Smiths News PLC
LSE:SNWS

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Price: 68 GBX 0.59% Market Closed
Market Cap: £168.4m

EV/IC

4.8
Current
5%
Cheaper
vs 3-y average of 5.1

Enterprise Value to Invested Capital (EV/IC) ratio compares a company`s total enterprise value to the capital invested in its business. It shows how efficiently the company`s market value reflects the funds used to generate returns.

EV/IC
4.8
=
Enterprise Value
GBX186.8m
/
Invested Capital
£38.6m

Enterprise Value to Invested Capital (EV/IC) ratio compares a company`s total enterprise value to the capital invested in its business. It shows how efficiently the company`s market value reflects the funds used to generate returns.

EV/IC
4.8
=
Enterprise Value
GBX186.8m
/
Invested Capital
£38.6m

Valuation Scenarios

Smiths News PLC is trading below its 3-year average

If EV/IC returns to its 3-Year Average (5.1), the stock would be worth GBX71.81 (6% upside from current price).

Statistics
Positive Scenarios
1/4
Maximum Downside
-100%
Maximum Upside
+6%
Average Downside
51%
Scenario EV/IC Value Implied Price Upside/Downside
Current Multiple 4.8 GBX68
0%
3-Year Average 5.1 GBX71.81
+6%
5-Year Average 4.4 GBX62.26
-8%
Industry Average 0 GBX0.04
-100%
Country Average 0 GBX0.04
-100%

Forward EV/IC
Today’s price vs future invested capital

Not enough data available to calculate forward EV/IC

Peer Comparison

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Market Distribution

Higher than 96% of companies in United Kingdom
Percentile
96th
Based on 2 035 companies
96th percentile
4.8
Low
0 — 0
Typical Range
0 — 0
High
0 —
Distribution Statistics
United Kingdom
Min 0
30th Percentile 0
Median 0
70th Percentile 0
Max 141.2

Smiths News PLC
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Market Cap
168.4m GBX
Industry
Distributors

Smiths News Plc engages in the wholesale of newspapers and magazines. The company is headquartered in Swindon, Wiltshire and currently employs 1,804 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2006-08-30. The firm operates through its Smiths News segment. The Smiths News segment include Smiths News Core, Dawson Media Direct (DMD), Instore, Martin Lave and Rascal Systems. Smiths News Core is a distributor of newspapers and magazines to retailers across England and Wales. DMD supplies newspapers, magazines and inflight entertainment to airlines and travel points in the United Kingdom. InStore works with retailers, suppliers and publishers providing field-based merchandising and marketing, supply chain auditing and compliance solutions. Martin Lavell is a corporate news distributor, supplying newspapers and magazines to corporate and public sector customers. Rascal Systems works with retailers to simplify product management.

SNWS Intrinsic Value
112.35 GBX
Undervaluation 39%
Intrinsic Value
Price GBX68
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