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WH Smith PLC

WH Smith PLC

SMWH · LSE · Consumer Cyclical / Specialty Retail

374.00GBX-24.60 (-6.17%)

Price History

Full chart

Market Stats

Previous Close398.60
Open390.00
Day Range363.60 – 390.78
52-Week Range345.60 – 705.75
Volume2.95M
Market Cap555.35M
P/E (TTM)0.00
Forward P/E9.76
EPS-0.11
Dividend Yield0.00%
Beta0.96
50-Day Avg404.12
200-Day Avg514.94

About

WH Smith PLC operates as a travel retailer in the United Kingdom, North America, Australia, Ireland, Spain, and internationally. It offers news, books, and convenience for travelling customers. It operates stores in airports, hospitals, railway stations, and motorway service areas. The company is also involved in International Travel Retail, UK Travel Retail, and North America. The company was formerly known as New WH Smith PLC. WH Smith PLC was founded in 1792 and is based in Swindon, the United Kingdom.

Company Details

  • SectorConsumer Cyclical
  • IndustrySpecialty Retail
  • CEOMr. Andrew David Harrison
  • Employees9.29K
  • HeadquartersGreenbridge Road, Swindon, United Kingdom, SN3 3RX, UK
  • Websitehttps://www.whsmithplc.co.uk

Leadership

  • Mr. Maxwell Leslie James IzzardCOO, CFO & Director · b. 1980
  • Mr. Andrew David HarrisonInterim Group Chief Executive Officer · b. 1972
  • Mr. Ian HoughtonLegal Director & Company Secretary · b. 1965

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: GBP2005-08-312006-08-312007-08-312008-08-312009-08-312010-08-312011-08-312012-08-312013-08-312014-08-312015-08-312016-08-312017-08-312018-08-312019-08-312020-08-312021-08-312022-08-312023-08-312024-08-312025-08-31
Total Revenue1.42B1.34B1.30B1.35B1.34B1.31B1.27B1.24B1.19B1.16B1.18B1.21B1.23B1.26B1.40B1.02B886.00M1.40B1.79B1.92B1.55B
Growth (%)--5.83%-3.06%+4.08%-0.89%-2.09%-2.97%-2.36%-4.59%-2.11%+1.46%+2.89%+1.82%+2.27%+10.70%-26.91%-13.22%+58.01%+28.07%+6.97%-19.03%
Cost of Revenue1.75B761.00M708.00M720.00M685.00M650.00M611.00M579.00M531.00M502.00M498.00M503.00M501.00M501.00M552.00M453.00M372.00M551.00M682.00M706.00M673.00M
Gross Profit1.42B579.00M591.00M632.00M655.00M662.00M662.00M664.00M655.00M659.00M680.00M709.00M733.00M761.00M845.00M568.00M514.00M849.00M1.11B1.21B880.00M
Gross Margin100.00%43.21%45.50%46.75%48.88%50.46%52.00%53.42%55.23%56.76%57.72%58.50%59.40%60.30%60.49%55.63%58.01%60.64%61.96%63.19%56.66%
Operating Expense1.37B520.00M523.00M551.00M568.00M571.00M573.00M562.00M552.00M547.00M558.00M579.00M595.00M612.00M686.00M621.00M548.00M737.00M955.00M1.05B746.00M
Operating Income49.00M59.00M68.00M81.00M87.00M91.00M89.00M102.00M103.00M112.00M122.00M130.00M138.00M149.00M159.00M-53.00M-34.00M112.00M156.00M158.00M134.00M
Operating Margin3.44%4.40%5.23%5.99%6.49%6.94%6.99%8.21%8.68%9.65%10.36%10.73%11.18%11.81%11.38%-5.19%-3.84%8.00%8.70%8.24%8.63%
EBITDA90.00M86.00M118.00M118.00M127.00M126.00M129.00M137.00M138.00M141.00M152.00M171.00M183.00M185.00M190.00M-95.00M42.00M228.00M316.00M334.00M183.00M
EBITDA Margin6.32%6.42%9.08%8.73%9.48%9.60%10.13%11.02%11.64%12.14%12.90%14.11%14.83%14.66%13.60%-9.30%4.74%16.29%17.62%17.41%11.78%
Net Income22.00M32.00M60.00M59.00M63.00M69.00M73.00M80.00M87.00M92.00M101.00M108.00M116.00M108.00M106.00M-239.00M-82.00M47.00M79.00M67.00M-144.00M
Net Income Margin1.55%2.39%4.62%4.36%4.70%5.26%5.73%6.44%7.34%7.92%8.57%8.91%9.40%8.56%7.59%-23.41%-9.26%3.36%4.41%3.49%-9.27%
Interest Expense10.00M10.00M4.00M2.00M1.00M2.00M4.00M1.00M3.00M4.00M3.00M1.00M2.00M2.00M5.00M20.00M24.00M34.00M46.00M52.00M47.00M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue0.70%0.75%0.31%0.15%0.07%0.15%0.31%0.08%0.25%0.34%0.25%0.08%0.16%0.16%0.36%1.96%2.71%2.43%2.57%2.71%3.03%

Balance Sheet

Currency: GBP2000-08-312001-08-312002-08-312003-08-312004-08-312005-08-312006-08-312007-08-312008-08-312009-08-312010-08-312011-08-312012-08-312013-08-312014-08-312015-08-312016-08-312017-08-312018-08-312019-08-312020-08-312021-08-312022-08-312023-08-312024-08-312025-08-31
Total Assets1.04B1.15B1.13B1.08B861.00M542.00M526.00M517.00M488.00M494.00M513.00M477.00M467.00M463.00M457.00M456.00M470.00M488.00M528.00M746.00M1.45B1.35B1.69B1.65B1.87B1.46B
Total Liabilities441.00M523.00M517.00M648.00M605.00M437.00M358.00M290.00M327.00M306.00M327.00M321.00M318.00M361.00M356.00M309.00M302.00M301.00M316.00M509.00M1.22B1.21B1.42B1.31B1.42B1.27B
Total Equity601.00M626.00M611.00M433.00M256.00M105.00M168.00M227.00M161.00M188.00M186.00M156.00M149.00M102.00M101.00M147.00M168.00M187.00M212.00M235.00M222.00M133.00M255.00M277.00M416.00M158.00M
Cash152.00M138.00M98.00M90.00M64.00M39.00M66.00M82.00M22.00M47.00M56.00M41.00M36.00M31.00M34.00M34.00M38.00M38.00M45.00M49.00M108.00M130.00M132.00M56.00M56.00M71.00M
Total Debt-----97.00M24.00M18.00M31.00M2.00M----12.00M19.00M31.00M34.00M47.00M229.00M959.00M885.00M1.00B951.00M1.05B1.38B
Net Debt-----58.00M-42.00M-64.00M9.00M-45.00M-56.00M-41.00M-36.00M-31.00M-22.00M-15.00M-7.00M-4.00M2.00M180.00M851.00M755.00M869.00M895.00M997.00M1.31B

Cash Flow

Currency: GBP2005-08-312006-08-312007-08-312008-08-312009-08-312010-08-312011-08-312012-08-312013-08-312014-08-312015-08-312016-08-312017-08-312018-08-312019-08-312020-08-312021-08-312022-08-312023-08-312024-08-312025-08-31
Operating Cash Flow-29.00M75.00M81.00M103.00M112.00M104.00M118.00M115.00M119.00M116.00M144.00M134.00M148.00M143.00M149.00M81.00M100.00M187.00M251.00M275.00M276.00M
Investing Cash Flow188.00M-10.00M-28.00M-56.00M-27.00M-28.00M-37.00M-37.00M-39.00M-34.00M-42.00M-42.00M-48.00M-58.00M-220.00M-395.00M-43.00M-83.00M-122.00M-137.00M-69.00M
Financing Cash Flow-171.00M-38.00M-37.00M-107.00M-60.00M-67.00M-96.00M-83.00M-85.00M-78.00M-101.00M-90.00M-100.00M-77.00M75.00M374.00M-35.00M-104.00M-203.00M-138.00M-192.00M
Capital Expenditure30.00M29.00M32.00M39.00M28.00M29.00M41.00M43.00M32.00M28.00M34.00M34.00M39.00M43.00M47.00M79.00M44.00M83.00M122.00M131.00M77.00M
Free Cash Flow-59.00M46.00M49.00M64.00M84.00M75.00M77.00M72.00M87.00M88.00M110.00M100.00M109.00M100.00M102.00M2.00M56.00M104.00M129.00M144.00M199.00M
Dividends Paid11.00M15.00M17.00M78.00M23.00M26.00M29.00M31.00M34.00M38.00M42.00M46.00M50.00M54.00M60.00M47.00M51.00M7.00M22.00M41.00M43.00M
FCF to OCF203.45%61.33%60.49%62.14%75.00%72.12%65.25%62.61%73.11%75.86%76.39%74.63%73.65%69.93%68.46%2.47%56.00%55.61%51.39%52.36%72.10%
Dividend Paid to FCF-18.64%32.61%34.69%121.88%27.38%34.67%37.66%43.06%39.08%43.18%38.18%46.00%45.87%54.00%58.82%2350.00%91.07%6.73%17.05%28.47%21.61%

Earnings

Report DateOct 10, 2013Apr 10, 2014Oct 16, 2014Apr 16, 2015Oct 15, 2015Apr 13, 2016Oct 13, 2016Apr 12, 2017Oct 12, 2017Apr 12, 2018Oct 11, 2018Apr 11, 2019Oct 17, 2019May 14, 2020Nov 12, 2020May 12, 2021Nov 11, 2021Apr 27, 2022Nov 10, 2022Apr 20, 2023Apr 16, 2025Dec 19, 2025Nov 12, 2026
EPS Estimate27.100.0029.400.000.000.000.0060.750.0061.9048.7064.1054.6057.00-101.93-9.17-25.2715.6137.6942.810.200.60-
EPS Actual0.000.000.000.000.000.570.370.620.420.610.370.470.500.41-2.25-0.27-0.360.1135.600.24-0.340.00-
Surprise-100.00%--100.00%-----98.98%--99.01%-99.24%-99.27%-99.08%-99.28%97.79%97.06%98.58%-99.30%-5.55%-99.44%-272.85%-100.00%-
Timing-----------------Pre-marketPre-marketPre-market--Pre-market

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap555.35M
Enterprise Value1.57B
Trailing P/E0.00
Forward P/E9.76
PEG Ratio1.77
Price / Sales0.35
Price / Book4.46
EPS-0.11
Book Value1.00
Revenue (TTM)1.58B
Gross Profit (TTM)900.00M
EBITDA181.00M
Profit Margin-7.70%
Operating Margin3.61%
Return on Equity-14.79%
Return on Assets5.31%
Shares Outstanding150.50M
Shares Float121.10M
Beta0.96
Dividend Yield0.00%
Dividend Rate0.00
Payout Ratio346.39%

Dividends

20261×
0.06Jan 22, 2026
20252×
0.11Jul 10, 20250.23Jan 16, 2025
20242×
0.11Jul 11, 20240.21Jan 11, 2024
20232×
0.08Jul 13, 20230.09Jan 5, 2023
20201×
0.41Jan 9, 2020
20192×
0.17Jul 11, 20190.38Jan 10, 2019
20182×
0.16Jul 12, 20180.34Jan 11, 2018
20172×
0.15Jul 13, 20170.30Jan 12, 2017
20162×
0.13Jul 14, 20160.27Jan 14, 2016
20152×
0.12Jul 16, 20150.24Jan 8, 2015
20142×
0.11Jul 16, 20140.21Jan 8, 2014
20132×
0.09Jul 17, 20130.19Jan 2, 2013
20122×
0.08Jun 13, 20120.15Jan 4, 2012

Stock Splits

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