Consumer Cyclical
Live Price
Offline$7.44
+0.00% today
1Y Change
-38.21%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Coverage: 251 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
WH Smith PLC (WHTPF) is a Consumer Cyclical stock with a market cap of $640.00M and listed on OTC. The stock last traded around $7.44 and down 38.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -19.1%, EPS growth of -321.6%, a dividend yield of 3.4%. What stands out right now is revenue -19.1%, EPS -321.6%, free cash flow +38.0% with operating margin 7.0% and ROIC -2.0%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 3.4%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.5. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines WHTPF price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Cyclical peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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WHTPF
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
WHTPF Max Drawdown
-47.38%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$886.0M
-36.7% YoY
FY Net Income
-$82.0M
-274.5% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$56.0M
-46.2% YoY
Revenue Growth
-19.1%
EPS Growth
-321.6%
Gross Margin
0.0%
Net Margin
-9.5%
Income statement
GBP
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.6B | 1.9B | 1.8B | 1.4B | 886M |
| Gross Profit | 879M | 1.2B | 1.1B | 862M | 528M |
| Operating Income | 134M | 158M | 156M | 97M | -92M |
| EBITDA | 183M | 334M | 315M | 228M | 42M |
| Net Income | -144M | 67M | 79M | 47M | -82M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
GBP
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 71M | 56M | 56M | 132M | 130M |
| Total Assets | 1.5B | 1.9B | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.4B |
| Total Liabilities | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.2B |
| Shareholder Equity | 158M | 416M | 317M | 295M | 173M |
| Total Debt | 1.4B | 1.1B | 951M | 1.0B | 885M |
| Net Debt | 1.3B | 997M | 895M | 869M | 755M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
100M
-46.5% YoY
Capital Expenditures
44M
+47.0% YoY
Free Cash Flow
56M
-46.2% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
0.0%
Operating Margin
7.0%
Net Margin
-9.5%
ROE
-90.5%
Debt / Equity
8.46x
Next Step
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