SMDS Stock Overview
Provides packaging solutions, paper products, and recycling services worldwide. More details
| Snowflake Score | |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 2/6 |
| Future Growth | 3/6 |
| Past Performance | 1/6 |
| Financial Health | 3/6 |
| Dividends | 2/6 |
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Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
|---|---|
| Current Share Price | UK£5.37 |
| 52 Week High | UK£6.02 |
| 52 Week Low | UK£2.70 |
| Beta | 0.79 |
| 1 Month Change | -5.79% |
| 3 Month Change | 14.65% |
| 1 Year Change | 73.06% |
| 3 Year Change | 40.06% |
| 5 Year Change | 36.75% |
| Change since IPO | 104.69% |
Recent News & Updates
Recent updates
Earnings Working Against DS Smith Plc's (LON:SMDS) Share Price
Mar 28
At UK£3.16, Is DS Smith Plc (LON:SMDS) Worth Looking At Closely?
Feb 11These 4 Measures Indicate That DS Smith (LON:SMDS) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well
Jan 27Is There An Opportunity With DS Smith Plc's (LON:SMDS) 47% Undervaluation?
Dec 30Shareholder Returns
| SMDS | GB Packaging | GB Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | -0.4% | -2.8% | -2.6% |
| 1Y | 73.1% | -7.0% | 2.7% |
Return vs Industry: SMDS exceeded the UK Packaging industry which returned -7% over the past year.
Return vs Market: SMDS exceeded the UK Market which returned 2.7% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| SMDS volatility | |
|---|---|
| SMDS Average Weekly Movement | 5.1% |
| Packaging Industry Average Movement | 4.2% |
| Market Average Movement | 4.8% |
| 10% most volatile stocks in GB Market | 10.5% |
| 10% least volatile stocks in GB Market | 2.6% |
Stable Share Price: SMDS has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the UK market.
Volatility Over Time: SMDS's weekly volatility (5%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 29,495 | Miles Roberts | www.dssmith.com |
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, and plastics recycling, as well as recycling solutions for the retail, manufacturing, print and publishing, paper mills, automotive, pharmaceutical, and public sectors.
DS Smith Plc Fundamentals Summary
| SMDS fundamental statistics | |
|---|---|
| Market cap | UK£7.41b |
| Earnings (TTM) | UK£224.00m |
| Revenue (TTM) | UK£6.68b |
33.1x
P/E Ratio1.1x
P/S RatioIs SMDS overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| SMDS income statement (TTM) | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | UK£6.68b |
| Cost of Revenue | UK£6.12b |
| Gross Profit | UK£557.00m |
| Other Expenses | UK£333.00m |
| Earnings | UK£224.00m |
Last Reported Earnings
Oct 31, 2024
Next Earnings Date
n/a
| Earnings per share (EPS) | 0.16 |
| Gross Margin | 8.34% |
| Net Profit Margin | 3.35% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 71.1% |
How did SMDS perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonDividends
3.4%
Current Dividend Yield112%
Payout RatioDoes SMDS pay a reliable dividends?
See SMDS dividend history and benchmarks| DS Smith dividend dates | |
|---|---|
| Ex Dividend Date | Dec 12 2024 |
| Dividend Pay Date | Jan 29 2025 |
| Days until Ex dividend | 8 days |
| Days until Dividend pay date | 40 days |
Does SMDS pay a reliable dividends?
See SMDS dividend history and benchmarksCompany Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2024/12/19 03:51 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2024/12/19 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2024/10/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2024/04/30 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.
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Analyst Sources
DS Smith Plc is covered by 27 analysts. 9 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
|---|---|
| Jane Sparrow | Barclays |
| Pallav Mittal | Barclays |
| Eoghan Reid | Berenberg |