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Market Closed - OTC Markets 10:55:45 2024-05-23 am EDT 5-day change 1st Jan Change
14.8 USD -2.31% Intraday chart for WH Smith PLC -.--% -5.31%

Valuation

Fiscal Period: August 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Capitalization 1 2,106 1,537 2,133 1,867 1,911 1,574 - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 2,272 1,829 2,888 2,736 2,806 2,482 2,472 2,443
P/E ratio 20.1 x -5.91 x -26.1 x 40.2 x 24.5 x 14.5 x 12.4 x 11.4 x
Yield 2.97% - - 0.64% 1.97% 2.78% 3.19% 3.5%
Capitalization / Revenue 1.51 x 1.5 x 2.41 x 1.33 x 1.07 x 0.81 x 0.76 x 0.72 x
EV / Revenue 1.63 x 1.79 x 3.26 x 1.95 x 1.57 x 1.28 x 1.19 x 1.11 x
EV / EBITDA 10.9 x 261 x 126 x 16.4 x 11.8 x 6.91 x 6.6 x 5.91 x
EV / FCF 20.8 x -44.6 x 206 x 342 x 200 x 49 x 29 x 24 x
FCF Yield 4.8% -2.24% 0.48% 0.29% 0.5% 2.04% 3.45% 4.17%
Price to Book 9.01 x 6.36 x 12.4 x 6.4 x 6.11 x 4.02 x 3.27 x 2.72 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 107,583 130,550 130,705 130,606 130,289 129,881 - -
Reference price 2 19.58 11.77 16.32 14.30 14.67 12.12 12.12 12.12
Announcement Date 10/17/19 11/12/20 11/11/21 11/10/22 11/9/23 - - -
1GBP in Million2GBP
Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: August 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net sales 1 1,397 1,021 886 1,400 1,793 1,934 2,071 2,196
EBITDA 1 209 7 23 167 238 359.4 374.5 413.6
EBIT 1 160 -48 -27 117 182 196.1 217.7 236.6
Operating Margin 11.45% -4.7% -3.05% 8.36% 10.15% 10.14% 10.51% 10.77%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 135 -280 -116 63 110 158.1 185.1 202.1
Net income 1 108 -239 -82 47 79 108.5 127.8 137.8
Net margin 7.73% -23.41% -9.26% 3.36% 4.41% 5.61% 6.17% 6.27%
EPS 2 0.9720 -1.992 -0.6260 0.3560 0.5980 0.8358 0.9806 1.061
Free Cash Flow 1 109 -41 14 8 14 50.64 85.32 101.7
FCF margin 7.8% -4.02% 1.58% 0.57% 0.78% 2.62% 4.12% 4.63%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) 52.15% - 60.87% 4.79% 5.88% 14.09% 22.78% 24.6%
FCF Conversion (Net income) 100.93% - - 17.02% 17.72% 46.67% 66.77% 73.84%
Dividend per Share 2 0.5820 - - 0.0910 0.2890 0.3367 0.3861 0.4248
Announcement Date 10/17/19 11/12/20 11/11/21 11/10/22 11/9/23 - - -
1GBP in Million2GBP
Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: August 2020 S1 2020 S2 2021 S1 2021 S2 2022 S1 2022 S2 2023 S1 2023 S2 2024 S1 2024 S2 2025 S1 2025 S2
Net sales 1 747 274 420 466 608 792 859 934 926 989.3 986.7 1,059
EBITDA - - - - - - - - - - - -
EBIT 88 -136 -28 1 34 83 68 - - - - -
Operating Margin 11.78% -49.64% -6.67% 0.21% 5.59% 10.48% 7.92% - - - - -
Earnings before Tax (EBT) - - - -78 14 - 45 - - - - -
Net income - - - - 9 - 32 - - - - -
Net margin - - - - 1.48% - 3.73% - - - - -
EPS - - - -0.3590 0.0690 - - - - - - -
Dividend per Share - - - - - 0.0910 - - - - - -
Announcement Date 5/14/20 11/12/20 4/28/21 11/11/21 4/27/22 11/10/22 4/20/23 11/9/23 4/25/24 - - -
1GBP in Million
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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: August 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net Debt 1 166 292 755 869 895 908 898 869
Net Cash position 1 - - - - - - - -
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 0.7943 x 41.71 x 32.83 x 5.204 x 3.761 x 2.526 x 2.397 x 2.1 x
Free Cash Flow 1 109 -41 14 8 14 50.6 85.3 102
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) 56.6% -22.8% -41.5% 26.9% 25.8% 30.7% 28.6% 26.1%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) 19.9% -4.74% -5.86% 4.14% 4.73% 6.56% 6.79% 6.97%
Assets 1 541.7 5,040 1,399 1,135 1,671 1,655 1,883 1,975
Book Value Per Share 2 2.170 1.850 1.320 2.230 2.400 3.010 3.700 4.450
Cash Flow per Share 2 1.370 0.0100 0.7600 1.420 1.900 1.920 2.080 2.040
Capex 1 59 79 37 83 122 140 130 132
Capex / Sales 4.22% 7.74% 4.18% 5.93% 6.8% 7.25% 6.29% 6%
Announcement Date 10/17/19 11/12/20 11/11/21 11/10/22 11/9/23 - - -
1GBP in Million2GBP
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EPS & Dividend

Year-on-year evolution of the PER

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG Refinitiv
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
13
Last Close Price
12.12 GBP
Average target price
15.65 GBP
Spread / Average Target
+29.12%
Consensus

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise