Full Year 2024 WH Smith PLC Earnings Presentation Transcript - Thomson StreetEvents

Full Year 2024 WH Smith PLC Earnings Presentation Transcript

Full Year 2024 WH Smith PLC Earnings Presentation Transcript - Thomson StreetEvents
Full Year 2024 WH Smith PLC Earnings Presentation Transcript
Published Nov 14, 2024
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Abstract:

Edited Transcript of SMWH.L earnings conference call or presentation 14-Nov-24 8:15am GMT

  
Brief Excerpt:

...Good morning, everyone. I'm Carl Cowling group CEO and I'm here with Robert Moorhead, our group CFO and COO. And I'm also delighted to introduce Max Ezzard in the front row who will shortly be taking over from Robert. I'm sure many of you are aware that this will be Robert's last update with us ahead of his retirement. So before we go any further, I'd like to personally thank Robert for the outstanding contribution he has made to the group over his 20 years service. Thank you. That's as usual, we will start by giving you an update on our performance for the 12 months ending the August 31, 2024. And we'll also run through the highlights of the year for the group. In a moment, I'll hand over to Robert, but let's start with an overview and turning to slide 3. We have a clear strategy and ambition to be the leading global travel retailer. During the year, we have delivered a strong performance with group profits up 16% to GBP166 million and group revenue up 7%. And I'm particularly pleased...

  
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WH Smith PLC
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SMWH.L
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The following is excerpted from the question-and-answer section of the transcript.

(Questions from industry analysts are provided in full, but answers are omitted - download the transcript to see the full question-and-answer session)

Question: Harry Gowers - JPMorgan Chase & Co - Analyst : A morning. It's Harry Gowers from JPMorgan. Robert. Congratulations on retirement. Been a pleasure. Good luck going forward. First one, it's obviously very useful to split out the US in terms of essentials in ocean and Vegas for the year, just gone. Fresh out a little bit more color, what you expect for this year in terms of the like for like progression for 34 months in the US. And then second one, maybe you could quantify the impact budget, the. Budget changes here in the UK and then --

Question: Harry Gowers - JPMorgan Chase & Co - Analyst : Last one. Just in terms of the number of closures this year, is there going to be any kind of margin last year.

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Full Year 2023 WH Smith PLC Earnings Presentation Transcript – 2023-11-09 – US$ 54.00 – Edited Transcript of SMWH.L earnings conference call or presentation 9-Nov-23 10:59am GMT

Half Year 2023 WH Smith PLC Earnings Call Transcript – 2023-04-20 – US$ 54.00 – Edited Transcript of SMWH.L earnings conference call or presentation 20-Apr-23 8:00am GMT

Preliminary Full Year 2022 WH Smith PLC Earnings Presentation Transcript – 2022-11-10 – US$ 54.00 – Edited Transcript of SMWH.L earnings conference call or presentation 10-Nov-22 9:00am GMT

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