Ratings Smiths News plc

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GB00B17WCR61

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Summary

Overall, and from a short-term perspective, the company presents an interesting fundamental situation.

Strengths

Its low valuation, with P/E ratio at 5.5 and 5.56 for the ongoing fiscal year and 2025 respectively, makes the stock pretty attractive with regard to earnings multiples.
The company is one of the most undervalued, with an "enterprise value to sales" ratio at 0.13 for the 2024 fiscal year.
This company will be of major interest to investors in search of a high dividend stock.
Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
The average price target of analysts who are interested in the stock has been strongly revised upwards over the last four months.
Analyst opinion has improved significantly over the past four months.
Consensus analysts have strongly revised their opinion of the company over the past 12 months.
The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.

Weaknesses

As estimated by analysts, this group is among those businesses with the lowest growth prospects.
The company's earnings growth outlook lacks momentum and is a weakness.
The company's profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization characterizes fragile margins.
The company does not generate enough profits, which is an alarming weak point.
In relation to the value of its tangible assets, the company's valuation appears relatively high.
The price targets of analysts who cover the stock differ significantly. This implies difficulties in evaluating the company and its business.

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Sector: Consumer Publishing

	1st Jan change	Capi.	Investor Rating	ESG Refinitiv
SMITHS NEWS PLC	-1.12%	156M		B-
XINHUA WINSHARE PUBLISHING AND MEDIA CO., LTD.	+18.27%	2.04B	-	-
INNER MONGOLIA XINHUA DISTRIBUTION GROUP CO.,LTD.	-14.71%	645M	-	-

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