DS Smith (SMDS) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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, confidential shredding, and plastics recycling, as well as recycling solutions for the retail, manufacturing, print and publishing, paper mills, automotive, pharmaceutical, and public sectors. In addition, the company offers brown, white, and kraft liners; medium/fluting grades; dual-use grades; coated papers; and specialty papers, as well as technical and supply chain services, as well as point of sale display solutions and packaging machine systems. The company was formerly known as David S. Smith (Holdings) PLC and changed its name to DS Smith Plc in 2001. DS Smith Plc was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: N/A
• 50-Day Range: N/A
• 52-Week Range: N/A
• Volume: 194.63 million shs
• Average Volume: 20.95 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £8.06 billion
• P/E Ratio: 20.90
• Dividend Yield: 3.12%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

SMDS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How were DS Smith's earnings last quarter?

DS Smith Plc (LON:SMDS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, December, 5th. The company reported $8.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. DS Smith had a net margin of 5.64% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.59%.
Read the conference call transcript.

How do I buy shares of DS Smith?

Shares of SMDS stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of DS Smith own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that DS Smith investors own include Vodafone Group Public (VOD), GSK (GSK), BP (BP), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Barclays (BARC), Legal & General Group (LGEN) and Glencore (GLEN).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 12/05/2024
• Today: 5/07/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Packaging & Containers
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:SMDS
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.dssmith.com
• Phone: +44-20-77561800
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 29,519
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 27.86
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 20.90
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: 1.06
• Net Income: £385.48 million
• Net Margins: 5.64%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 9.59%
• Return on Assets: 4.02%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 70.02
• Current Ratio: 0.86
• Quick Ratio: 0.59

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £6.83 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.00
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.76
• Book Value: GBX 285.81 per share
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,383,410,048
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £8.06 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.87