SMDS vs. SKG, HWDN, BKG, TW, ENT, KGF, MKS, BDEV, PSN, and BRBY
Should you be buying DS Smith stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DS Smith include Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Entain (ENT), Kingfisher (KGF), Marks and Spencer Group (MKS), Barratt Developments (BDEV), Persimmon (PSN), and Burberry Group (BRBY). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Smurfit Kappa Group (LON:SKG) and DS Smith (LON:SMDS) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Smurfit Kappa Group has a net margin of 6.72% compared to Smurfit Kappa Group's net margin of 6.37%. DS Smith's return on equity of 14.31% beat Smurfit Kappa Group's return on equity.
Smurfit Kappa Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 131 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. DS Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Smurfit Kappa Group pays out 5,261.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DS Smith pays out 5,294.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
76.7% of Smurfit Kappa Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of DS Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Smurfit Kappa Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of DS Smith shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Smurfit Kappa Group has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DS Smith has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
DS Smith received 424 more outperform votes than Smurfit Kappa Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.62% of users gave Smurfit Kappa Group an outperform vote while only 67.06% of users gave DS Smith an outperform vote.
Smurfit Kappa Group has higher revenue and earnings than DS Smith. DS Smith is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smurfit Kappa Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Smurfit Kappa Group had 4 more articles in the media than DS Smith. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Smurfit Kappa Group and 2 mentions for DS Smith. Smurfit Kappa Group's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat DS Smith's score of 0.44 indicating that DS Smith is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Smurfit Kappa Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,015, suggesting a potential upside of 7.35%. DS Smith has a consensus target price of GBX 386.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.96%. Given DS Smith's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Smurfit Kappa Group is more favorable than DS Smith.
Summary
Smurfit Kappa Group beats DS Smith on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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