WH Smith has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 31.1%, while the Specialty Retail industry saw earnings growing at 10.5% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 12.6% per year. WH Smith's return on equity is 17.3%, and it has net margins of 3.5%.
Key information
31.12%
Earnings growth rate
28.42%
EPS growth rate
Specialty Retail Industry Growth
4.13%
Revenue growth rate
12.62%
Return on equity
17.26%
Net Margin
3.49%
Next Earnings Update
16 Apr 2025
Recent past performance updates
Recent updates
Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
How WH Smith makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.
Earnings and Revenue History
DB:21Q0 Revenue, expenses and earnings (GBP Millions)
Date
Revenue
Earnings
G+A Expenses
R&D Expenses
31 Aug 24
1,918
67
1,006
0
31 May 24
1,889
66
992
0
29 Feb 24
1,860
64
978
0
30 Nov 23
1,827
72
961
0
31 Aug 23
1,793
79
943
0
31 May 23
1,722
73
908
0
28 Feb 23
1,651
67
872
0
30 Nov 22
1,526
57
810
0
31 Aug 22
1,400
47
747
0
31 May 22
1,237
6
687
0
28 Feb 22
1,074
-35
627
0
30 Nov 21
980
-58
592
0
31 Aug 21
886
-82
557
0
31 May 21
790
-201
722
0
28 Feb 21
694
-321
887
0
30 Nov 20
858
-280
759
0
31 Aug 20
1,021
-239
630
0
31 May 20
1,235
-68
660
0
29 Feb 20
1,449
102
690
0
30 Nov 19
1,423
104
691
0
31 Aug 19
1,397
106
691
0
31 May 19
1,356
99
655
0
28 Feb 19
1,314
92
618
0
30 Nov 18
1,288
100
618
0
31 Aug 18
1,262
108
618
0
31 May 18
1,248
111
559
0
28 Feb 18
1,234
114
499
0
30 Nov 17
1,234
115
547
0
31 Aug 17
1,234
116
595
0
31 May 17
1,228
114
634
0
28 Feb 17
1,222
111
673
0
30 Nov 16
1,217
110
626
0
31 Aug 16
1,212
108
579
0
31 May 16
1,206
108
569
0
29 Feb 16
1,200
107
559
0
30 Nov 15
1,189
104
559
0
31 Aug 15
1,178
101
558
0
31 May 15
1,169
99
553
0
28 Feb 15
1,159
96
547
0
30 Nov 14
1,160
94
547
0
31 Aug 14
1,161
92
547
0
31 May 14
1,161
89
550
0
28 Feb 14
1,161
85
552
0
Quality Earnings: 21Q0 has a large one-off loss of £38.0M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 31st August, 2024.
Growing Profit Margin: 21Q0's current net profit margins (3.5%) are lower than last year (4.4%).
Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: 21Q0's earnings have grown significantly by 31.1% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: 21Q0's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: 21Q0 had negative earnings growth (-15.2%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Specialty Retail industry average (78.9%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: 21Q0's Return on Equity (17.3%) is considered low.
Return on Assets
Return on Capital Employed
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2024/12/09 01:35
End of Day Share Price
2024/09/11 00:00
Earnings
2024/08/31
Annual Earnings
2024/08/31
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Analyst Sources
WH Smith PLC is covered by 26 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.