LON:SMDS - DS Smith Share Price, Forecast & News

DS Smith trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "SMDS."

DS Smith declared a dividend on Saturday, December 5th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 9th will be paid a dividend of GBX 5.40 per share on Friday, May 1st. This represents a dividend yield of 1.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 9th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View DS Smith's Dividend History.

DS Smith plc (LON:SMDS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, June, 18th. The company reported $35.50 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $34.80 by $0.70. View DS Smith's Earnings History.

9 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for DS Smith's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 300 to GBX 480. On average, they anticipate DS Smith's stock price to reach GBX 401.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for DS Smith.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for DS Smith in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for DS Smith.

News coverage about SMDS stock has trended somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. DS Smith earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for DS Smith.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other DS Smith investors own include Vodafone Group (VOD), Cobham (COB), GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Imperial Brands (IMB), Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS), Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA), EQGP (EQGP), Johnson Matthey (JMAT), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) and Ashtead Group (AHT).

Shares of SMDS 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.

One share of SMDS stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 352.10.

DS Smith has a market capitalization of £4.83 billion and generates £6.29 billion in revenue each year. DS Smith employs 28,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About DS Smith.

The official website for DS Smith is http://www.dssmith.com/.

DS Smith's mailing address is 7th Fl, Regents Place, 350 Euston Road, LONDON, NW1 3AX, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-20-77561800.