WH Smith (FRA:21Q) Book Value per Share : €3.79 (As of Aug. 2024)

WH Smith Book Value per Share Chart

WH Smith Annual Data
	Trend	Aug15	Aug16	Aug17	Aug18	Aug19	Aug20	Aug21	Aug22	Aug23	Aug24
Book Value per Share		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					1.88	1.55	2.66	2.84	3.79

WH Smith Semi-Annual Data
	Feb15	Aug15	Feb16	Aug16	Feb17	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23	Feb24	Aug24
Book Value per Share	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.66	2.62	2.84	2.74	3.79

Competitive Comparison of WH Smith's Book Value per Share

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, WH Smith's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, WH Smith's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where WH Smith's PB Ratio falls into.

WH Smith Book Value per Share Calculation

WH Smith's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as:

WH Smith's Book Value Per Share for the quarter that ended in Aug. 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.

Theoretically it is what the shareholders will receive if the company is liquidated. Total Stockholders Equity is a balance sheet item and equal to Total Assets less Total Liabilities of the company.

Book value may include intangible items which may come from the company's past acquisitions. Book value less intangibles is called Tangible Book.

WH Smith  (FRA:21Q) Book Value per Share Explanation

Usually a company's book value and Tangible Book per Share may not reflect its true value. The assets may be carried on the balance sheets at the original cost minus depreciation. This may underestimate the true economic values of the assets. It also may over-estimate their true economic value because the assets can become obsolete.

For financial companies such as banks and insurance companies, their assets may be reported in current market value of the assets owned. Book values of financial companies are more accurate indicator of the economic value of the company.

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