Stock Research: Sappi

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Sappi

JSE:SAP ZAE000006284
18
  • Value
    52
  • Growth
    1
  • Safety
    Safety
    100
  • Combined
    44
  • Sentiment
    4
  • 360° View
    360° View
    18
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Company Description

Sappi Limited is a global provider of wood fiber-based renewable resources. It operates in the dissolving pulp, wood pulp, biomaterials, packaging, specialty papers, graphic papers, and forestry industries. Sappi has operations in Europe, North America, and South Africa. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $974 million, profits of $775 million, revenue of $5458 million, and 11235 employees.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 18 (better than 18% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Sappi are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for Sappi. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 100, which means that the share price of Sappi is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 100% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The company is also safely financed with a Safety rank of 52. But the professional market sentiment is below average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 4. Professional investors are more confident in 96% other stocks. The consolidated Growth Rank also has a low rank of 1, which means that the company is below average in terms of growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. 99 of its competitors have better growth. ...read more

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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 21-Aug-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
100 100 98 93
Growth
1 45 23 69
Safety
Safety
52 50 55 35
Sentiment
4 72 20 72
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360° View
18 82 49 93
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
49 51 53 51
Opinions Change
2 40 50 79
Pro Holdings
n/a 74 32 78
Market Pulse
5 64 7 14
Sentiment
4 72 20 72
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
100 100 98 93
Growth
1 45 23 69
Safety Safety
52 50 55 35
Combined
44 82 70 83
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
95 97 97 89
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
100 91 97 97
Price vs. Book (P/B)
97 92 95 89
Dividend Yield
88 91 85 78
Value
100 100 98 93
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
23 41 37 17
Profit Growth
6 68 28 84
Capital Growth
9 16 54 100
Stock Returns
7 55 23 33
Growth
1 45 23 69
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
24 29 28 12
Refinancing
85 84 89 100
Liquidity
42 42 41 14
Safety Safety
52 50 55 35

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