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Smiths News (Smiths News) ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 110.65% (As of Aug. 2023)
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Joel Greenblatt defined Return on Capital differently in his book The Little Book That Still Beats the Market (Little Books. Big Profits). He defines ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % as EBIT divided by the total of Property, Plant and Equipment and net working capital. Smiths News's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 110.65%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Smiths News's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

SMWPY' s ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -76.15   Med: 92.42   Max: 176.26
Current: 114.81

During the past 13 years, Smiths News's highest ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % was 176.26%. The lowest was -76.15%. And the median was 92.42%.

SMWPY's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
86.4% of 1044 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 10.28 vs SMWPY: 114.81

Smiths News's 5-Year average Growth Rate of ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % was 0.00% per year.


Smiths News ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Smiths News's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Smiths News Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 137.83 83.00 95.89 84.66 117.18

Smiths News Semi-Annual Data
Feb14 Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23
ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 88.00 98.75 78.33 123.07 110.65

Competitive Comparison

For the Publishing subindustry, Smiths News's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Smiths News ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Smiths News's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Smiths News's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Smiths News ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

Joel Greenblatt defined Return on Capital differently in his book The Little Book That Still Beats the Market (Little Books. Big Profits) . He defines Return on Capital as follows:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)

EBIT stands for Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.

Fixed Assets are also known as non-current assets. They include the Property, Plant and Equipment that the firm needs in its operation.

GuruFocus calculates net working capital as: (Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Deferred Revenue + Other Current Liabilities). We're trying to account for OPERATING assets and liabilities (part of daily business) when calculating working capital. Cash and marketable securities are considered NON-OPERATING assets and are not included in calculation. We will also back out all interest bearing debt, short term debt and the portion of long term debt that is due in the current period from the current liabilities. This debt will be considered when computing cost of capital and it would be inappropriate to count it twice.

Working Capital(Q: Feb. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(126.329 + 22.705 + 0.72499999999999) - (165.942 + 0 + 2.657)
=-18.84

Working Capital(Q: Aug. 2023 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(87.675 + 22.49 + 2.161) - (146.506 + 0 + 36.467)
=-70.647

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

So ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % of Smiths News for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 can be restated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Aug. 2023 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Feb. 2023  Q: Aug. 2023
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=42.694/( ( (38.285 + max(-18.84, 0)) + (38.882 + max(-70.647, 0)) )/ 2 )
=42.694/( ( 38.285 + 38.882 )/ 2 )
=42.694/38.5835
=110.65 %

Note: The EBIT data used here is two times the semi-annual (Aug. 2023) EBIT data.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Smiths News  (OTCPK:SMWPY) ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

The way Joel Greenblatt defines Return on Capital is a more accurate measure of how efficiently the company generates returns onthe capital actually invested in the business. EBIT is used instead of net income because the tax and interest payment may be affected by factors other than the core business operation. Intangible assets are not included in the calculation because they don't need to be replaced.

Joel Greenblatt uses his definition of Return on Capital and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % to rank companies.


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Smiths News (Smiths News) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Rowan House, Cherry Orchard North, Kembrey Park, Swindon, Wiltshire, GBR, SN2 8UH
Smiths News PLC is a UK-based wholesale distributor of published content. The group is one of the UK's foremost publishers of newspapers and magazines, and it also operates as a book distributor through bookstores and an online platform serving the needs of academics and public libraries. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United Kingdom. Its segments include Smiths News Core; Dawson Media Direct (DMD); Instore and others.