Stock Research: Smiths News

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Smiths News

LSE:CNCT GB00B17WCR61
94
  • Value
    30
  • Growth
    28
  • Safety
    Safety
    98
  • Combined
    94
  • Sentiment
    56
  • 360° View
    360° View
    94
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Company Description

Smiths News plc is a news wholesaler and provider of supply chain solutions. It operates in the news distribution industry, distributing newspapers and magazines. The company operates across England and Wales. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $190 million, profits of $96 million, revenue of $1,449 million, and 1388 employees.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 94 (better than 94% compared with alternatives) for 2025, overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Smiths News are very positive. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for Smiths News. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 98, which means that the share price of Smiths News is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 98% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 56, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 56% of alternative investment opportunities. But the consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 28, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 30, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 70 comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

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Index
Dividends Europe
Employee Focus EU
Sound Pay Europe
The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 13-Nov-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
98 100 100 100
Growth
28 55 31 25
Safety
Safety
30 26 18 8
Sentiment
56 82 62 18
360° View
360° View
94 96 65 19
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
67 74 72 63
Opinions Change
23 50 50 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 78 76 26
Market Pulse
52 45 37 18
Sentiment
56 82 62 18
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
98 100 100 100
Growth
28 55 31 25
Safety Safety
30 26 18 8
Combined
94 80 45 41
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
92 100 97 100
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
79 84 87 100
Price vs. Book (P/B)
100 100 97 94
Dividend Yield
98 98 100 96
Value
98 100 100 100
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
4 11 6 6
Profit Growth
27 42 45 26
Capital Growth
84 46 28 45
Stock Returns
76 92 78 85
Growth
28 55 31 25
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
1 1 3 1
Refinancing
33 31 30 3
Liquidity
89 73 60 48
Safety Safety
30 26 18 8

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