WH Smith PLC

LSE SMWH.L

WH Smith PLC Net Cash Used For Investing Activities for the year ending August 31, 2024: USD -179.89 M

WH Smith PLC Net Cash Used For Investing Activities is USD -179.89 M for the year ending August 31, 2024, a -16.35% change year over year. Net cash used for investing activities is total cash inflows and outflows related to activities intended to generate future income and cash flows from investments.

WH Smith PLC Net Cash Used For Investing Activities for the year ending August 31, 2023 was USD -154.60 M, a -60.28% change year over year.
WH Smith PLC Net Cash Used For Investing Activities for the year ending August 31, 2022 was USD -96.46 M, a -63.09% change year over year.
WH Smith PLC Net Cash Used For Investing Activities for the year ending August 31, 2021 was USD -59.14 M, a 88.80% change year over year.
WH Smith PLC Net Cash Used For Investing Activities for the year ending August 31, 2020 was USD -528.08 M, a -97.39% change year over year.

Key data

Date	Net Cash Used For Investing Activities	Net Cash Used Provided By Financing Activities	Dividends Paid	Capital Expenditure

LSE: SMWH.L

WH Smith PLC

CEO	Mr. Carl David Cowling
IPO Date	June 18, 2004
Location	United Kingdom
Headquarters	Greenbridge Road
Employees	14,935
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
Industries Specialty Retail Apparel & Fashion Consumer Packaged Goods Drugstores & Retail Pharmacies Household Essentials Luxury Goods Point-Of-Sale (POS) Retail & Wholesale

Description

WH Smith PLC operates as a retailer in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates in two segments, Travel and High Street. The Travel segment offers news, books, and convenience for travelling customers. As of August 31, 2021, it operated 1, 166 units primarily in airports, hospitals, railway stations, motorway service areas, and workplaces. The High Street segment sells stationery products, including greetings cards, general stationery, art and craft, and gifting products; news and impulse products, such as newspapers, magazines, confectionery, and drinks; and books. It operated 544 stores. This segment also offers its stationery, books, magazines, and gifts through whsmith.co.uk; personalized greetings cards and gifts through funkypigeon.com; pens through cultpens.com; and personalized stationery products through treeofhearts.co.uk and dottyaboutpaper.co.uk websites. The company was founded in 1792 and is based in Swindon, the United Kingdom.

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