LON:SMDS DS Smith (SMDS) Share Price, News & Analysis Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisBuy This Stock About DS Smith Stock (LON:SMDS) Get DS Smith alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range N/A50-Day Range N/A52-Week Range N/AVolume194.63 million shsAverage Volume20.95 million shsMarket Capitalization£8.06 billionP/E Ratio20.90Dividend Yield3.12%Price TargetN/AConsensus RatingN/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. Read More Receive SMDS Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for DS Smith and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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SMDS Stock News HeadlinesInternational Paper in talks to sell 5 plants in Europe to PALM: Here's whyApril 14, 2025 | usatoday.comInternational Paper Becomes Guarantor for DS Smith NotesMarch 13, 2025 | uk.investing.comYour book attachedBill Poulos is giving away his 'Safe Trade Options Formula' book for free - but only for a limited time through a temporary download link. He plans to charge for it soon. Download your copy now and lock it in at no cost, regardless of future pricing.May 24 at 1:00 AM | Profits Run (Ad)DS Smith Drypack Solution Benefits Seafood IndustryMarch 11, 2025 | businesswire.comBarclays Sticks to Its Hold Rating for DS Smith (SMDS)January 31, 2025 | markets.businessinsider.comInternational Paper gains EU nod for $7.2 billion DS Smith buyJanuary 24, 2025 | msn.comExclusive-EU to Approve International Paper's $7.1 Billion DS Smith Deal, Sources SayJanuary 21, 2025 | money.usnews.comUBS Reduces Stake in DS Smith Below 5% ThresholdDecember 19, 2024 | msn.comSee More Headlines SMDS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How were DS Smith's earnings last quarter? DS Smith Plc (LON:SMDS) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, December, 5th. The company reported $8.30 EPS for the quarter. DS Smith had a net margin of 5.64% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.59%. Read the conference call transcript. How do I buy shares of DS Smith? 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. What other stocks do shareholders of DS Smith own? 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 Earnings12/05/2024Today5/24/2026Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeLON SectorConsumer Cyclical Industry Packaging & Containers Sub-IndustryN/A Current SymbolLON:SMDS CIKN/A Webwww.dssmith.com Phone+44-20-77561800FaxN/AEmployees29,519Year FoundedN/AProfitability EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)GBX 27.86 Trailing P/E Ratio20.90 Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E Growth1.06Net Income£385.48 million Net Margins5.64% Pretax MarginN/A Return on Equity9.59% Return on Assets4.02% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio70.02 Current Ratio0.86 Quick Ratio0.59 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£6.83 billion Price / Sales0.00 Cash FlowN/A Price / Cash Flow6.76 Book ValueGBX 285.81 per share Price / BookN/AMiscellaneous Outstanding Shares1,383,410,048Free FloatN/AMarket Cap£8.06 billion OptionableNot Optionable Beta0.87 (Almost) Everything You Need To Know About The EV MarketLooking to profit from the electric vehicle mega-trend? 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