Smurfit Kappa Group plc Fundamental Company Report Including Financial, SWOT, Competitors and Industry Analysis

April 2024 | 50 pages | ID: S6397AB87F1BEN
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Abstracts

Smurfit Kappa Group plc Fundamental Company Report provides a complete overview of the company’s affairs. All available data is presented in a comprehensive and easily accessed format. The report includes financial and SWOT information, industry analysis, opinions, estimates, plus annual and quarterly forecasts made by stock market experts. The report also enables direct comparison to be made between Smurfit Kappa Group plc and its competitors. This provides our Clients with a clear understanding of Smurfit Kappa Group plc position in the Industry.

• The report contains detailed information about Smurfit Kappa Group plc that gives an unrivalled in-depth knowledge about internal business-environment of the company: data about the owners, senior executives, locations, subsidiaries, markets, products, and company history.
• Another part of the report is a SWOT-analysis carried out for Smurfit Kappa Group plc. It involves specifying the objective of the company's business and identifies the different factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieving that objective. SWOT-analysis helps to understand company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and possible threats against it.
• The Smurfit Kappa Group plc financial analysis covers the income statement and ratio trend-charts with balance sheets and cash flows presented on an annual and quarterly basis. The report outlines the main financial ratios pertaining to profitability, margin analysis, asset turnover, credit ratios, and company’s long-term solvency. This sort of company's information will assist and strengthen your company’s decision-making processes.
• In the part that describes Smurfit Kappa Group plc competitors and the industry in whole, the information about company's financial ratios is compared to those of its competitors and to the industry. The unique analysis of the market and company’s competitors along with detailed information about the internal and external factors affecting the relevant industry will help to manage your business environment. Your company’s business and sales activities will be boosted by gaining an insight into your competitors’ businesses.
• Also the report provides relevant news, an analysis of PR-activity, and stock price movements. The latter are correlated with pertinent news and press releases, and annual and quarterly forecasts are given by a variety of experts and market research firms. Such information creates your awareness about principal trends of Smurfit Kappa Group plc business.

About Smurfit Kappa Group plc

Smurfit Kappa Group plc, through its subsidiaries, manufactures, distributes, and sells containerboard, corrugated containers, and other paper-based packaging products in Europe and Latin America. The company’s products include containerboard, corrugated containers and other paper-based packaging products such as solidboard and graphicboard.

Segments

The company’s segments include Packaging and Specialties.

Packaging

The Packaging segment includes a system of mills and plants that produce a line of containerboard that is converted into corrugated containers. It includes integrated European paper and corrugated operations, as well as Latin American operations. European packaging operations consist of three kraftliner mills, in Sweden, France and Austria, which between them produced 1.5 million tonnes of brown and white kraftliner in 2008; a semi chemical fluting mill in Slovakia which produced 0.2 million tones of paper; and 15 recycled containerboard mills, which produced 3.0 million tonnes of paper plus a number of recovered fibre collection facilities, a wood products business and wood procurement operations.

The company’s European packaging operations also include: 111 corrugated plants in 22 countries in both Western and Eastern Europe, with combined production in 2008 of 4.5 million tonnes (8.2 billion square metres); 57 sheet plants in 15 countries with a combined production of 0.2 million tonnes (0.4 billion square metres) in 2008, 22 plants in 11 countries, which produce litho laminated corrugated products, preprint or display
units; and various other small plants producing paper tubes, pallets, fulfilment activities and other packaging solutions.

Latin American operations consist of 11 paper mills in 4 countries (Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina) producing containerboard, boxboard, sack paper and printing and writing paper, with a combined production of 1.0 million tonnes; 28 corrugated plants in 6 countries with a 2008 production of 0.8 million tonnes (1.2 billion square metres); 1 preprint facility; 5 paper sack converting plants in 4 countries; 3 folding carton plants in Mexico and Venezuela; 26 recovered fibre plants in 5 countries and forestry operations in Colombia and Venezuela. In 2008, Smurfit Kappa came up with an innovative, sustainable packaging solution for Toshiba Europe.

Specialties

The Specialties segment primarily consists of graphicboard and solidboard businesses, along with paper sack and bag-in-box operations.

Dispositions

In 2008, the company sold its principal associate Duropack AG to Constantia Packaging.

History

Smurfit Kappa Group plc was founded in 1934.

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Contents

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

DISCLAIMER

1. SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP PLC COMPANY PROFILE

1.1. Key facts
1.2. Financial Performance
1.3. Key Executives
1.4. Ownership and Major Holders
1.5. Company History

2. SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP PLC BUSINESS OVERVIEW

2.1. Business Description
2.2. Major Products and Services
2.3. Markets and Sales Activities
2.4. Locations, Subsidiaries, Operating Units

3. SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP PLC SWOT ANALYSIS

3.1. Overview
3.2. Strengths
3.3. Weaknesses
3.4. Opportunities
3.5. Threats

4. SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP PLC FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

4.1. Financial Statements
4.1.1. Income Statement
4.1.2. Balance Sheet
4.1.3. Cash Flow
4.2. Financial Ratios
4.2.1. Profitability
4.2.2. Margin Analysis
4.2.3. Asset Turnover
4.2.4. Credit Ratios
4.2.5. Long-Term Solvency
4.2.6. Growth Over Prior Year
4.2.7. Financial Ratios Charts
4.3. Stock Market Snapshot

5. SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP PLC COMPETITORS AND INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

5.1. Smurfit Kappa Group plc Direct Competitors
5.2. Comparison of Smurfit Kappa Group plc and Direct Competitors Financial Ratios
5.3. Comparison of Smurfit Kappa Group plc and Direct Competitors Stock Charts
5.4. Smurfit Kappa Group plc Industry Analysis
5.4.1. Industry Snapshot
  5.4.2. Smurfit Kappa Group plc Industry Position Analysis

6. SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP PLC NEWS & EVENTS

6.1. News & PR Activity Analysis
6.2. IR Corporate News
6.3. Marketing News
6.4. Corporate Events

7. SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP PLC EXPERTS REVIEW¹

7.1. Experts Consensus
7.2. Experts Revisions

8. SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP PLC ENHANCED SWOT ANALYSIS²

9. IRELAND PESTEL ANALYSIS²

9.1. Political Factors
9.2. Economic Factors
9.3. Social Factors
9.4. Technological Factors
9.5. Environmental Factors
9.6. Legal Factors

10. SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP PLC IFE, EFE, IE MATRICES²

10.1. Internal Factor Evaluation Matrix
10.2. External Factor Evaluation Matrix
10.3. Internal External Matrix

11. SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP PLC PORTER FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS²

12. SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP PLC VRIO ANALYSIS²

APPENDIX: RATIO DEFINITIONS

LIST OF FIGURES

Smurfit Kappa Group plc Annual Revenues in Comparison with Cost of Goods Sold and Gross Profit
Profit Margin Chart
Operating Margin Chart
Return on Equity (ROE) Chart
Return on Assets (ROA) Chart
Debt to Equity Chart
Current Ratio Chart
Smurfit Kappa Group plc 1-year Stock Charts
Smurfit Kappa Group plc 5-year Stock Charts
Smurfit Kappa Group plc vs. Main Indexes 1-year Stock Chart
Smurfit Kappa Group plc vs. Direct Competitors 1-year Stock Charts
Smurfit Kappa Group plc Article Density Chart

1 – Data availability depends on company’s security policy.
2 – These sections are available only when you purchase a report with appropriate additional types of analyses.
The complete financial data is available for publicly traded companies.

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES

Smurfit Kappa Group plc Key Facts
Profitability
Management Effectiveness
Income Statement Key Figures
Balance Sheet Key Figures
Cash Flow Statement Key Figures
Financial Performance Abbreviation Guide
Smurfit Kappa Group plc Key Executives
Smurfit Kappa Group plc Major Shareholders
Smurfit Kappa Group plc History
Smurfit Kappa Group plc Products
Revenues by Segment
Revenues by Region
Smurfit Kappa Group plc Offices and Representations
Smurfit Kappa Group plc SWOT Analysis
Yearly Income Statement Including Trends
Income Statement Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Yearly Balance Sheet Including Trends
Balance Sheet Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Yearly Cash Flow Including Trends
Cash Flow Latest 4 Quarters Including Trends
Smurfit Kappa Group plc Profitability Ratios
Margin Analysis Ratios
Asset Turnover Ratios
Credit Ratios
Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Financial Ratios Growth Over Prior Year
Smurfit Kappa Group plc Capital Market Snapshot
Smurfit Kappa Group plc Direct Competitors Key Facts
Direct Competitors Profitability Ratios
Direct Competitors Margin Analysis Ratios
Direct Competitors Asset Turnover Ratios
Direct Competitors Credit Ratios
Direct Competitors Long-Term Solvency Ratios
Industry Statistics
Smurfit Kappa Group plc Industry Position
Company vs. Industry Income Statement Analysis
Company vs. Industry Balance Sheet Analysis
Company vs. Industry Cash Flow Analysis
Company vs. Industry Ratios Comparison
Smurfit Kappa Group plc Consensus Recommendations¹
Analyst Recommendation Summary¹
Price Target Summary¹
Experts Recommendation Trends¹
Revenue Estimates Analysis¹
Earnings Estimates Analysis¹
Historical Surprises¹
Revenue Estimates Trend¹
Earnings Estimates Trend¹
Revenue Revisions¹

ANALYSIS FEATURES

SWOT Analysis

SWOT, which stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, is an analytical framework that identifies the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable for a company.

Enhanced SWOT Analysis

Enhanced SWOT is a 3×3 grid that arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats into one scheme:

• How to use the strengths to take advantage of the opportunities?
• How to use the strengths to reduce likelihood and impact of the threats?
• How to overcome the weaknesses that obstruct taking advantage of the opportunities?
• How to overcome the weaknesses that can make the threats a reality?

Upon answering these questions a company can develop a project plan to improve its business performance.

PESTEL Analysis

PESTEL (also termed as PESTLE) is an ideal tool to strategically analyze what influence different outside factors – political, economic, sociocultural, technological, environmental and legal – exert on a business to later chart its long term targets.

Being part of the external analysis when carrying out a strategic assessment or performing a market study, PESTEL gives an overview of diverse macro-environmental factors that any company should thoughtfully consider. By perceiving these outside environments, businesses can maximally benefit from the opportunities while minimizing the threats to the organization.

Key Factors Examined by PESTEL Analysis:

• Political – What opportunities and pressures are brought by political bodies and what is the degree of public regulations’ impact on the business?
• Economic – What economic policies, trends and structures are expected to affect the organization, what is this influence’s degree?
• Sociological – What cultural and societal aspects will work upon the demand for the business’s products and operations?
• Technological – What impact do the technological aspects, innovations, incentives and barriers have on the organization?
• Environmental – What environmental and ecological facets, both locally and farther afield, are likely to predetermine the business?
• Legal – What laws and legislation will exert influence on the style the business is carried out?

IFE, EFE, IE Matrices

The Internal Factor Evaluation matrix (IFE matrix) is a strategic management tool helping audit or evaluate major weaknesses and strengths in a business’s functional areas. In addition, IFE matrix serves as a basis for identifying and assessing relationships amongst those areas. The IFE matrix is utilised in strategy formulation.

The External Factor Evaluation matrix (EFE matrix) is a tool of strategic management that is typically utilised to assess current market conditions. It is an ideal instrument for visualising and prioritising the threats and opportunities a firm is facing.

The essential difference between the above mentioned matrices lies in the type of factors incorporated in the model; whilst the latter is engaged in internal factors, the former deals exceptionally with external factors – those exposed to social, political, economic, legal, etc. external forces.

Being a continuation of the EFE matrix and IFE matrix models, the Internal External matrix (IE matrix) rests upon an investigation of external and internal business factors integrated into one suggestive model.

Porter Five Forces Analysis

The Porter’s five forces analysis studies the industry of operation and helps the company find new sources of competitive advantage. The analysis surveys an industry through five major questions:

1. What composes a threat of substitute products and services?
2. Is there a threat of new competitors entering the market?
3. What is the intensity of competitive rivalry?
4. How big is the bargaining power of buyers?
5. How significant is the bargaining power of suppliers?

VRIO Analysis

VRIO stands for Value, Rarity, Imitability, Organization. This analysis helps to evaluate all company’s resources and capabilities and bring them together into one aggregate table that includes:

• Tangible resources
  • Financial
  • Physical
  • Technological
  • Organizational
• Intangible resources
  • Human
  • Innovation and Creativity
  • Reputation
• Organizational capabilities

The result of the analysis gives a clear picture of company’s competitive and economic implications, answering the questions if the resources mentioned above are:

• Valuable?
• Rare?
• Costly to imitate?
• Organized properly?