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Sappi

JSE:SAP ZAE000006284
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  • Value
    100
  • Growth
    13
  • Safety
    Safety
    37
  • Combined
    45
  • Sentiment
    10
  • 360° View
    360° View
    22
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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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Strongest Rank Market Pulse
Weakest Rank Value
Country South Africa
Industry Paper Products
Size Medium
Website sappi.com
Index
Energy Efficient
Good Governace Growth Markets
Human Rights
Independent Boards Growth Markets
Timber Industry
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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: 18-Dec-2025.

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The higher, the better. For every stock, we judge its performance against its peers and rank it on a scale of 1 to 100. These ranks are percentiles: a rank of 75 means the company outperforms 75% of its peers in that specific area. The higher the rank, the better the stock stacks up against its peers.

Value
Identifies how good a value the stock is.
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Combined
Consolidated view across Value, Growth, and Safety.
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
100 100 98 93
Growth
13 45 23 69
Safety
Safety
37 50 55 35
Sentiment
10 72 20 72
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360° View
22 82 49 93
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
48 51 53 51
Opinions Change
31 40 50 79
Pro Holdings
n/a 74 32 78
Market Pulse
1 64 7 14
Sentiment
10 72 20 72
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
100 100 98 93
Growth
13 45 23 69
Safety Safety
37 50 55 35
Combined
45 82 70 83
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
93 97 97 89
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
100 91 97 97
Price vs. Book (P/B)
97 92 95 89
Dividend Yield
89 91 85 78
Value
100 100 98 93
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
9 41 37 17
Profit Growth
96 68 28 84
Capital Growth
13 16 54 100
Stock Returns
3 55 23 33
Growth
13 45 23 69
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
18 29 28 12
Refinancing
85 84 89 100
Liquidity
25 42 41 14
Safety Safety
37 50 55 35

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The only strength is good value. All other factors (growth, safety, and sentiment) are below average. This stock is highly sensitive to a crisis and is not advisable. Avoid unless you have solid, independent reasons to believe a significant turnaround is imminent.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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