Smiths News (SNWS) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Smiths News plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the distributing of newspapers and magazines in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates through Smiths News Core, Dawson Media Direct, Instore, and Other businesses segments. The company supplies inflight entertainment to airlines and travel points. It also offers field-based merchandising and marketing, supply chain auditing, and compliance solutions. In addition, the company provides logistics solutions, final mile delivery, storage, smiths news marketplace, field merchandising, field sales, customer services, print media, and recycling collections services. The company was formerly known as Connect Group PLC and changed its name to Smiths News plc in November 2020. Smiths News plc was incorporated in 2004 and is based in Swindon, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 61 to 62.53
• 50-Day Range: 56.40 to 61.80
• 52-Week Range: 45.10 to 67.80
• Volume: 382,094 shs
• Average Volume: 570,737 shs
• Market Capitalization: £146.05 million
• P/E Ratio: 684.44
• Dividend Yield: 8.12%
• Price Target: GBX 80
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Smiths News Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Smiths News scored higher than 68% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Smiths News has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Smiths News has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Smiths News is 684.44, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 125.73.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Smiths News is 684.44, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 312.59.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Smiths News has a PEG Ratio of 0.29. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for SNWS.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Smiths News is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 7.89%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Smiths News does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Smiths News is 5,555.56%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for SNWS.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.16

News Sentiment

Smiths News has a news sentiment score of -0.16. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.45 average news sentiment score of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Smiths News this week, compared to 14 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Smiths News insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £1,021,135.12 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

13.12% of the stock of Smiths News is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

64.57% of the stock of Smiths News is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

SNWS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have SNWS shares performed this year?

Smiths News' stock was trading at GBX 53.40 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, SNWS shares have increased by 15.4% and is now trading at GBX 61.60.
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How do I buy shares of Smiths News?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Smiths News own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Smiths News investors own include AutoZone (AZO), Intel (INTC), TJX Companies (TJX), Abacus Health Products (ABAHF), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM) and Bank of America (BAC).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Publishing
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:SNWS
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: corporate.smithsnews.co.uk
• Phone: 44 34 5128 8888
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,489
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 80
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 95
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 65
• Potential Upside/Downside: +29.9%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.09
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 684.44
• Forward P/E Ratio: 5.84
• P/E Growth: 0.29
• Net Income: £23.40 million
• Net Margins: 2.16%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: 12.57%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.98
• Quick Ratio: 0.83

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.08 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.14
• Cash Flow: GBX 20.13 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.06
• Book Value: GBX (6) per share
• Price / Book: -10.27

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 237,090,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £146.05 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.83