WH Smith's Total Assets for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was £1,701 Mil.
During the past 12 months, WH Smith's average Total Assets Growth Rate was 4.00% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Total Assets Growth Rate was 6.00% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Total Assets Growth Rate was 26.70% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Total Assets Growth Rate was 17.40% per year.
During the past 13 years, WH Smith's highest 3-Year average Total Assets Growth Rate was 43.80%. The lowest was -2.50%. And the median was 1.90%.
Total Assets is connected with ROA %. WH Smith's annualizedROA % for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 2.03%. Total Assets is also linked to Revenue through Asset Turnover. WH Smith's Asset Turnover for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.55.
WH Smith Total Assets Historical Data
The historical data trend for WH Smith's Total Assets 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.
From the capital sources of the assets, some of the assets are funded through shareholder's paid in capital and retained earnings of the business. Others are funded through borrowed money.
WH Smith's Total Assets for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 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.
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The Net Income data used here is two times the semi-annual (Feb. 2024) data.
In the article Joining The Dark Side: Pirates, Spies and Short Sellers, James Montier reported that In their US sample covering the period 1968-2003, Cooper et al find that firms with low asset growth outperformed firms with high asset growth by an astounding 20% p.a. equally weighted. Even when controlling for market, size and style, low asset growth firms outperformed high asset growth firms by 13% p.a. Therefore a company with fast asset growth may underperform.
Total Assets is linked to total revenue through Asset Turnover.
WH Smith's Asset Turnover for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is
* 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.
Therefore, if a company grows its Total Assets faster than its Revenue, the Asset Turnover will decline. This might be a warning sign for the business.
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WH Smith PLC is a U.K. retailer selling a wide range of products. Its two core business segments are travel and high street. WHSmith's travel stores offer products such as food, drink, publications, books, and tech accessories and other products to travelers. This segment operates predominantly in airports, railway stations, hospitals, and workplaces across Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and India. The high street segment operates stores in the United Kingdom, predominantly on the U.K. high street. The high street segment sells products into the following categories: stationery, books, newspapers, magazines, and confectionery. WH Smith also has an online retail business that sells a range of books, stationery, magazines, and gifts through its websites.
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