DS Smith - DITHF Competitors

Sumitomo Chemical (OTCMKTS:SOMMY) and DS Smith (OTCMKTS:DITHF) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

Is SOMMY or DITHF more profitable?

Sumitomo Chemical has a net margin of 3.83% compared to DS Smith's net margin of 0.00%. Sumitomo Chemical's return on equity of 4.65% beat DS Smith's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sumitomo Chemical	3.83%	4.65%	1.85%
DS Smith	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate SOMMY or DITHF?

Given DS Smith's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DS Smith is more favorable than Sumitomo Chemical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sumitomo Chemical	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)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more volatility & risk, SOMMY or DITHF?

Sumitomo Chemical has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DS Smith has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SOMMY or DITHF?

In the previous week, DS Smith had 1 more articles in the media than Sumitomo Chemical. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for DS Smith and 1 mentions for Sumitomo Chemical. DS Smith's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Sumitomo Chemical's score of -1.00 indicating that DS Smith is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sumitomo Chemical	Negative
DS Smith	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SOMMY or DITHF?

DS Smith received 33 more outperform votes than Sumitomo Chemical when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.17% of users gave Sumitomo Chemical an outperform vote while only 53.40% of users gave DS Smith an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sumitomo Chemical	Outperform Votes 77 64.17%	Underperform Votes 43 35.83%
DS Smith	Outperform Votes 110 53.40%	Underperform Votes 96 46.60%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SOMMY or DITHF?

Sumitomo Chemical has higher revenue and earnings than DS Smith.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sumitomo Chemical	$22.59 billion	0.25	$1.32 billion	$1.94	8.75
DS Smith	$9.84 billion	0.51	$380.38 million	N/A	N/A

Summary

DS Smith beats Sumitomo Chemical on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.