SMDS vs. SKG, TW, HWDN, ENT, KGF, BDEV, BKG, MKS, PSN, and WTB
Should you be buying DS Smith stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DS Smith include Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), Taylor Wimpey (TW), Howden Joinery Group (HWDN), Entain (ENT), Kingfisher (KGF), Barratt Developments (BDEV), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Marks and Spencer Group (MKS), Persimmon (PSN), and Whitbread (WTB). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
DS Smith (LON:SMDS) and Smurfit Kappa Group (LON:SKG) are both mid-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
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.
84.3% of DS Smith shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.5% of Smurfit Kappa Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of DS Smith shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Smurfit Kappa Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
DS Smith currently has a consensus price target of GBX 386.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.35%. Smurfit Kappa Group has a consensus price target of GBX 4,015, suggesting a potential upside of 6.27%. Given Smurfit Kappa Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Smurfit Kappa Group is more favorable than DS Smith.
DS Smith pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Smurfit Kappa Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 131 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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 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 has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smurfit Kappa Group has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, DS Smith and DS Smith 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 media.
Summary
Smurfit Kappa Group beats DS Smith on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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