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How major US stock indexes fared Monday 6/5/2023
S&P 500   4,273.79
DOW   33,562.86
QQQ   354.90
Is Verizon’s 7% Yield Too Good To Pass Up?
Soaring EV Industry Keeps Investor Focus on Lithium (Ad)
Surging Over 100%: Small Cap Electric Boat Maker Makes Waves
The Most Upgraded Stocks In May Are Moving Higher 
The Ignored EV Story Few Investors Know About (Ad)
Dollar General May Create an Opportunity for Patient Investors
Buffett-Backed BYD Caught In The Chinese Government's Stimulus
The Ignored EV Story Few Investors Know About (Ad)
SunCar Technology Stock Overheats...Will it Rise Again?
How major US stock indexes fared Monday 6/5/2023
S&P 500   4,273.79
DOW   33,562.86
QQQ   354.90
Is Verizon’s 7% Yield Too Good To Pass Up?
Soaring EV Industry Keeps Investor Focus on Lithium (Ad)
Surging Over 100%: Small Cap Electric Boat Maker Makes Waves
The Most Upgraded Stocks In May Are Moving Higher 
The Ignored EV Story Few Investors Know About (Ad)
Dollar General May Create an Opportunity for Patient Investors
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LON:SMDS

DS Smith (SMDS) Competitors

GBX 314.90
+7.90 (+2.57%)
(As of 01:57 PM ET)
Compare
Today's Range
311.80
316
50-Day Range
303.70
326.30
52-Week Range
238.10
369.10
Volume
357,538 shs
Average Volume
3.58 million shs
Market Capitalization
£4.35 billion
P/E Ratio
1,166.30
Dividend Yield
5.08%
Price Target
GBX 416

SMDS vs. RPC, SKG, BDEV, PSN, PPB, HWDN, MKS, FRAS, INCH, and WMH

Should you be buying DS Smith stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DS Smith include RPC Group (RPC), Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Persimmon (PSN), Paddy Power Betfair (PPB), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), Marks and Spencer Group (MKS), Frasers Group (FRAS), Inchcape (INCH), and William Hill (WMH). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.

DS Smith vs.

RPC Group (LON:RPC) and DS Smith (LON:SMDS) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

RPC Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. DS Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. RPC Group pays out 0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DS Smith pays out 5,925.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

60.3% of DS Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of DS Smith shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

DS Smith has a net margin of 4.61% compared to RPC Group's net margin of 0.00%. DS Smith's return on equity of 9.07% beat RPC Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RPC Group N/A N/A N/A
DS Smith 4.61% 9.07% 3.84%

DS Smith has a consensus price target of GBX 416, suggesting a potential upside of 31.77%. Given DS Smith's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe DS Smith is more favorable than RPC Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
RPC Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
DS Smith
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

DS Smith received 4 more outperform votes than RPC Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.51% of users gave RPC Group an outperform vote while only 67.03% of users gave DS Smith an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
RPC GroupOutperform Votes
667
85.51%
Underperform Votes
113
14.49%
DS SmithOutperform Votes
671
67.03%
Underperform Votes
330
32.97%

DS Smith has higher revenue and earnings than RPC Group. RPC Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DS Smith, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
RPC Group£3.87 billion0.84N/A£53.7014.76
DS Smith£8.18 billion0.53£377 million£0.271,169.26

In the previous week, RPC Group and RPC Group both had 1 articles in the media. RPC Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled DS Smith's average media sentiment score.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
RPC Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
DS Smith
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

DS Smith beats RPC Group on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SMDS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SMDS vs. The Competition

MetricDS SmithPackaging & Containers IndustryCyclical SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£4.36B£2.47B£3.37B£1.45B
Dividend Yield5.22%2.89%4.52%13.34%
P/E Ratio1,169.26245.01433.271,795.25
Price / Sales0.53131.70127.1348,018.49
Price / Cash6.76-18.9722.3033.42
Price / Book0.951.883.152.68
Net Income£377M£207.90M£268.40M£218.14M
7 Day Performance0.93%-0.79%-0.36%0.04%
1 Month Performance-0.16%90.59%3.18%8.11%
1 Year Performance4.12%-6.73%-8.83%39.39%

DS Smith Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RPC
RPC Group
0 of 5 stars
GBX 792.60
+0.1%
N/AN/A£3.26B£3.87B14.76N/A
SKG
Smurfit Kappa Group
1.6807 of 5 stars
GBX 2,920
-1.6%
GBX 4,200
+43.8%
-6.2%£7.60B£12.81B926.9848,000
BDEV
Barratt Developments
1.8496 of 5 stars
GBX 473
-0.2%
GBX 503.38
+6.4%
-4.2%£4.63B£5.80B892.456,329
PSN
Persimmon
1.2318 of 5 stars
GBX 1,215.50
-0.9%
GBX 1,521.63
+25.2%
-42.9%£3.88B£3.82B710.825,196
PPB
Paddy Power Betfair
0 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£4.74B£1.87B23.617,901
HWDN
Howden Joinery Group
1.7896 of 5 stars
GBX 667.40
+0.6%
GBX 762.50
+14.2%
-1.4%£3.68B£2.32B1,011.2111,000
MKS
Marks and Spencer Group
1.9639 of 5 stars
GBX 181.10
+0.9%
GBX 177.25
-2.1%
+25.4%£3.57B£11.32B1,207.3369,577
FRAS
Frasers Group
1.8979 of 5 stars
GBX 690
+2.7%
GBX 900
+30.4%
+0.2%£3.23B£5.15B1,112.9025,000News Coverage
INCH
Inchcape
2.164 of 5 stars
GBX 772
+0.8%
GBX 1,067.20
+38.2%
+7.3%£3.19B£8.13B1,403.6414,553News Coverage
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WMH
William Hill
0 of 5 stars
GBX 271.80
flat
N/AN/A£2.86B£1.32B44.5612,000

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This page (LON:SMDS) was last updated on 6/6/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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