WH Smith PLC (LON:SMWH)

WH Smith Cash Flow Statement

Financials in millions GBP. Fiscal year is September - August.

Fiscal Year	TTM	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020
Period Ending	Feb 28, 2025	Aug 31, 2024	Aug 31, 2023	Aug 31, 2022	Aug 31, 2021	Aug 31, 2020
Net Income	7	67	79	47	-82	-239
Depreciation & Amortization	169	164	149	121	123	156
Other Amortization	12	12	11	10	11	9
Asset Writedown & Restructuring Costs	76	30	19	12	41	135
Stock-Based Compensation	10	11	12	9	6	-
Other Operating Activities	11	34	28	-1	-41	-31
Change in Accounts Receivable	-29	-41	-22	-42	4	27
Change in Inventory	-18	-15	-12	-56	14	35
Change in Accounts Payable	-15	10	-15	88	24	-10
Change in Other Net Operating Assets	76	3	2	-1	-	-1
Operating Cash Flow	299	275	251	187	100	81
Operating Cash Flow Growth	14.12%	9.56%	34.23%	87.00%	23.46%	-45.64%
Capital Expenditures	-105	-115	-106	-70	-37	-67
Cash Acquisitions	-6	-6	-	-	1	-316
Sale (Purchase) of Intangibles	-12	-16	-16	-13	-7	-12
Investment in Securities	3	-	-	-	-	-
Investing Cash Flow	-120	-137	-122	-83	-43	-395
Short-Term Debt Issued	-	33	84	-	-	-
Long-Term Debt Issued	-	-	-	-	327	200
Total Debt Issued	2	33	84	-	327	200
Long-Term Debt Repaid	-	-112	-251	-96	-353	-87
Total Debt Repaid	-113	-112	-251	-96	-353	-87
Net Debt Issued (Repaid)	-111	-79	-167	-96	-26	113
Issuance of Common Stock	-	-	-	-	1	312
Repurchase of Common Stock	-23	-12	-8	-7	-2	-2
Common Dividends Paid	-43	-41	-22	-	-	-47
Other Financing Activities	-7	-6	-6	-1	-8	-2
Financing Cash Flow	-184	-138	-203	-104	-35	374
Foreign Exchange Rate Adjustments	-	-	-2	2	-	-1
Net Cash Flow	-5	-	-76	2	22	59
Free Cash Flow	194	160	145	117	63	14
Free Cash Flow Growth	29.33%	10.35%	23.93%	85.71%	350.00%	-86.28%
Free Cash Flow Margin	9.98%	8.34%	8.09%	8.36%	7.11%	1.37%
Free Cash Flow Per Share	1.49	1.22	1.10	0.89	0.48	0.12
Cash Interest Paid	42	42	35	26	13	13
Cash Income Tax Paid	26	18	13	6	-10	-5
Levered Free Cash Flow	111.63	36.63	77.63	100.63	111.5	73.5
Unlevered Free Cash Flow	144.75	69.13	105.75	121.88	126.5	86
Change in Working Capital	14	-43	-47	-11	42	51

Updated Feb 28, 2025. Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence. Standard template. Financial Sources.