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Smiths News (Smiths News) Net Cash per Share : $-18.28 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Smiths News Net Cash per Share?

Net Cash per Share is calculated as Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities minus Total Liabilities minus Minority Interest and then divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). Smiths News's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $-18.28.

The historical rank and industry rank for Smiths News's Net Cash per Share or its related term are showing as below:

SMWPY's Price-to-Net-Cash is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 5.715
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Cash only.

Smiths News Net Cash per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Smiths News's Net Cash per Share 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 Net Cash per Share Chart

Smiths News Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Net Cash per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -25.83 -27.95 -25.01 -18.00 -17.88

Smiths News Semi-Annual Data
Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24
Net Cash per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 -22.07 -18.00 -18.44 -17.88 -18.28

Competitive Comparison of Smiths News's Net Cash per Share

For the Publishing subindustry, Smiths News's Price-to-Net-Cash, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Cash 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's Price-to-Net-Cash Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Smiths News's Price-to-Net-Cash distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Smiths News's Price-to-Net-Cash falls into.



Smiths News Net Cash per Share Calculation

In the calculation of a company's Net Cash per Share, assets other than cash and short term investments are considered to be worth nothing. But the company has to pay its debt and other liabilities in full. This is an extremely conservative way of valuation. Most companies have negative Net Cash per Share. But sometimes a company's price may be lower than its net-cash.

Smiths News's Net Cash per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (A: Aug. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(47.395-268.869-0)/12.385
=-17.88

Smiths News's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (Q: Feb. 2024 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(20.833-247.222-0)/12.385
=-18.28

* 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) Net Cash per Share Explanation

Ben Graham invested in situations where the company's stock price was lower than its net-cash. He assigned some value to the company's other current asset. The value is called Net Current Asset Value (NCAV). One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

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Smiths News (Smiths News) Business Description

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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.

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