2.48	N/A
DS Smith	£6.82B	1.19	£385M	£0.28	2,107.68

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SKG or SMDS?

75.8% of Smurfit Kappa Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of DS Smith shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Smurfit Kappa Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of DS Smith shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SKG or SMDS more profitable?

Smurfit Kappa Group has a net margin of 6.72% compared to DS Smith's net margin of 5.64%. Smurfit Kappa Group's return on equity of 14.31% beat DS Smith's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Smurfit Kappa Group	6.72%	14.31%	6.89%
DS Smith	5.64%	9.58%	4.02%

Summary

Smurfit Kappa Group beats DS Smith on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.