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When was the last time you went to a WH Smith store?

I will have a listen later to the quarterly call from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) following its first quarter numbers today. The numbers were fine and specifically mentioned the good performance of its pharmaceutical business ahead of the proposed demerger in July. I wrote about all this a couple of months ago and my advice remains to stay a holder here and make a call whether to retain one or both on the demerger in a few months time. If only all investments were as straightforward as the last 15 months in GlaxoSmithKline. And talking about more complex investments brings us to WH Smith (SMWH)...

By Chris Bailey | Published 2022-04-27 11:03:57 |

WH Smith (#SMWH) – H1 return to profit, notes ongoing recovery in key markets

2022-04-27 07:44:02

WH Smith (#SMWH) – Funky Pigeon business cyber security incident

2022-04-19 07:59:59

WH Smith (#SMWH) – 20 weeks to 15th Jan ‘High Street’ revenue 87% of 2019, ‘Travel’ 83%

2022-01-19 07:47:40

WH Smith (#SMWH) – FY again loss, argues this year “well positioned to return to meaningful profit”

2021-11-11 07:40:47

Are the Americans getting excited about WH Smith?

I wrote about WH Smith (SMWH) back here at the start of the month, concluding that I would continue to avoid the stock but look forward to itsnext set of numbers in November to help justify whether both its Travel and High Street businesses were set to make any progress or not.

By Chris Bailey of Financial Orbit | Published 2021-09-12 18:57:57 |

Exciting or worrying halfway house for WH Smith?

I am trying to remember the last time I went to a WH Smith (SMWH) store (and I have never been to one online). My guess would be in 2019. Of course growing up in the 1980s life was somewhat different at many levels, but today WH Smith’s is described as having ‘two core businesses – Travel and High Street’. And it has been no guess for a few years before the rise of Covid-19, that the former was becoming more and more important.

By Chris Bailey | Published 2021-09-01 12:25:27 |

WH Smith (#SMWH) – 8 weeks revenue 71% of that in 2019, 'High Street' 84%, 'Travel' 64%

2021-09-01 07:47:14

WH Smith (#SMWH) – 18 weeks to 3rd July revenue 62% of 2019, with 'High Street' 86% & 'Travel' 48%

2021-07-08 07:39:08

WH Smith (#SMWH) – now expects Jan-Mar monthly cash burn of a lower range circa £12m-£17m

2021-03-09 07:52:53

WH Smith (#SMWH) – 20 weeks to 16th Jan revenue 59% of prior year comparative; High Street 87%, Travel 37%

2021-01-20 07:22:57

WH Smith (#SMWH) – FY swing to loss on revenue -27%

2020-11-12 07:32:42

WH Smith (#SMWH) – “advanced stage of preparation for an equity issue of a maximum of 13.7% of its issued share capital by way of a placing”

2020-04-06 07:54:20

WH Smith (#SMWH) – H1 LFL revenue -1% with Travel +2%, warns of H2 virus impact

2020-03-12 07:22:40

WH Smith (#SMWH) – 20 weeks to 18th Jan LFL revenue -1%, with Travel +3% & High Street -5%

2020-01-22 07:10:25

WH Smith (#SMWH) – FY adj. EPS +6%, DPS +8%, agreement to acquire US travel retailer Marshall for $400m

2019-10-17 07:39:00

WH Smith (#SMWH) – underwritten proposed £155m placing via an accelerated bookbuild

2019-10-17 07:24:00

WH Smith (#SMWH) – expects FY “to be in line with expectations”

2019-08-28 07:10:52

WH Smith (#SMWH) – 11 weeks Travel LFL sales +3%, High Street -1%

2019-05-21 07:10:00

WH Smith – the future is travel

I think Malcolm commented on WH Smith (SMWH) a couple of years plus ago, but I am not particularly surprised that it has not troubled the ShareProphets scorers since. We all know the name, most of us visit the shops at least a few times each year and if you are in an airport, well, you can quite easily find yourself getting surprisingly little change from a tenner for just a couple of items. Local monopolies, eh?...

By Chris Bailey | Published 2019-04-11 09:16:20 |

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