Smiths News PLC
LSE:SNWS

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Price: 68 GBX 0.59% Market Closed
Market Cap: £168.4m

P/FCFE

8.4
Current
3%
Cheaper
vs 3-y average of 8.6

Price to Free Cash Flow to Equity (P/FCFE) ratio compares a company`s market value to the free cash flow available to its shareholders. It`s similar to the P/OCF ratio but more precise, since it accounts for capital expenditures deducted from operating cash flow.

P/FCFE
8.4
=
Market Cap
GBX168.4m
/
Free Cash Flow to Equity
£20.1m

Price to Free Cash Flow to Equity (P/FCFE) ratio compares a company`s market value to the free cash flow available to its shareholders. It`s similar to the P/OCF ratio but more precise, since it accounts for capital expenditures deducted from operating cash flow.

P/FCFE
8.4
=
Market Cap
GBX168.4m
/
Free Cash Flow to Equity
£20.1m

Valuation Scenarios

Smiths News PLC is trading below its 3-year average

If P/FCFE returns to its 3-Year Average (8.6), the stock would be worth GBX69.84 (3% upside from current price).

Statistics
Positive Scenarios
1/4
Maximum Downside
-98%
Maximum Upside
+3%
Average Downside
53%
Scenario P/FCFE Value Implied Price Upside/Downside
Current Multiple 8.4 GBX68
0%
3-Year Average 8.6 GBX69.84
+3%
5-Year Average 6.8 GBX55.2
-19%
Industry Average 0.1 GBX1.11
-98%
Country Average 0.2 GBX1.66
-98%

Forward P/FCFE
Today’s price vs future free cash flow to equity

Not enough data available to calculate forward P/FCFE

Peer Comparison

All Multiples
P/FCFE
P/E
All Countries
Close
Market Cap P/FCFE P/E
UK
Smiths News PLC
LSE:SNWS
168.4m GBP 8.4 6
US
Genuine Parts Co
NYSE:GPC
14.4B USD 16.2 240.5
BE
D'Ieteren Group NV
XBRU:DIE
9.2B EUR -40.8 21.8
US
LKQ Corp
NASDAQ:LKQ
7.3B USD -224.7 12
US
Pool Corp
NASDAQ:POOL
7.6B USD 14.3 18.9
ZA
CA Sales Holdings Ltd
JSE:CAA
7.1B ZAR 21 11.1
UK
Inchcape PLC
LSE:INCH
3B GBP 28.5 11.1
CN
Wuchan Zhongda Group Co Ltd
SSE:600704
26.5B CNY -27.1 7.1
PL
Inter Cars SA
WSE:CAR
10.5B PLN 37.3 13.9
CN
Zhejiang Orient Financial Holdings Group Co Ltd
SSE:600120
19.1B CNY 5.2 14.5
CN
Liaoning Cheng Da Co Ltd
SSE:600739
18.2B CNY -24.4 21.1

Market Distribution

Higher than 91% of companies in United Kingdom
Percentile
91st
Based on 1 918 companies
91st percentile
8.4
Low
0 — 0.1
Typical Range
0.1 — 0.4
High
0.4 —
Distribution Statistics
United Kingdom
Min 0
30th Percentile 0.1
Median 0.2
70th Percentile 0.4
Max 901.8

Smiths News PLC
Glance View

Market Cap
168.4m GBX
Industry
Distributors

Smiths News Plc engages in the wholesale of newspapers and magazines. The company is headquartered in Swindon, Wiltshire and currently employs 1,804 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2006-08-30. The firm operates through its Smiths News segment. The Smiths News segment include Smiths News Core, Dawson Media Direct (DMD), Instore, Martin Lave and Rascal Systems. Smiths News Core is a distributor of newspapers and magazines to retailers across England and Wales. DMD supplies newspapers, magazines and inflight entertainment to airlines and travel points in the United Kingdom. InStore works with retailers, suppliers and publishers providing field-based merchandising and marketing, supply chain auditing and compliance solutions. Martin Lavell is a corporate news distributor, supplying newspapers and magazines to corporate and public sector customers. Rascal Systems works with retailers to simplify product management.

SNWS Intrinsic Value
112.35 GBX
Undervaluation 39%
Intrinsic Value
Price GBX68
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