Stock Research: Sappi

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Sappi

JSE:SAP ZAE000006284
30
  • Value
    35
  • Growth
    37
  • Safety
    Safety
    100
  • Combined
    71
  • Sentiment
    1
  • 360° View
    360° View
    30
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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 30 (better than 30% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Sappi are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for Sappi. Only 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 that the stock price is lower than for 100% of alternative stocks in the same industry. All other consolidated ranks are below average. The consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 37, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 35, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 65% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. Finally, professionals are more pessimistic about the stock than for 99% of alternative investment opportunities, reflected in the consolidated Sentiment Rank of 1. ...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: 13-Nov-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
100 100 98 93
Growth
37 45 23 69
Safety
Safety
35 50 55 35
Sentiment
1 72 20 72
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360° View
30 82 49 93
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
44 51 53 51
Opinions Change
13 40 50 79
Pro Holdings
n/a 74 32 78
Market Pulse
1 64 7 14
Sentiment
1 72 20 72
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
100 100 98 93
Growth
37 45 23 69
Safety Safety
35 50 55 35
Combined
71 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
90 91 85 78
Value
100 100 98 93
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
8 41 37 17
Profit Growth
93 68 28 84
Capital Growth
68 16 54 100
Stock Returns
3 55 23 33
Growth
37 45 23 69
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
18 29 28 12
Refinancing
81 84 89 100
Liquidity
24 42 41 14
Safety Safety
35 50 55 35

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