Stock Research: WH Smith

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WH Smith

LSE:SMWH GB00B2PDGW16
6
  • Value
    20
  • Growth
    1
  • Safety
    Safety
    69
  • Combined
    12
  • Sentiment
    21
  • 360° View
    360° View
    6
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Company Description

WH Smith PLC is a global travel retailer offering travel essentials. It operates in the travel retail industry and owns brands such as WHSmith, Marks & Spencer Simply Food, and Costa Coffee. The company operates in the UK, North America, and the Rest of the World. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $1,743 million, profits of $1,591 million, and revenue of $2,518 million with 14,451 employees.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 6 (better than 6% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock WH Smith are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for WH Smith. Only the consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 69, which means that the share price of WH Smith 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 69% of alternative stocks in the same industry. All other consolidated ranks are below average. The consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 1, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 20, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 80% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. Finally, professionals are more pessimistic about the stock than for 79% of alternative investment opportunities, reflected in the consolidated Sentiment Rank of 21. ...read more

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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: 30-Oct-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
69 50 28 25
Growth
1 47 45 57
Safety
Safety
20 10 23 6
Sentiment
21 70 90 81
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360° View
6 34 39 33
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
19 55 80 78
Opinions Change
41 31 60 82
Pro Holdings
n/a 74 86 16
Market Pulse
78 81 73 62
Sentiment
21 70 90 81
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
69 50 28 25
Growth
1 47 45 57
Safety Safety
20 10 23 6
Combined
12 15 8 12
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
69 55 31 19
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
31 20 23 24
Price vs. Book (P/B)
51 30 19 16
Dividend Yield
76 68 70 62
Value
69 50 28 25
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
6 55 59 56
Profit Growth
4 48 51 91
Capital Growth
53 46 30 7
Stock Returns
9 36 44 57
Growth
1 47 45 57
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
15 16 15 12
Refinancing
14 23 24 21
Liquidity
63 54 60 16
Safety Safety
20 10 23 6

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