Smiths News Plc

Smiths News Plc SNWS

Dividend Summary

The next Smiths News Plc dividend will go ex in 2 months for 3.4p and will be paid in 3 months.
The previous Smiths News Plc dividend was 1.75p and it went ex 6 months ago and it was paid 5 months ago.
There are typically 2 dividends per year (excluding specials), and the dividend cover is approximately 1.6.

Latest Dividends
Summary Previous dividend Next dividend
Status Paid Declared
Type Interim Final
Per share 1.75p 3.4p
Declaration date 02 May 2024 (Thu) 05 Nov 2024 (Tue)
Ex-div date 06 Jun 2024 (Thu) 09 Jan 2025 (Thu)
Pay date 04 Jul 2024 (Thu) 06 Feb 2025 (Thu)

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Forecast Accuracy
63%
Our premium tools have predicted Smiths News Plc with 63% accuracy.
Dividend Yield Today
8.4%
The dividend yield is calculated by dividing the annual dividend payment by the prevailing share price
The table below shows the full dividend history for Smiths News Plc
Status Type Decl. date Ex-div date Pay date Decl. Currency Forecast amount Decl. amount Accuracy
Forecast Final 03 Nov 2026 07 Jan 2027 04 Feb 2027 GBP Sign up
Forecast Interim 30 Apr 2026 11 Jun 2026 02 Jul 2026 GBP Sign up
Forecast Final 04 Nov 2025 08 Jan 2026 05 Feb 2026 GBP Sign up
Forecast Interim 01 May 2025 12 Jun 2025 03 Jul 2025 GBP Sign up
Declared Special 05 Nov 2024 09 Jan 2025 06 Feb 2025 GBP 2p
Declared Final 05 Nov 2024 09 Jan 2025 06 Feb 2025 GBP 3.5p 3.4p 😃
Paid Interim 02 May 2024 06 Jun 2024 04 Jul 2024 GBP 1.5p 1.75p 😌
Paid Final 04 Oct 2023 11 Jan 2024 08 Feb 2024 GBP 2.75p 2.75p 😄
Paid Interim 03 May 2023 08 Jun 2023 06 Jul 2023 GBP 1.4p 1.4p 😄
Paid Final 09 Nov 2022 12 Jan 2023 09 Feb 2023 GBP 2.7p 2.75p 😃
Paid Interim 04 May 2022 09 Jun 2022 07 Jul 2022 GBP 0.75p 1.4p 😖
Paid Final 04 Nov 2021 13 Jan 2022 10 Feb 2022 GBP 1p 1.15p 😏
Paid Interim 21 Jun 2021 01 Jul 2021 30 Jul 2021 GBP 0.5p
Paid Final 06 Nov 2019 16 Jan 2020 13 Feb 2020 GBP 1p 1p 😄
Paid Interim 01 May 2018 07 Jun 2018 06 Jul 2018 GBP 2.5p 3.1p 😌
Paid Final 26 Oct 2017 11 Jan 2018 09 Feb 2018 GBP 6.8p 6.7p 😃
Paid Interim 25 Apr 2017 08 Jun 2017 07 Jul 2017 GBP 3.1p 3.1p 😄
Paid Final 18 Oct 2016 12 Jan 2017 10 Feb 2017 GBP 6.6p 6.5p 😃
Paid Interim 19 Apr 2016 09 Jun 2016 08 Jul 2016 GBP 3p
Paid Final 14 Oct 2015 14 Jan 2016 12 Feb 2016 GBP 6.3p
Paid Interim 22 Apr 2015 11 Jun 2015 10 Jul 2015 GBP 2.9p
Paid Final 15 Oct 2014 08 Jan 2015 06 Feb 2015 GBP 6.6p
Paid Interim 23 Apr 2014 11 Jun 2014 11 Jul 2014 GBP 3.1p
Paid Final 08 Jan 2014 07 Feb 2014 GBP 6.3p
Paid Interim 12 Jun 2013 12 Jul 2013 GBP 3p
Paid Final 09 Jan 2013 08 Feb 2013 GBP 5.8p
Paid Interim 09 May 2012 08 Jun 2012 GBP 2.8p
Paid Interim 11 May 2011 10 Jun 2011 GBP 2.43p
Paid Final 05 Jan 2011 04 Feb 2011 GBP 4.67p
Paid Interim 12 May 2010 11 Jun 2010 GBP 2.24p
Paid Final 31 Dec 2009 31 Dec 2009 GBP 6.36p
Paid Final 31 Dec 2008 31 Dec 2008 GBP 6.26p
Paid Final 31 Dec 2007 31 Dec 2007 GBP 5.98p
Paid Final 31 Dec 2006 31 Dec 2006 GBP 3.74p
Year Amount Change
2006 3.74p
2007 5.98p
59.9%
2008 6.26p
4.7%
2009 6.36p
1.6%
2010 6.91p
8.6%
2011 2.43p
-64.8%
2012 8.6p
253.9%
2013 9.3p
8.1%
2014 9.7p
4.3%
2015 9.2p
-5.2%
2016 9.5p
3.3%
2017 9.8p
3.2%
2018 3.1p
-68.4%
2019 1.0p
-67.7%
2020 0.0p
-100.0%
2021 1.65p
100%
2022 4.15p
151.5%
2023 4.15p
0%
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Smiths News Plc Optimized Dividend Chart

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Dividend Yield Today
8.4%
Optimized Yield
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52 Week High
14.1% on 07 January 2024
52 Week Low
8.2% on 10 January 2024
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About Smiths News Plc

Connect Group is the UK’s leading newspaper and magazine wholesaler. The company distributes newspapers and magazines on behalf of national publishers as well as a number of regional publishers. It serves approximately 30,000 retailers across England and Wales, supplying large general retailers as well as smaller independent newsagents.

Bertrams, is a leading wholesaler of books, and was acquired by the Group in March 2009. Bertrams has around 4,000 customers and supplies books to retailers in the UK and overseas. Its customers include a mix of independent booksellers, online and multiple retailers as well as libraries, with over 2 million title titles available to order.

The Consortium is one of the largest UK suppliers of education resources. The company was acquired by the Group in April 2012. The Consortium has approximately 30,000 customers and offers 40,000 products and services from cleaning and stationery supplies to curriculum resources and specialist vehicles for the fire and rescue services .

Sector
Support Services
Country
United Kingdom
Share Price
£0.61 (yesterday's closing price)
Shares in Issue
248 million
Market Cap
£151mn
Dividend Cover
How many times is the dividend covered by company income. A cover of 1 means all income is paid out in dividends
1.6
CADI
The Consecutive Annual Dividend Increases - the number of years this company has been increasing its dividends
1
Market Indices
none
Investor Relations URL
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Dividend History URL
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Home Page URL
https://www.connectgroupplc.com/
Financial Calendar URL
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