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DS Smith PlcOTCPK:DSSM.Y Stock Report

Market Cap US$10.0b
Updated 1y ago
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1Yn/a
7D-5.0%
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DS Smith Plc

OTCPK:DSSM.Y Stock Report

Market Cap: US$10.0b

  • Company Overview
    • Valuation
    • Future Growth
    • Past Performance
    • Financial Health
    • Dividend
  • Management
  • Ownership
  • Other Information
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DS Smith (DSSM.Y) Stock Overview

Provides packaging solutions, paper products, and recycling services worldwide. More details

DSSM.Y fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation0/6
Future Growth3/6
Past Performance1/6
Financial Health3/6
Dividends2/6

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 20.06% per year

Risk Analysis

Debt is not well covered by operating cash flow

Shares are highly illiquid

Dividend of 3.12% is not well covered by earnings or free cash flows

Large one-off items impacting financial results

+ 1 more risk

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PastFuture08b2016201920222025202620282031Revenue UK£7.9bEarnings UK£265.4m
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DS Smith Plc Competitors

Graphic Packaging Holding

Symbol: NYSE:GPK
Market cap: US$2.8b

Amcor

Symbol: NYSE:AMCR
Market cap: US$19.5b

Avery Dennison

Symbol: NYSE:AVY
Market cap: US$12.8b

Packaging Corporation of America

Symbol: NYSE:PKG
Market cap: US$20.8b

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for DS Smith
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUK£27.00
52 Week HighUK£28.42
52 Week LowUK£16.08
Beta0.80
1 Month Change-5.00%
3 Month Changen/a
1 Year Changen/a
3 Year Changen/a
5 Year Changen/a
Change since IPO104.55%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

DSSM.YUS PackagingUS Market
7D-5.0%-4.7%-0.9%
1Yn/a-2.0%13.9%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how DSSM.Y performed against the US Packaging industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how DSSM.Y performed against the US Market.

Price Volatility

Is DSSM.Y's price volatile compared to industry and market?
DSSM.Y volatility
DSSM.Y Average Weekly Movementn/a
Packaging Industry Average Movement5.3%
Market Average Movement6.9%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market15.3%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market2.9%

Stable Share Price: DSSM.Y's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the US market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine DSSM.Y's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
194029,495Miles Robertswww.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

How do DS Smith's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
DSSM.Y fundamental statistics
Market capUS$10.01b
Earnings (TTM)US$277.78m
Revenue (TTM)US$8.28b
36.0x
P/E Ratio
1.2x
P/S Ratio

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
DSSM.Y income statement (TTM)
RevenueUK£6.68b
Cost of RevenueUK£6.12b
Gross ProfitUK£557.00m
Other ExpensesUK£333.00m
EarningsUK£224.00m

Last Reported Earnings

Oct 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)0.16
Gross Margin8.34%
Net Profit Margin3.35%
Debt/Equity Ratio71.1%

How did DSSM.Y perform over the long term?

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Dividends

3.1%
Current Dividend Yield
112%
Payout Ratio

Does DSSM.Y pay a reliable dividends?

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When do you need to buy DSSM.Y by to receive an upcoming dividend?
DS Smith dividend dates
Ex Dividend DateDec 16 2024
Dividend Pay DateFeb 13 2025
Days until Ex dividend638 days
Days until Dividend pay date579 days

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/03 13:21
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/29 00:00
Earnings2024/10/31
Annual Earnings2024/04/30

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.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
  • SEC Form 10-K
  • SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
  • Analyst Research Reports
  • Blue Matrix
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
  • ICE Market Data
  • SEC Form S-1
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
  • SEC Form 4
  • SEC Form 13D
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
  • SEC Form 10-K
  • SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements
  • SEC Form 8-K

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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.

Analysis Model and Snowflake

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Industry and Sector Metrics

Our industry and section metrics are calculated every 6 hours by Simply Wall St, details of our process are available on Github.

Analyst Sources

DS Smith Plc is covered by 11 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.

AnalystInstitution
Eoghan ReidBerenberg
Harry PhilipsCanaccord Genuity
Justin JordanDavy

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