Projected Income Statement: WH Smith PLC

Forecast Balance Sheet: WH Smith PLC

Fiscal Period: August 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Net Debt 1 755 869 895 997 874 823 805 778
Change - 15.1% 2.99% 11.4% -12.34% -5.84% -2.19% -3.35%
Announcement Date 11/11/21 11/10/22 11/9/23 11/14/24 12/19/25 - - -
1GBP in Million
Estimates

Cash Flow Forecast: WH Smith PLC

Fiscal Period: August 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
CAPEX 1 37 83 122 129 81 90.95 86.85 90.84
Change - 124.32% 46.99% 5.74% -37.21% 12.28% -4.5% 4.59%
Free Cash Flow (FCF) 1 14 8 14 53 38 -29.58 22.3 43.7
Change - -42.86% 75% 278.57% -28.3% -177.83% 175.4% 95.96%
Announcement Date 11/11/21 11/10/22 11/9/23 11/14/24 12/19/25 - - -
1GBP in Million
Estimates

Forecast Financial Ratios: WH Smith PLC

Fiscal Period: August 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028

Profitability

        
EBITDA Margin (%) 2.6% 11.93% 13.27% 14.44% 12.04% 15.81% 16.26% 16.74%
EBIT Margin (%) -3.05% 8.36% 10.15% 11.11% 8.63% 6.68% 6.99% 7.25%
EBT Margin (%) -13.09% 4.5% 6.13% 5.53% 6.57% 4.6% 4.76% 5.44%
Net margin (%) -9.26% 3.36% 4.41% 3.49% -9.85% 2.29% 2.91% 3.53%
FCF margin (%) 1.58% 0.57% 0.78% 2.76% 2.45% -1.83% 1.35% 2.55%
FCF / Net Income (%) -17.07% 17.02% 17.72% 79.1% -24.84% -80.09% 46.35% 72.19%

Profitability

        
ROA -5.86% 4.14% 4.73% 3.81% 4.03% 3.48% 3.79% 4.1%
ROE -41.52% 26.92% 25.82% 18.28% 23.34% 31.67% 26.02% 23.49%

Financial Health

        
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 32.83x 5.2x 3.76x 3.6x 4.67x 3.23x 2.99x 2.71x
Debt / Free cash flow 53.93x 108.62x 63.93x 18.81x 23x -27.84x 36.1x 17.8x

Capital Intensity

        
CAPEX / Current Assets (%) 4.18% 5.93% 6.8% 6.73% 5.22% 5.64% 5.25% 5.29%
CAPEX / EBITDA (%) 160.87% 49.7% 51.26% 46.57% 43.32% 35.66% 32.31% 31.62%
CAPEX / FCF (%) 264.29% 1,037.5% 871.43% 243.4% 213.16% -307.51% 389.46% 207.87%

Items per share

        
Cash flow per share 1 0.7634 1.417 1.902 2.099 2.14 0.8302 1.126 1.125
Change - 85.58% 34.22% 10.4% 1.92% -61.2% 35.65% -0.12%
Dividend per Share 1 - 0.091 0.289 0.336 0.173 - - -
Change - - 217.58% 16.26% -48.51% - - -
Book Value Per Share 1 1.321 2.235 2.402 3.176 1.225 1.73 1.883 2.236
Change - 69.23% 7.46% 32.23% -61.43% 41.28% 8.8% 18.75%
EPS 1 -0.626 0.356 0.598 0.511 -1.134 0.3889 0.3762 0.4322
Change - 156.87% 67.98% -14.55% -321.92% 134.3% -3.28% 14.91%
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 130,705 130,606 130,289 129,881 124,560 150,500 150,500 150,500
Announcement Date 11/11/21 11/10/22 11/9/23 11/14/24 12/19/25 - - -
1GBP
Estimates
2026 *2027 *
P/E 9.49x 9.81x
PBR 2.13x 1.96x
EV / Sales 0.85x 0.82x
Yield - -

EPS & Dividend



Y-o-Y evolution of P/E

 

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AAA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
11
Last Close Price
3.690GBP
Average target price
4.399GBP
Spread / Average Target
+19.22%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise