Ratings Smiths News plc

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GB00B17WCR61

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May. 02	Smiths News to Seek Potential Bolt-On Acquisitions	CI
May. 02	Transcript : Smiths News plc, H1 2024 Earnings Call, May 02, 2024

Summary

The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
The company presents an interesting fundamental situation from a short-term investment perspective.

Strengths

Its low valuation, with P/E ratio at 5.71 and 5.54 for the ongoing fiscal year and 2025 respectively, makes the stock pretty attractive with regard to earnings multiples.
The stock, which is currently worth 2024 to 0.14 times its sales, is clearly overvalued in comparison with peers.
This company will be of major interest to investors in search of a high dividend stock.
Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.
Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised upwards significantly.
Analyst opinion has improved significantly over the past four months.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.
The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.

Weaknesses

According to Standard & Poor's' forecast, revenue growth prospects are expected to be very low for the next fiscal years.
The company's currently anticipated earnings per share (EPS) growth for the next few years is a notable weakness.
As a percentage of sales and without taking into account depreciation and amortization, the company has relatively low margins.
The company sustains low margins.
The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
The price targets of analysts who cover the stock differ significantly. This implies difficulties in evaluating the company and its business.

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Sector: Consumer Publishing

	1st Jan change	Capi.	Investor Rating	ESG Refinitiv
SMITHS NEWS PLC	+4.87%	167M		B-
INNER MONGOLIA XINHUA DISTRIBUTION GROUP CO.,LTD.	-11.29%	655M	-	-

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