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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
DS Smith beats RPC Group on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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