WH Smith PLC (LON:SMWH)

WH Smith Ratios and Metrics

Market cap in millions GBP. Fiscal year is September - August.

Fiscal Year	Current	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020
Period Ending	Sep 5, 2025	Aug 31, 2024	Aug 31, 2023	Aug 31, 2022	Aug 31, 2021	Aug 31, 2020
Market Capitalization	833	1,666	1,911	1,867	2,133	1,537
Market Cap Growth	-8.20%	-12.82%	2.38%	-12.47%	38.82%	-27.05%
Enterprise Value	1,922	2,733	2,908	2,671	2,975	2,519
Last Close Price	6.68	12.46	13.88	13.38	15.27	11.01
PE Ratio	140.01	24.87	24.19	39.72	-	-
Forward PE	9.22	13.52	16.48	20.40	53.60	-
PS Ratio	0.43	0.87	1.07	1.33	2.41	1.51
PB Ratio	2.19	3.74	5.62	6.00	11.66	6.77
P/FCF Ratio	4.29	10.42	13.18	15.96	33.86	109.76
P/OCF Ratio	2.78	6.06	7.62	9.98	21.33	18.97
EV/Sales Ratio	0.99	1.43	1.62	1.91	3.36	2.47
EV/EBITDA Ratio	5.02	10.32	12.81	17.23	270.46	-
EV/EBIT Ratio	8.98	12.83	15.98	23.23	-	-
EV/FCF Ratio	9.91	17.08	20.06	22.83	47.22	179.90
Debt / Equity Ratio	2.88	2.36	2.80	3.22	4.84	4.22
Debt / EBITDA Ratio	2.86	2.79	2.87	4.24	9.32	8.88
Debt / FCF Ratio	5.64	6.58	6.56	8.56	14.05	68.50
Asset Turnover	1.13	1.09	1.07	0.92	0.63	0.93
Inventory Turnover	3.26	3.35	3.39	3.23	2.51	2.72
Quick Ratio	0.34	0.32	0.29	0.40	0.44	0.41
Current Ratio	0.74	0.85	0.69	0.81	0.82	0.84
Return on Equity (ROE)	4.78%	19.59%	27.03%	21.46%	-39.02%	-103.02%
Return on Assets (ROA)	7.75%	7.57%	6.81%	4.73%	-1.25%	-2.74%
Return on Capital (ROIC)	9.26%	9.54%	8.74%	6.04%	-1.55%	-3.63%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	18.00%	16.80%	16.40%	9.80%	-	-
Earnings Yield	0.84%	4.02%	4.13%	2.52%	-3.84%	-15.55%
FCF Yield	23.30%	9.60%	7.59%	6.27%	2.95%	0.91%
Dividend Yield	5.18%	2.70%	2.08%	0.68%	-	-
Payout Ratio	614.29%	61.19%	27.85%	-	-	-
Buyback Yield / Dilution	0.38%	0.76%	-	-0.76%	-9.17%	-10.09%
Total Shareholder Return	5.57%	3.46%	2.08%	-0.08%	-9.17%	-10.09%

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