WHSMY (WH Smith) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio: (As of Aug. 04, 2026)

WH Smith  (OTCPK:WHSMY) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.

WH Smith Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Related Terms

The historical data trend for WH Smith's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio 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.

WH Smith Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

WH Smith Annual Data
	Trend	Aug16	Aug17	Aug18	Aug19	Aug20	Aug21	Aug22	Aug23	Aug24	Aug25
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					1.51	1.23	1.18	1.01	0.53

WH Smith Semi-Annual Data
	Aug16	Feb17	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23	Feb24	Aug24	Feb25	Aug25	Feb26
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.00	1.01	0.00	0.53	0.00

WHSMY vs CASY, WSM, ULTA: Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Comparison

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, WH Smith's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS 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 Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio vs Retail - Cyclical Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where WH Smith's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.

WH Smith Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

WH Smith's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Aug25 is calculated as:

For example, WH Smith's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Aug25 was:

Current CPI (Aug25) = 138.9000.

WH Smith Annual Data

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

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