Ratings Smiths News plc

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GB00B17WCR61

Market Closed - London S.E. Other stock markets 11:35:26 2024-07-12 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
60.8 ^GBX	-0.33%		+3.75%	+13.86%

May. 02	Smiths News to Seek Potential Bolt-On Acquisitions	CI
May. 02	Transcript : Smiths News plc, H1 2024 Earnings Call, May 02, 2024

Summary

The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.

Strengths

The equity is one of the most attractive in the market with regard to earnings multiple-based valuation.
The company is one of the most undervalued, with an "enterprise value to sales" ratio at 0.15 for the 2024 fiscal year.
This company will be of major interest to investors in search of a high dividend stock.
Analysts have consistently raised their revenue expectations for the company, which provides good prospects for the current and next years in terms of revenue growth.
Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.
The opinion of analysts covering the stock has improved over the past four months.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.

Weaknesses

As estimated by analysts, this group is among those businesses with the lowest growth prospects.
The potential for earnings per share (EPS) growth in the coming years appears limited according to current analyst estimates.
As a percentage of sales and without taking into account depreciation and amortization, the company has relatively low margins.
The company does not generate enough profits, which is an alarming weak point.
The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
The price targets of various analysts who make up the consensus differ significantly. This reflects different assessments and/or a difficulty in valuing the company.

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Sector: Consumer Publishing

	1st Jan change	Capi.	Investor Rating	ESG Refinitiv
SMITHS NEWS PLC	+13.86%	187M		B-
INNER MONGOLIA XINHUA DISTRIBUTION GROUP CO.,LTD.	-27.35%	549M	-	-

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