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DS Smith (SMDS) Share Price, News & Analysis

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About DS Smith Stock (LON:SMDS)

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

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.

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SMDS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

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

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
8/06/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
LON
Sector
Materials
Industry
Containers & Packaging
Sub-Industry
N/A
Current Symbol
LON:SMDS
CIK
N/A
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
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This page (LON:SMDS) was last updated on 8/7/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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