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WH Smith PLC (SMWH.L)

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1,120.00

-62.00

(-5.25%)

At close: 04:39PM BST

Currency in GBp

Valuation measures⁴

Market cap (intra-day)	1.55B
Enterprise value	2.59B
Trailing P/E	24.27
Forward P/E	12.84
PEG ratio (5-yr expected)	N/A
Price/sales (ttm)	0.83
Price/book (mrq)	5.09
Enterprise value/revenue	1.44
Enterprise value/EBITDA	8.21

Trading information

Stock price history

Beta (5Y monthly)	1.58
52-week change ³	-24.90%
S&P500 52-week change ³	21.08%
52-week high ³	1,680.00
52-week low ³	1,120.00
50-day moving average ³	1,267.36
200-day moving average ³	1,310.91

Share statistics

Avg vol (3-month) ³	448.18k
Avg vol (10-day) ³	361.06k
Shares outstanding ⁵	130.91M
Implied shares outstanding ⁶	133.2M
Float ⁸	127.29M
% held by insiders ¹	1.81%
% held by institutions ¹	88.54%
Shares short ⁴	N/A
Short ratio ⁴	N/A
Short % of float ⁴	N/A
Short % of shares outstanding ⁴	N/A
Shares short (prior month ) ⁴	N/A

Dividends & splits

Forward annual dividend rate ⁴	0.29
Forward annual dividend yield ⁴	2.30%
Trailing annual dividend rate ³	0.29
Trailing annual dividend yield ³	0.02%
5-year average dividend yield ⁴	2.83
Payout ratio ⁴	28.76%
Dividend date ³	N/A
Ex-dividend date ⁴	11 Jan 2024
Last split factor ²	67:74
Last split date ³	22 Feb 2008

Financial highlights

Currency in GBP.

Fiscal year

Fiscal year ends	31 Aug 2023
Most-recent quarter (mrq)	31 Aug 2023

Profitability

Profit margin	4.41%
Operating margin (ttm)	11.67%

Management effectiveness

Return on assets (ttm)	6.62%
Return on equity (ttm)	27.04%

Income statement

Revenue (ttm)	1.79B
Revenue per share (ttm)	13.79
Quarterly revenue growth (yoy)	17.90%
Gross profit (ttm)	N/A
EBITDA	222M
Net income avi to common (ttm)	79M
Diluted EPS (ttm)	0.60
Quarterly earnings growth (yoy)	34.30%

Balance sheet

Total cash (mrq)	56M
Total cash per share (mrq)	0.43
Total debt (mrq)	951M
Total debt/equity (mrq)	279.71%
Current ratio (mrq)	0.69
Book value per share (mrq)	2.44

Cash flow statement

Operating cash flow (ttm)	251M
Levered free cash flow (ttm)	73.88M