Valuation: WH Smith PLC

Market Cap 559M 737M 655M 613M 1.05B 70.97B 1.06B 7.4B 2.87B 36.17B 2.77B 2.71B 116B P/E 2026 *
9.54x
P/E 2027 * 9.87x
Enterprise Value 1.38B 1.82B 1.62B 1.52B 2.59B 176B 2.63B 18.31B 7.09B 89.47B 6.84B 6.7B 288B EV / Sales 2026 *
0.86x
EV / Sales 2027 * 0.82x
Free-Float
98.02%
Yield 2026 *
-
Yield 2027 * -
3 years 6.1
Extreme 6.1
7.65
5 years 6.1
Extreme 6.1
7.7
10 years 6.1
Extreme 6.1
7.7
Manager TitleAgeSince
Director of Finance/CFO - 01/09/2024
Investor Relations Contact - -
Chief Executive Officer - 19/11/2025
Director TitleAgeSince
Chairman 60 02/02/2026
Director/Board Member 52 01/03/2024
Director/Board Member 61 01/07/2024
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
-0.71%-.--% - - 780M
+0.59%+1.55%+33.95%+63.84% 33.51B
-1.29%-0.59%-42.80%+559.18% 25.53B
-1.55%-1.12%-1.65%+34.62% 23.35B
+1.41%-1.73%-44.21%-21.87% 16.3B
-0.77%+0.67%-22.07% - 15.88B
-1.07%+0.37%-40.22%+22.35% 11.94B
-1.60%+1.77%+30.12% - 11.57B
+0.34%-1.33%-14.29%+151.73% 9.16B
-2.64%-4.47%-56.19%-2.96% 7.32B
Average -0.50%+0.01%-17.49%+115.27% 17.17B
Weighted average by Cap. -0.38%+0.21%-11.25%+145.56%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 1.61B 2.13B 1.89B 1.77B 3.03B 205B 3.07B 21.38B 8.28B 104B 7.98B 7.82B 336B 1.65B 2.18B 1.94B 1.81B 3.1B 210B 3.15B 21.9B 8.49B 107B 8.18B 8.01B 345B
Net income 36.93M 48.73M 43.32M 40.49M 69.3M 4.69B 70.32M 489M 190M 2.39B 183M 179M 7.7B 48.12M 63.5M 56.45M 52.76M 90.3M 6.11B 91.63M 638M 247M 3.12B 238M 233M 10.03B
Net Debt 823M 1.09B 966M 903M 1.54B 105B 1.57B 10.91B 4.23B 53.3B 4.07B 3.99B 172B 805M 1.06B 944M 883M 1.51B 102B 1.53B 10.67B 4.13B 52.12B 3.98B 3.9B 168B
Logo WH Smith PLC
WH Smith PLC is a global retailer for travel essentials with a presence across over 30 countries. Its segments include UK, North America and Rest of the World and Other. It offers a range of food and beverages, health and beauty, books and tech essentials across a range of locations from airports and hospitals to rail stations and motorway service areas. It operates in over 1,200 stores, comprising 590 UK stores, 360 stores in North America and 320 stores across its Rest of the World business. Its Rest of the World business operates 320 stores across countries in Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and India. In the UK, it operates stores in travel locations and hospitals, with stores ranging in size from 90 square feet to more than 6,000 square feet. It operates a range of own brand and partner store formats offering a variety of travel essentials to support customers’ journeys. Its brands include Smith’s Family Kitchen, WHSmith, Marks & Spencer Simply Food, Costa Coffee and others.
Employees
9,290
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
-
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
3.712GBP
Average target price
4.399GBP
Spread / Average Target
+18.51%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise