Mondi (MNDI) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Mondi plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of packaging and paper solutions in Africa, Western Europe, Emerging Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Australia, and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Corrugated Packaging, Flexible Packaging, and Uncoated Fine Paper. The Corrugated Packaging segment provides virgin and recycled containerboards for fresh fruit packaging and heavy and fragile goods transport packaging applications; and corrugated solutions, such as corrugated boxes and packaging products. The Flexible Packaging segment offers sack kraft paper, paper bags, specialty kraft paper, consumer flexibles, and functional paper and films. The Uncoated Fine Paper segment provides uncoated fine paper comprising home, office, converting, and professional printing papers; and market pulp. It serves customers in the agriculture, automotive, building and construction, chemicals, food and beverages, home and personal care, pet care, retail, and shipping and transport industries. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Weybridge, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 713.60 to 728.60
• 50-Day Range: 708.25 to 873.80
• 52-Week Range: 703.20 to 1,250.50
• Volume: 1.79 million shs
• Average Volume: 12.67 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £3.17 billion
• P/E Ratio: 19.26
• Dividend Yield: 3.48%
• Price Target: GBX 1,035
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Mondi Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Mondi scored higher than 97% 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: 3.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Mondi has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Mondi has a consensus price target of GBX 1,035, representing about 43.7% upside from its current price of GBX 720.14.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Mondi has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Mondi is 19.26, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.00.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Mondi is 19.26, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 23.23.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Mondi has a PEG Ratio of 0.76. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Mondi has a P/B Ratio of 0.60. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued 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 MNDI.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Mondi pays a meaningful dividend of 3.48%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Mondi does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Mondi is 190.02%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.96

News Sentiment

Mondi has a news sentiment score of 0.96. 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 0.56 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Mondi this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

3 insiders have purchased shares of Mondi in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £38,634.30 in company stock, which represents 0.0012% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Mondi insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £38,634.30 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.20% of the stock of Mondi is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

54.96% of the stock of Mondi is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Paper & Paper Products
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:MNDI
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.mondigroup.com
• Phone: +44-1932-826300
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 21,200
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Mondi: GBX 1,035
• High Price Target: GBX 1,400
• Low Price Target: GBX 760
• Potential Upside/Downside: +43.7%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 37.40
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.26
• Forward P/E Ratio: 5.59
• P/E Growth: 0.76
• Net Income: £460.67 million
• Net Margins: 1.40%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 1.69%
• Return on Assets: 3.13%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 64.04
• Current Ratio: 1.53
• Quick Ratio: 1.14

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £7.66 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.41
• Cash Flow: GBX 92.74 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.76
• Book Value: GBX 1,207.51 per share
• Price / Book: 0.60

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 440,798,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £3.17 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.57