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

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

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

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

9 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for DS Smith's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 300 to GBX 480. On average, they expect DS Smith's share price to reach GBX 401.88 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.3% 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.

Headlines about SMDS stock have trended negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. DS Smith earned a daily sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for DS Smith.

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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 358.

DS Smith has a market capitalization of £4.91 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.