WH Smith PLC (LON:SMWH)

London flag London · Delayed Price · Currency is GBP · Price in GBX
950.50
+3.00 (0.32%)
Apr 15, 2025, 4:35 PM BST
-25.57%
Market Cap 1.21B
Revenue (ttm) 1.92B
Net Income (ttm) 67.00M
Shares Out 126.84M
EPS (ttm) 0.51
PE Ratio 18.60
Forward PE 10.03
Dividend 0.34 (3.55%)
Ex-Dividend Date Jan 16, 2025
Volume 199,935
Average Volume 340,096
Open 942.50
Previous Close 947.50
Day's Range 941.50 - 960.50
52-Week Range 872.50 - 1,499.00
Beta 1.44
RSI 39.20
Earnings Date Apr 16, 2025

About WH Smith

WH Smith PLC operates as a travel retailer in the United Kingdom, North America, Australia, Ireland, Spain, and internationally. The company offers news, books, and convenience for travelling customers. It operates stores in airports, hospitals, railway stations, and motorway service areas. It also sells stationery products, including greeting cards, general stationery, art and craft, and gifting products; news and impulse products, such as newspapers, magazines, confectionery, and drinks; and books. The company sells its products through digit... [Read more]

Founded 1792
Employees 14,451
Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange
Ticker Symbol SMWH
Full Company Profile

Financial Performance

In 2024, WH Smith's revenue was 1.92 billion, an increase of 6.97% compared to the previous year's 1.79 billion. Earnings were 67.00 million, a decrease of -15.19%.

Financial Statements

News

WH Smith growth plans in focus after sale of high street stores

Last month, WH Smith announced that Hobbycraft owner Modella Capital will buy its high street arm for around £76 million.

4 days ago - Evening Standard

Can a rebrand save WH Smith?

WH Smith's high-street shops have had their day and a change of owner is unlikely to turn things around, says Matthew Lynn

4 days ago - MoneyWeek

‘WH Smith wasn’t just a workplace’: ex-staff and shoppers on the high street chain

With the brand to disappear from town and city streets, readers share their memories of how it touched their lives After 233 years, the household name of WH Smith will soon disappear from high streets...

7 days ago - The Guardian

Retailer WH Smith to be wiped off UK high streets soon following sale

This move comes as a fresh blow to the UK high street, which has been struggling to recover from the pandemic, witnessing a number of big name closures such as Debenhams.

18 days ago - Euronews

What does WH Smith’s new high street name TGJones actually mean?

New owner Modella says made-up moniker aims to evoke ‘sense of family’, but brand experts unconvinced WH Smith name to disappear from high street in agreed £76m sale to Modella Business live – latest ...

18 days ago - The Guardian

What is TG Jones and why is WH Smith changing its name?

WH Smith’s name will remain the same at airport and train station branches

18 days ago - Evening Standard

WH Smith to become latest high street giant to disappear – what are the others?

WH Smith's name will be erased across high streets after the 233-year-old company sold part of its business to the owner of Hobbycraft.

18 days ago - Sky News

WH Smith (WHTPF) Sells UK High Street Division to Modella Capital for £76 Million

WH Smith (WHTPF) Sells UK High Street Division to Modella Capital for £76 Million

18 days ago - GuruFocus

Share your memories of WH Smith

We’d like to hear your memories of the retail store and how you might be affected by its sale The 233-year-old brand, WH Smith, is to sell its 480 retail stores to the Hobbycraft owner, Modella Capita...

18 days ago - The Guardian

WH Smith name to disappear from High Street after sale

The 233-year old chain will be become TGJones but the brand will continue at airports and rail stations.

18 days ago - BBC

WH Smith brand to disappear as £76m sale of stores to Modella agreed

Under terms of deal with Hobbycraft owner, 233-year-old brand will become TGJones Business live – latest updates WH Smith is to sell its 480 retail stores to the Hobbycraft owner, Modella Capital, in ...

18 days ago - The Guardian

WH Smith high street stores to be rebranded TG Jones after £76 million sale

WH Smith name will live on at airport and train station branches

18 days ago - Evening Standard

China’s Xi urges global CEOs to protect trade supply chains; WH Smith sells high street stores – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Good morning and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy. Anxiety over Donald Trump’s plan t...

19 days ago - The Guardian

UK Stock Market News: WH Smith, Smiths News, Westminster Security

WH Smith agrees sale of UK high street stores, Smiths News delivers in line H1 results, Westminster sees revenues up but margins suffer

19 days ago - The Armchair Trader

WH Smith to sell UK high street business for nearly $100 million

British retailer WH Smith on Friday agreed to sell its UK high street business to Modella Capital for 76 million pounds ($98.33 million), to streamline its operations and create a pure play global tra...

19 days ago - Reuters

WH Smith high street arm sold to Hobbycraft owner for £76m

WH Smith has sold its high street business to the owner of Hobbycraft for £76m.

19 days ago - Sky News

WH Smith to pick buyer of 233 year-old high street chain

WH Smith will decide the fate of its 233 year-old high street chain within days, as it holds final discussions with the two remaining bidders for the business.

19 days ago - Sky News

WH Smith: We're A Willing Buyer

WH Smith's Travel segment boosts earnings, despite bearish sentiment. Find out why WHTPF stock is a strong buy with potential capital reallocation from a sale.

23 days ago - Seeking Alpha

WH Smith bidder Modella mulls Hobbycraft restructuring

One of the two remaining bidders for WH Smith’s high street empire is exploring a restructuring of Hobbycraft, the crafts chain it bought just seven months ago.

4 weeks ago - Sky News

Just two buyers left in race to buy WH Smith high street division – report

Alteri and Modella Capital are the only two parties remaining in talks, according to Sky News There are only two buyers left in the race to buy retailer WH Smith’s ailing high street division, accordi...

5 weeks ago - The Guardian

Two-way shootout looms for WH Smith high street chain

A two-way shootout for WH Smith's high street chain will take place this spring as the 233-year-old retailer’s brand prepares to disappear from towns across Britain.

5 weeks ago - Sky News

Sound investment: John Lewis teams up with Rough Trade to sell vinyl

Decision to stock records in some stores and also sell online dovetails with rising demand for turntables in its shops A lot of adjectives have been used to describe the middle-class favourite John Le...

2 months ago - The Guardian

At least half of WH Smith high street stores could close under a new owner

Experts say potential buyer would want only about 250 of those outlets, raising prospect of significant job losses At least half of WH Smith’s 500 high street stores could be closed by any new owner, ...

2 months ago - The Guardian

‘I would be sad if it closed’: shoppers react to possible loss of WH Smith

Stevenage is one of 500 UK towns where threatened closures will affect local retailers and the publishing trade WH Smith sale could turn high street into ‘book desert’, authors say Just two shop floor...

2 months ago - The Guardian