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DSSMY

US23335X1054

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Market Closed - OTC Markets Other stock markets 02:09:54 2024-04-16 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
18.89 ^USD	+9.83%		-.--%	+43.11%

May. 08	Deutsche Bank Starts DS Smith Coverage at Hold	MT
May. 08	UBS raises Centrica to 'buy' from 'neutral	AN

Valuation

Fiscal Period: April	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Capitalization ¹	4,892	4,277	5,772	4,543	4,268	4,990	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	7,169	6,378	7,567	6,027	4,268	6,970	6,880	6,733
P/E ratio	17.3 x	8.1 x	29.6 x	16.3 x	8.74 x	13.5 x	12.6 x	11.5 x
Yield	4.54%	-	2.88%	4.53%	-	4.89%	4.87%	5.23%
Capitalization / Revenue	0.79 x	0.71 x	0.97 x	0.63 x	0.52 x	0.71 x	0.69 x	0.66 x
EV / Revenue	1.16 x	1.06 x	1.27 x	0.83 x	0.52 x	0.99 x	0.95 x	0.89 x
EV / EBITDA	8.74 x	6.67 x	9.39 x	6.65 x	3.64 x	6.82 x	6.48 x	5.91 x
EV / FCF	21.1 x	18 x	15.6 x	11.6 x	-	156 x	21.1 x	18.6 x
FCF Yield	4.73%	5.55%	6.42%	8.61%	-	0.64%	4.73%	5.37%
Price to Book	1.52 x	1.28 x	1.63 x	1.07 x	-	1.21 x	1.16 x	1.1 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	1,370,294	1,371,316	1,371,775	1,372,931	1,376,455	1,378,349	-	-
Reference price ²	3.570	3.119	4.208	3.309	3.101	3.620	3.620	3.620
Announcement Date	6/13/19	7/2/20	6/22/21	6/21/22	6/22/23	-	-	-

¹GBP in Million²GBP

Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: April	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net sales ¹	6,171	6,043	5,976	7,241	8,221	7,015	7,214	7,569
EBITDA ¹	820	956	806	906	1,173	1,022	1,062	1,140
EBIT ¹	631	660	502	616	861	697.9	725	777
Operating Margin	10.23%	10.92%	8.4%	8.51%	10.47%	9.95%	10.05%	10.27%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) ¹	350	368	231	378	661	487.4	531.5	595.3
Net income ¹	274	527	194	280	492	371	398	436.8
Net margin	4.44%	8.72%	3.25%	3.87%	5.98%	5.29%	5.52%	5.77%
EPS ²	0.2060	0.3850	0.1420	0.2030	0.3550	0.2683	0.2883	0.3157
Free Cash Flow ¹	339	354	486	519	-	44.6	325.7	361.2
FCF margin	5.49%	5.86%	8.13%	7.17%	-	0.64%	4.52%	4.77%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA)	41.34%	37.03%	60.3%	57.28%	-	4.36%	30.68%	31.7%
FCF Conversion (Net income)	123.72%	67.17%	250.52%	185.36%	-	12.02%	81.83%	82.71%
Dividend per Share ²	0.1620	-	0.1210	0.1500	-	0.1770	0.1763	0.1893
Announcement Date	6/13/19	7/2/20	6/22/21	6/21/22	6/22/23	-	-	-

¹GBP in Million²GBP

Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: April	2020 S1	2020 S2	2021 S1	2021 S2	2022 S1	2022 S2	2023 S1	2023 S2	2024 S1	2024 S2
Net sales ¹	3,188	2,855	2,889	3,087	3,362	3,879	4,299	3,922	3,513	3,434
EBITDA ¹	498	458	385	421	423	483	572	601	522	492
EBIT ¹	351	309	230	272	276	340	418	443	365	330.5
Operating Margin	11.01%	10.82%	7.96%	8.81%	8.21%	8.77%	9.72%	11.3%	10.39%	9.62%
Earnings before Tax (EBT)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net income	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net margin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
EPS	-	0.2650	-	0.0880	0.0980	0.1050	-	-	-	-
Dividend per Share ²	0.0540	-	0.0400	0.0810	0.0400	0.1100	0.0600	-	0.0600	0.1200
Announcement Date	12/5/19	7/2/20	12/10/20	6/22/21	12/9/21	6/21/22	12/8/22	6/22/23	12/7/23	-

¹GBP in Million²GBP

Estimates

Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: April	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net Debt ¹	2,277	2,101	1,795	1,484	-	1,980	1,890	1,744
Net Cash position ¹	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA)	2.777 x	2.198 x	2.227 x	1.638 x	-	1.937 x	1.78 x	1.53 x
Free Cash Flow ¹	339	354	486	519	-	44.6	326	361
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity)	14.4%	14.1%	9.65%	10.9%	-	10.6%	10.8%	11.4%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets)	5.06%	5.31%	3.83%	4.54%	-	3.8%	4.05%	4.34%
Assets ¹	5,410	9,924	5,062	6,166	-	9,766	9,837	10,064
Book Value Per Share ²	2.340	2.440	2.580	3.080	-	3.000	3.130	3.290
Cash Flow per Share ²	0.4000	0.4800	0.5500	0.6700	-	0.3000	0.6100	0.6600
Capex ¹	303	376	331	431	-	495	480	479
Capex / Sales	4.91%	6.22%	5.54%	5.95%	-	7.06%	6.66%	6.33%
Announcement Date	6/13/19	7/2/20	6/22/21	6/21/22	6/22/23	-	-	-

¹GBP in Million²GBP

Estimates

EPS & Dividend

Year-on-year evolution of the PER

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Ratings for DS Smith Plc

Trading Rating

Investor Rating

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Analysts' Consensus

Sell

Buy

Mean consensus

OUTPERFORM

Number of Analysts

Last Close Price

3.62 GBP

Average target price

4.007 GBP

Spread / Average Target

+10.68%

Consensus

EPS Revisions

Estimates Revisions

Quarterly earnings - Rate of surprise

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