Looking At Smith & Nephew plc (LON:SN.) From All Angles

Attractive stocks have exceptional fundamentals. In the case of Smith & Nephew plc (LON:SN.), there’s is a notable dividend payer that has been able to sustain great financial health over the past. In the following section, I expand a bit more on these key aspects. If you’re interested in understanding beyond my high-level commentary, take a look at the report on Smith & Nephew here.

Excellent balance sheet established dividend payer

SN.’s strong financial health means that all of its upcoming liability payments are able to be met by its current cash and short-term investment holdings. This indicates that SN. has sufficient cash flows and proper cash management in place, which is an important determinant of the company’s health. SN. seems to have put its debt to good use, generating operating cash levels of 0.69x total debt in the most recent year. This is also a good indication as to whether debt is properly covered by the company’s cash flows.

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SN. is also a dividend company, with ample net income to cover its dividend payout, which has been consistently growing over the past decade, keeping income investors happy.

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Next Steps:

For Smith & Nephew, I’ve put together three pertinent factors you should further examine:

1. Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for SN.’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for SN.’s outlook.
2. Historical Performance: What has SN.’s returns been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.
3. Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of SN.? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!

To help readers see past the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements.

The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned. For errors that warrant correction please contact the editor at [email protected].