WH Smith (LSE:SMWH) Net-Net Working Capital : £-8.92 (As of Feb. 2024)

WH Smith Net-Net Working Capital Chart

WH Smith Annual Data
	Trend	Aug14	Aug15	Aug16	Aug17	Aug18	Aug19	Aug20	Aug21	Aug22	Aug23
Net-Net Working Capital		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-3.24	-7.84	-7.34	-8.57	-8.58

WH Smith Semi-Annual Data
	Aug14	Feb15	Aug15	Feb16	Aug16	Feb17	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23	Feb24
Net-Net Working Capital	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-7.30	-8.57	-8.63	-8.58	-8.92

Competitive Comparison of WH Smith's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, WH Smith's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital 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.

WH Smith's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, WH Smith's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where WH Smith's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.

WH Smith Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

WH Smith's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

WH Smith's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

* 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.

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full.

In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. In "Security Analysis", preferred stock is dubbed "an imperfect creditorship position" that is best placed on the balance sheet alongside funded debt.

This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.

WH Smith  (LSE:SMWH) Net-Net Working Capital Explanation

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.

Benjamin Graham looked for companies whose market values were less than two-thirds of their net-net value. They are collected under our Net-Net screener.

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