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Year on year WH Smith PLC grew revenues 28.07% from 1.40bn to 1.79bn. In addition the company has reduced the cost of goods sold as a percent of sales, selling, general and administrative expenses as a percent of sales and interest paid as a percent of sales. These improvements contributed to 68.09% net income growth from 47.00m to 79.00m.
| Gross margin | -- |
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| Net profit margin | 3.92% |
| Operating margin | 7.58% |
| Return on assets | 4.37% |
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| Return on equity | 21.05% |
| Return on investment | 6.41% |
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Cash flow in GBPView more
In 2023, cash reserves at WH Smith PLC fell by 76.00m. However, the company earned 251.00m from its operations for a Cash Flow Margin of 14.00%. In addition the company used 122.00m on investing activities and also paid 203.00m in financing cash flows.
| Cash flow per share | 1.82 |
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| Price/Cash flow per share | 6.01 |
| Book value per share | 2.32 |
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| Tangible book value per share | -1.53 |
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Balance sheet in GBPView more
| Current ratio | 0.6392 |
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| Quick ratio | 0.2767 |
| Total debt/total equity | 3.56 |
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| Total debt/total capital | 0.7654 |
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Growth rates in GBP
Year on year, both dividends per share and earnings per share excluding extraordinary items growth increased 217.58% and 68.08%, respectively. The positive trend in dividend payments is noteworthy since only some companies in the Office Supplies industry pay a dividend. Additionally when measured on a five year annualized basis, both dividend per share and earnings per share growth ranked the highest relative to its industry peers.
| Div yield(5 year avg) | 1.12% |
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| Div growth rate (5 year) | -11.79% |
| Payout ratio (TTM) | 42.19% |
| EPS growth(5 years) | -9.43 |
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| EPS (TTM) vs TTM 1 year ago | -3.02 |
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