Investors in Smiths Group can expect a huge dividend payment. Based on the recent analysts' consensus the stock now has one of the highest dividend returns of the English market. Per share the analysts anticipate on a dividend of 46 GBp per share. Smiths Group's dividend yield thus equals 3,2 percent. The average dividend yield of the diversified companies equals a limited 1 percent.
Over the current book year the total revenue will be 3,37 billion GBp (consensus estimates). This is slightly more than 2017's revenue of 3,21 billion GBp.
The analysts expect for 2018 a net profit of 390 million GBp. According to most of the analysts the company will have a profit per share for this book year of 98 GBp. The price/earnings-ratio therefore equals 14,66.
Smiths Group's market capitalization is based on the number of outstanding shares around 568,3 billion GBp. The Smiths Group stock was the past 12 months quite volatile. Since last March the stock is 5 percent lower. This year the stock price moved between 1257 and 1810 GBp. Since 2008 the stock price is almost 88 percent higher.
At 11.37 the stock trades 0,28 percent higher at 1437 GBp.
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