Smiths News Plc

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Trading & Distributors
  • ISIN: GB00B17WCR61
GBP
0.64
0 (-0.62%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
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Strong Buy

Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Why is Smiths News Plc ?

1
With a growth in Net Profit of 9.63%, the company declared Outstanding results in Aug 25
  • DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y) Highest at 62.09%
  • ROCE(HY) Highest at 912.9%
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Highest at 1,483.33
2
With ROE of 310.42%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 16.84 Price to Book Value
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 18.38%, its profits have risen by 17.4% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.3
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Smiths News Plc should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Trading & Distributors should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Trading & Distributors)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Smiths News Plc for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Smiths News Plc
18.01%
0.19
32.85%
FTSE 100
13.98%
1.15
13.60%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
-1.79%
EBIT Growth (5y)
4.15%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
5.83
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.75
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-9.21
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
53.87
Tax Ratio
25.14%
Dividend Payout Ratio
47.52%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
1,864.00%
ROE (avg)
0
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
5
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
16.84
EV to EBIT
3.71
EV to EBITDA
3.04
EV to Capital Employed
18.50
EV to Sales
0.15
PEG Ratio
0.31
Dividend Yield
10.53%
ROCE (Latest)
498.84%
ROE (Latest)
310.42%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
OBV
No Trend
Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

14What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 62.09%

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 912.9%

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 1,483.33

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 20.2 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -14.71% (YoY

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at GBP 10.44

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 26.7 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 5.06 %

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at GBP 15.18 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at GBP 0.06

-2What is not working for the Company
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 252.63 %

NET SALES(Q)

Lowest at GBP 527.6 MM

Here's what is working for Smiths News Plc

Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 1,483.33
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at GBP 20.2 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (GBP MM)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 62.09% and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Operating Profit
Highest at GBP 26.7 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (GBP MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 5.06 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Net Profit
Highest at GBP 15.18 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (GBP MM)

EPS
Highest at GBP 0.06
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (GBP)

Dividend per share
Highest at GBP 10.44
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (GBP)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -14.71% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Depreciation
Highest at GBP 4.9 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (GBP MM)

Here's what is not working for Smiths News Plc

Net Sales
Lowest at GBP 527.6 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (GBP MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 252.63 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio