| Snowflake Score | |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 3/6 |
| Future Growth | 0/6 |
| Past Performance | 2/6 |
| Financial Health | 1/6 |
| Dividends | 5/6 |
SWM Stock Overview
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides engineered solutions and advanced materials for various industries worldwide.
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Price History & Performance
| Historical stock prices | |
|---|---|
| Current Share Price | US$24.71 |
| 52 Week High | US$40.95 |
| 52 Week Low | US$23.12 |
| Beta | 1.02 |
| 1 Month Change | -9.95% |
| 3 Month Change | -16.72% |
| 1 Year Change | -38.22% |
| 3 Year Change | -25.53% |
| 5 Year Change | -33.63% |
| Change since IPO | 94.76% |
Recent News & Updates
Should You Think About Buying Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. (NYSE:SWM) Now?
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Schweitzer-Mauduit International (NYSE:SWM) Is Due To Pay A Dividend Of US$0.44
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Shareholder Returns
| SWM | US Chemicals | US Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7D | 2.1% | 3.6% | 6.6% |
| 1Y | -38.2% | -8.4% | -18.4% |
Return vs Industry: SWM underperformed the US Chemicals industry which returned -8.4% over the past year.
Return vs Market: SWM underperformed the US Market which returned -18.4% over the past year.
Price Volatility
| SWM volatility | |
|---|---|
| SWM Average Weekly Movement | 5.4% |
| Chemicals Industry Average Movement | 7.0% |
| Market Average Movement | 8.1% |
| 10% most volatile stocks in US Market | 16.6% |
| 10% least volatile stocks in US Market | 3.2% |
Stable Share Price: SWM is not significantly more volatile than the rest of US stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 5% a week.
Volatility Over Time: SWM's weekly volatility (5%) has been stable over the past year.
About the Company
| Founded | Employees | CEO | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5,100 | Jeff Kramer | https://www.swmintl.com |
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides engineered solutions and advanced materials for various industries worldwide. It operates through two segments, Advanced Materials & Structures and Engineered Papers. The Advanced Materials & Structures segment manufactures and sells resin-based rolled goods, such as nets, films and meltblown materials, bonding products, and adhesive components, as well as offers other coating solutions and converting services for healthcare, construction, industrial, transportation and filtration end-markets.
Schweitzer-Mauduit International Fundamentals Summary
| SWM fundamental statistics | |
|---|---|
| Market Cap | US$787.67m |
| Earnings (TTM) | US$67.80m |
| Revenue (TTM) | US$1.56b |
11.6x
P/E Ratio0.5x
P/S RatioIs SWM overvalued?
See Fair Value and valuation analysisEarnings & Revenue
| SWM income statement (TTM) | |
|---|---|
| Revenue | US$1.56b |
| Cost of Revenue | US$1.22b |
| Gross Profit | US$342.80m |
| Other Expenses | US$275.00m |
| Earnings | US$67.80m |
Last Reported Earnings
Mar 31, 2022
Next Earnings Date
n/a
| Earnings per share (EPS) | 2.13 |
| Gross Margin | 21.99% |
| Net Profit Margin | 4.35% |
| Debt/Equity Ratio | 181.7% |
How did SWM perform over the long term?
See historical performance and comparisonDividends
7.1%
Current Dividend Yield81%
Payout RatioValuation
Is SWM undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?
Valuation Score
3/6Valuation Score 3/6
Price-To-Earnings vs Peers
Price-To-Earnings vs Industry
Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio
Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
PEG Ratio
Key Valuation Metric
Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SWM?
Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.
| What is SWM's n/a Ratio? | |
|---|---|
| n/a Ratio | 0x |
| n/a | n/a |
| Market Cap | US$787.67m |
| Key Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Enterprise Value/Revenue | 1.3x |
| Enterprise Value/EBITDA | 11x |
| PEG Ratio | n/a |
Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers
How does SWM's PE Ratio compare to its peers?
| SWM PE Ratio vs Peers |
|---|
| Company | PE | Estimated Growth | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peer Average | 9.5x | ||
HWKN Hawkins | 15x | n/a | US$774.3m |
ASIX AdvanSix | 5.6x | 0.4% | US$980.5m |
ORGN Origin Materials | 7x | 7.0% | US$721.6m |
WLKP Westlake Chemical Partners | 10.4x | 8.3% | US$871.6m |
SWM Schweitzer-Mauduit International | 11.6x | n/a | US$787.7m |
Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SWM is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.6x) compared to the peer average (9.5x).
Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry
How does SWM's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Chemicals Industry?
Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SWM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.6x) compared to the US Chemicals industry average (16.1x)
Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio
What is SWM's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.
| Fair Ratio | |
|---|---|
| Current PE Ratio | 11.6x |
| Fair PE Ratio | n/a |
Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate SWM's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.
Share Price vs Fair Value
What is the Fair Price of SWM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.
Below Fair Value: SWM ($24.71) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($39.57)
Significantly Below Fair Value: SWM is trading below fair value by more than 20%.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate SWM's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
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Future Growth
How is Schweitzer-Mauduit International forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
Future Growth Score
0/6Future Growth Score 0/6
Earnings vs Savings Rate
Earnings vs Market
High Growth Earnings
Revenue vs Market
High Growth Revenue
Future ROE
8.7%
Forecasted Materials industry annual growth in earnings
In this section we usually present revenue and earnings growth projections based on the consensus estimates of professional analysts to help investors understand the company’s ability to generate profit. But as Schweitzer-Mauduit International has not provided enough past data and has no analyst forecast, its future earnings cannot be reliably calculated by extrapolating past data or using analyst predictions.
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- Examine whether Schweitzer-Mauduit International is trading at an attractive price based on how much it is expected to earn in the future, and relative to its industry peers and the wider market.
- Schweitzer-Mauduit International competitive advantages and company strategy can generally be found in its financial reports archived here.
Past Performance
How has Schweitzer-Mauduit International performed over the past 5 years?
Past Performance Score
2/6Past Performance Score 2/6
Quality Earnings
Growing Profit Margin
Earnings Trend
Accelerating Growth
Earnings vs Industry
High ROE
4.2%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: SWM has high quality earnings.
Growing Profit Margin: SWM's current net profit margins (4.4%) are lower than last year (7.4%).
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: SWM's earnings have grown by 4.2% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: SWM's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: SWM had negative earnings growth (-17.2%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Chemicals industry average (30.2%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: SWM's Return on Equity (9.8%) is considered low.
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Financial Health
How is Schweitzer-Mauduit International's financial position?
Financial Health Score
1/6Financial Health Score 1/6
Short Term Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
Debt Level
Reducing Debt
Debt Coverage
Interest Coverage
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: SWM's short term assets ($638.0M) exceed its short term liabilities ($243.4M).
Long Term Liabilities: SWM's short term assets ($638.0M) do not cover its long term liabilities ($1.5B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: SWM's net debt to equity ratio (173.7%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: SWM's debt to equity ratio has increased from 140.2% to 181.7% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: SWM's debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (4%).
Interest Coverage: SWM's interest payments on its debt are not well covered by EBIT (1.5x coverage).
Balance Sheet
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Dividend
What is Schweitzer-Mauduit International current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Score
5/6Dividend Score 5/6
Notable Dividend
High Dividend
Stable Dividend
Growing Dividend
Earnings Coverage
Future Dividend Coverage
7.12%
Current Dividend Yield
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: SWM's dividend (7.12%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the US market (1.57%).
High Dividend: SWM's dividend (7.12%) is in the top 25% of dividend payers in the US market (4.24%)
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: SWM's dividends per share have been stable in the past 10 years.
Growing Dividend: SWM's dividend payments have increased over the past 10 years.
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: At its current payout ratio (80.7%), SWM's payments are covered by earnings.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: With its high cash payout ratio (590.6%), SWM's dividend payments are not well covered by cash flows.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
2.4yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Jeff Kramer (61 yo)
5.08yrs
Tenure
US$5,150,672
Compensation
Dr. Jeffrey Kramer, also known as Jeff, Ph D., has been the Chief Executive Officer at Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. since May 2017 and has been its Director since April 21, 2017. Dr. Kramer serve...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Jeff's total compensation ($USD5.15M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD4.02M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Jeff's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Leadership Team
Experienced Management: SWM's management team is considered experienced (2.4 years average tenure).
Board Members
Experienced Board: SWM's board of directors are considered experienced (5.2 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: SWM insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.'s employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.
- Ticker: SWM
- Exchange: NYSE
- Founded: 1995
- Industry: Commodity Chemicals
- Sector: Materials
- Implied Market Cap: US$787.674m
- Shares outstanding: 31.88m
- Website: https://www.swmintl.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.
- 100 North Point Center East
- Suite 600
- Alpharetta
- Georgia
- 30022-8246
- United States
Listings
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2022/06/26 00:00 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2022/06/24 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2022/03/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2021/12/31 |
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.