SKG vs. SMDS, NXT, IHG, JD, WTB, MKS, BKG, TW, HWDN, and ENT
Should you be buying Smurfit Kappa Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smurfit Kappa Group include DS Smith (SMDS), NEXT (NXT), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), JD Sports Fashion (JD), Whitbread (WTB), Marks and Spencer Group (MKS), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), and Entain (ENT). 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 stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
75.5% of Smurfit Kappa Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Smurfit Kappa Group and Smurfit Kappa Group both had 1 articles in the media. DS Smith's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Smurfit Kappa Group's score of -0.99 indicating that DS Smith is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 currently has a consensus target price of GBX 4,015, indicating a potential upside of 6.27%. DS Smith has a consensus target price of GBX 386.75, indicating a potential upside of 3.35%. Given Smurfit Kappa Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Smurfit Kappa Group is more favorable than DS Smith.
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 4.8%. Smurfit Kappa Group pays out 5,219.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
Smurfit Kappa Group has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DS Smith has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Smurfit Kappa Group has a net margin of 6.72% compared to DS Smith's net margin of 6.37%. Smurfit Kappa Group's return on equity of 14.31% beat DS Smith's return on equity.
Summary
Smurfit Kappa Group beats DS Smith on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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