Stock Research: Smiths News

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Smiths News

LSE:CNCT GB00B17WCR61
100
  • Value
    31
  • Growth
    77
  • Safety
    Safety
    100
  • Combined
    94
  • Sentiment
    81
  • 360° View
    360° View
    100
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Company Description

Smiths News plc is a news wholesaler and provider of supply chain solutions. It operates in the news distribution industry, distributing newspapers and magazines. The company operates across England and Wales. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $190 million, profits of $96 million, revenue of $1,449 million, and 1388 employees.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 100 (better than 100% compared with alternatives) for 2025, overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Smiths News are very positive. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with all but one indicator above average for Smiths News. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 100, which means that the share price of Smiths News is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 100% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 77, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth, as well as stock returns. In addition, professional market sentiment is above average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 81. But the company’s financing is risky with a Safety rank of 31. This means 69% of comparable companies have a safer financing structure than Smiths News. ...read more

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Dividends Europe
Employee Focus EU
Sound Pay Europe
The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 21-Aug-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
100 100 100 100
Growth
77 55 31 25
Safety
Safety
31 26 18 8
Sentiment
81 82 62 18
360° View
360° View
100 96 65 19
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
67 74 72 63
Opinions Change
50 50 50 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 78 76 26
Market Pulse
57 45 37 18
Sentiment
81 82 62 18
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
100 100 100 100
Growth
77 55 31 25
Safety Safety
31 26 18 8
Combined
94 80 45 41
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
100 100 97 100
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
87 84 87 100
Price vs. Book (P/B)
100 100 97 94
Dividend Yield
98 98 100 96
Value
100 100 100 100
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
59 11 6 6
Profit Growth
37 42 45 26
Capital Growth
87 46 28 45
Stock Returns
69 92 78 85
Growth
77 55 31 25
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
1 1 3 1
Refinancing
35 31 30 3
Liquidity
82 73 60 48
Safety Safety
31 26 18 8

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