WH Smith Financials
| SMWH Stock | 1,237 11.00 0.90% |
Operating Margin 0.0734 | PE Ratio 24.2549 | Profit Margin 0.0344 | Payout Ratio 0.6223 | EPS Estimate Current Year 87.68 |
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Please note, the imprecision that can be found in WH Smith's accounting process means that the reasonable investor should take a skeptical approach toward the financial statement analysis of WH Smith PLC. Check WH Smith's Beneish M Score to see the likelihood of WH Smith's management manipulating its earnings.
WH Smith Stock Summary
WH Smith competes with Aberdeen Diversified, Kinnevik Investment, Lowland Investment, Aeorema Communications, and Universal Display. WH Smith is entity of United Kingdom. It is traded as Stock on LSE exchange.Specialization | Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Discretionary Distribution & Retail |
| Instrument | UK Stock View All |
| Exchange | London Exchange |
| ISIN | GB00B2PDGW16 |
| Business Address | Greenbridge Road, Swindon, |
| Sector | Specialty Retail |
| Industry | Consumer Discretionary |
| Benchmark | Dow Jones Industrial |
| Website | www.whsmithplc.co.uk |
| Phone | 44 1793 616161 |
You should never invest in WH Smith without having analyzed its financial statements. Do not rely on someone else's analysis or guesses about the future performance of SMWH Stock, because this is throwing your money away. Analyzing the key information contained in WH Smith's financial statements can give you an edge over other investors and help to ensure that your investments perform well for you.
WH Smith Key Financial Ratios
There are many critical financial ratios that WH Smith's investors are exposed to on a daily basis, but they are usually grouped into few meaningful categories from each financial statement that WH Smith PLC reports annually and quarterly.| Revenue | 1.79 B | ||||
| Gross Profit | 862 M | ||||
| EBITDA | 316 M | ||||
| Net Income | 156 M | ||||
| Total Asset | 1.65 B |
WH Smith Key Balance Sheet Accounts
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 (projected) | ||
| Total Assets | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.7B | 1.7B | 1.9B | 2.0B | |
| Other Current Liab | 163M | 50M | 221M | 195M | 175.5M | 128.4M | |
| Retained Earnings | 158M | 82M | 138M | 209M | 240.4M | 303.0M | |
| Accounts Payable | 104M | 60M | 70M | 130M | 117M | 132.7M | |
| Cash | 108M | 130M | 132M | 56M | 50.4M | 54.2M | |
| Long Term Debt | 400M | 415M | 404M | 301M | 346.2M | 363.5M | |
| Good Will | 418M | 406M | 471M | 436M | 501.4M | 526.5M | |
| Other Current Assets | 32M | 17M | 21M | 36M | 32.4M | 29.8M | |
| Total Liab | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.5B | 1.6B | |
| Intangible Assets | 493M | 473M | 543M | 69M | 79.4M | 140.0M | |
| Other Assets | 18M | 32M | 63M | 64M | 73.6M | 77.3M | |
| Net Debt | 851M | 795M | 909M | 895M | 1.0B | 1.1B | |
| Total Current Assets | 315M | 310M | 418M | 377M | 433.6M | 305.3M | |
| Short Term Debt | 130M | 216M | 151M | 200M | 230M | 241.5M | |
| Net Tangible Assets | 10M | (271M) | (300M) | (248M) | (223.2M) | (212.0M) |
WH Smith Key Income Statement Accounts
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 (projected) | ||
| Interest Expense | 20M | 24M | 34M | 46M | 52.9M | 55.5M | |
| Total Revenue | 1.0B | 886M | 1.4B | 1.8B | 1.6B | 1.0B | |
| Gross Profit | 568M | 514M | 849M | 1.1B | 1.3B | 807.7M | |
| Operating Income | 159M | (53M) | (34M) | 156M | 179.4M | 99.8M | |
| Ebit | 151M | (260M) | (92M) | 156M | 140.4M | 147.4M | |
| Ebitda | (95M) | 42M | 243M | 316M | 363.4M | 381.6M | |
| Cost Of Revenue | 453M | 372M | 551M | 682M | 613.8M | 509.9M | |
| Income Before Tax | (280M) | (116M) | 63M | 110M | 99M | 52.8M | |
| Net Income | (239M) | (82M) | 47M | 79M | 71.1M | 41.5M | |
| Income Tax Expense | 27M | (41M) | (36M) | 10M | 19.8M | 10.4M | |
| Tax Provision | (41M) | (36M) | 10M | 22M | 19.8M | 20.8M | |
| Net Interest Income | (20M) | (30M) | (34M) | (46M) | (41.4M) | (39.3M) | |
| Minority Interest | 5M | (2M) | (6M) | (9M) | (8.1M) | (7.7M) |
WH Smith Key Cash Accounts
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 (projected) | ||
| Change To Inventory | 35M | 14M | (56M) | (12M) | (10.8M) | (10.3M) | |
| Change In Cash | 59M | 22M | 2M | (76M) | (68.4M) | (65.0M) | |
| Free Cash Flow | 2M | 56M | 104M | 129M | 148.4M | 80.8M | |
| Depreciation | 165M | 134M | 131M | 160M | 184M | 193.2M | |
| Other Non Cash Items | 1M | 126M | 232M | 292M | 2.3M | 2.2M | |
| Dividends Paid | 47M | 51M | 7M | 22M | 25.3M | 39.4M | |
| Capital Expenditures | 79M | 44M | 83M | 122M | 140.3M | 147.3M | |
| Net Income | 106M | (260M) | (82M) | 156M | 140.4M | 147.4M | |
| End Period Cash Flow | 108M | 130M | 132M | 56M | 64.4M | 55.6M | |
| Net Borrowings | 176M | 113M | (26M) | (96M) | (86.4M) | (82.1M) | |
| Investments | (395M) | (43M) | (83M) | (122M) | (109.8M) | (115.3M) |
SMWH Financial Ratios Relationships
Comparative valuation techniques use various fundamental indicators to help in determining WH Smith's current stock value. Our valuation model uses many indicators to compare WH Smith value to that of its competitors to determine the firm's financial worth. You can analyze the relationship between different fundamental ratios across WH Smith competition to find correlations between indicators driving WH Smith's intrinsic value. More Info.WH Smith PLC is currently regarded as top stock in return on equity category among its peers. It also is currently regarded as top stock in return on asset category among its peers reporting about 0.30 of Return On Asset per Return On Equity. The ratio of Return On Equity to Return On Asset for WH Smith PLC is roughly 3.37 . The reason why the comparable model can be used in almost all circumstances is due to the vast number of multiples that can be utilized, such as the price-to-earnings (P/E), price-to-book (P/B), price-to-sales (P/S), price-to-cash flow (P/CF), and many others. The P/E ratio is the most commonly used of these ratios because it focuses on the WH Smith's earnings, one of the primary drivers of an investment's value.WH Smith PLC Systematic Risk
WH Smith's systematic risk plays a vital role in portfolio allocation when considering its stock to be added to a well-diversified portfolio. WH Smith volatility which cannot be eliminated through diversification, requires returns over the risk-free rate. Over the long run, a well-diversified portfolio provides returns that match its exposure to systematic risk. In this case, investors face a trade-off between expected returns and systematic risk and, therefore, can only reduce a portfolio's exposure to systematic risk by sacrificing expected returns on the portfolio.
The output start index for this execution was fourteen with a total number of output elements of fourty-seven. The Beta measures systematic risk based on how returns on WH Smith PLC correlated with the market. If Beta is less than 0 WH Smith generally moves in the opposite direction as compared to the market. If WH Smith Beta is about zero movement of price series is uncorrelated with the movement of the benchmark. if Beta is between zero and one WH Smith PLC is generally moves in the same direction as, but less than the movement of the market. For Beta = 1 movement of WH Smith is generally in the same direction as the market. If Beta > 1 WH Smith moves generally in the same direction as, but more than the movement of the benchmark.
WH Smith PLC Total Assets Over Time
WH Smith December 12, 2024 Opportunity Range
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| Information Ratio | (0.19) | |||
| Maximum Drawdown | 7.4 | |||
| Value At Risk | (2.17) | |||
| Potential Upside | 2.07 |
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