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Smith & Nephew plc (SNN)

Healthcare | Medical Devices | Watford, United Kingdom | NYSE
28.97 USD -0.16 (-0.549%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 28.72 -0.25 (-0.250%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:31 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:29 a.m. EDT

The long-term outlook remains solid, anchored by a healthy balance sheet, robust free cash flow, and a consistent track record of revenue growth over the last decade. The business demonstrates the resilience of a dominant player in medical devices, though the recent downgrade by Kepler Cheuvreux and the trimming of full-year revenue guidance introduce some caution. Valuation is reasonable given the forward earnings profile, but the lack of explosive growth prevents a top-tier rating. In the short term, the stock is stuck in a consolidation phase, trading below its key moving averages which dampens momentum. The technical setup is neutral, lacking a clear catalyst to break out immediately. However, the options market tells a different story: heavy put writing suggests institutional hedging or a bearish view on the near-term path, creating a ceiling on upside until that sentiment shifts. The dividend yield provides a nice floor, offering roughly 2.7% income, but it is not high enough to compensate for the lack of capital appreciation potential right now. This is a hold for steady income and long-term exposure, but not a high-conviction buy for the next few months.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.020360
AutoETS0.020361
AutoTheta0.020494
MSTL0.021119
MSTL_1260.023516
MSTL_520.024082
MSTL_52_1260.039558

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 41%
H-stat 4.01
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.018
Excess Kurtosis 1.14
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2026-10-01
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-26
Debt to Equity Ratio 73.069
Revenue per Share 2.9464
Market Cap 12,124,129,280
Trailing P/E 19.84
Forward P/E 11.94
Beta 0.69
Profit Margins 10.08%
Website https://www.smith-nephew.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:29 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with significant open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes 25 and 35) across near-term expirations, suggesting a fear of downside volatility or a 'crash' scenario. Conversely, call activity is sparse and concentrated at strikes far above the current price (35 and 45), indicating limited speculative appetite for immediate upside. Implied volatility is elevated relative to historical norms, reflecting uncertainty rather than a clear directional bet.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.52% 2.35% 2.69% 2.66%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-27 0.482000 1.523388
2025-10-03 0.300000 0.825991
2025-03-28 0.462000 1.647059
2024-10-04 0.288000 0.960320
2024-04-01 0.462000 1.882641
2023-10-05 0.288000 1.223449
2023-03-30 0.462000 1.687363
2022-09-29 0.288000 1.260394
2022-03-31 0.462000 1.448276
2021-09-30 0.288000 0.838672
2021-04-05 0.462000 1.214830
2020-10-01 0.288000 0.727089
2020-04-02 0.462000 1.354839
2019-10-03 0.288000 0.623512
2019-04-04 0.440000 1.108312
2018-10-04 0.280000 0.774122
2018-04-05 0.454000 1.210021
2017-10-05 0.246000 0.673603
2017-03-29 0.370000 1.194319
2016-10-05 0.246000 0.758323
2016-04-20 0.380000 1.126594
2015-10-07 0.236000 0.683662
2015-04-15 0.372000 1.079199
2014-10-22 0.220000 0.701978
2014-04-17 0.340136 1.160251
2013-10-09 0.208083 0.859361
2013-04-17 0.324130 1.458935
2012-10-10 0.198079 0.945738
2012-04-18 0.216086 1.096444
2011-10-12 0.132053 0.722893
2011-04-29 0.196479 0.885964
2010-10-13 0.120048 0.681973
2010-04-21 0.178872 0.847556
2009-10-14 0.109244 0.639346
2009-04-15 0.162465 1.151773
2008-10-15 0.099240 0.556180
2008-04-16 0.147659 0.571738
2007-10-17 0.090436 0.367180
2007-04-18 0.132853 0.522423
2006-10-18 0.082033 0.436264
2006-04-19 0.122049 0.665359
2005-10-19 0.075230 0.452249
2005-04-20 0.118848 0.593053
2004-10-20 0.068427 0.388899
2004-04-21 0.116046 0.551434
2003-08-13 0.059624 0.460588
2003-04-17 0.108643 0.814945
2002-10-16 0.062825 0.514753
2002-04-17 0.091437 0.802744
2001-11-07 0.055622 0.489952
2001-04-18 0.090236 0.977247
2000-11-08 0.055022 0.628571
2000-05-04 0.139056 2.386273
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.79
dividendYield 2.73
exDividendDate 2026-10-02
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.397
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.013628563
lastDividendValue 0.482
lastDividendDate 2026-03-27
dividendDate 2026-11-06

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.21056908
Address1 Building 5
Address2 Croxley Park Hatters Lane
All Time High 52.26
All Time Low 5.002001
Ask 29.27
Ask Size 900
Average Analyst Rating 2.4 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,281,800
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,510,274
Average Volume 1,510,274
Average Volume10Days 1,281,800
Beta 0.688
Bid 28.71
Bid Size 200
Book Value 2.4344
City Watford
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United Kingdom
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 28.97
Current Ratio 2.139
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 29.025
Day Low 28.755
Debt To Equity 73.069
Display Name Smith & Nephew
Dividend Date 1,793,923,200
Dividend Rate 0.79
Dividend Yield 2.73
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,873,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,873,600
Earnings Growth 0.057
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.034
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,846,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,846,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,846,600
Ebitda 1,382,000,000
Ebitda Margins 0.21937001
Enterprise To Ebitda 46.797
Enterprise To Revenue 10.266
Enterprise Value 64,673,628,160
Eps Current Year 2.22395
Eps Forward 2.42711
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.46
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,790,899,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 30.236
Fifty Day Average Change -1.2660007
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.041870642
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -21.056908
Fifty Two Week High 38.79
Fifty Two Week High Change -9.820002
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.25315806
Fifty Two Week Low 28.56
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.40999985
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.014355737
Fifty Two Week Range 28.56 - 38.79
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 942,762,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.59
Float Shares 2,104,764,816
Forward Eps 2.42711
Forward P E 11.936007
Free Cashflow 1,059,000,000
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 17,000
Fullday Change -0.16
Fullday Change Percent -0.549261
Fullday Price 28.72
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.68444
Gross Profits 4,312,000,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0001
Held Percent Institutions 0.114879996
Implied Shares Outstanding 418,506,356
Industry Medical Devices
Industry Disp Medical Devices
Industry Key medical-devices
Ir Website http://global.smith-nephew.com/master/investor_centre_2738.htm
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,774,569,600
Last Dividend Value 0.482
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,413,331,200
Last Split Factor 2,499:1000
Long Business Summary Smith & Nephew plc, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells medical devices and services in the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine & ENT, and Advanced Wound Management. It offers knee implant products for knee replacement procedures; hip implants for revision procedures; trauma and extremities products that include internal and external devices used in the stabilization of severe fractures and deformity correction procedures; and other reconstruction products. The company also provides sports medicine joint repair products comprise instruments, technologies, and implants to perform minimally invasive surgery, as well as treating soft tissue injuries and degenerative conditions of the shoulder, knee, hip, and small joints. In addition, it provides arthroscopic enabling technologies comprising fluid management equipment for surgical access, cameras, digital image capture, scopes, light sources, and monitors to assist with visualization inside the joints, radio frequency, electromechanical and mechanical tissue resection devices, and hand instruments for removing damaged tissue; and ear, nose, and throat solutions. Further, the company offers advanced wound care products for the treatment and prevention of acute and chronic wounds, leg, diabetic and pressure ulcers, burns, and post-operative wounds; advanced wound bioactives, such as biologics and other bioactive technologies for debridement and dermal repair/regeneration, and regenerative medicine products, including skin, bone graft, and articular cartilage substitutes; and advanced wound devices, such as traditional and single-use negative pressure wound therapy, and hydrosurgery systems. It serves the healthcare providers. Smith & Nephew plc was founded in 1856 and is headquartered in Watford, the United Kingdom.
Long Name Smith & Nephew plc
Market us_market
Market Cap 12,124,129,280
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_97461
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,518,400
Net Income To Common 635,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 12,204,984,440
Number Of Analyst Opinions 5
Open 28.89
Operating Cashflow 1,339,000,064
Operating Margins 0.14466
Payout Ratio 0.532
Peg Ratio 1.23
Phone 44 1923 477 100
Post Market Change -0.25
Post Market Change Percent -0.8629617
Post Market Price 28.72
Post Market Time 1,787,959,902
Previous Close 29.13
Price Eps Current Year 13.026372
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 11.900262
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.924465
Profit Margins 0.10079
Quick Ratio 1.109
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.4
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.16
Regular Market Change Percent -0.549261
Regular Market Day High 29.025
Regular Market Day Low 28.755
Regular Market Day Range 28.755 - 29.025
Regular Market Open 28.89
Regular Market Previous Close 29.13
Regular Market Price 28.97
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 1,488,333
Return On Assets 0.051599998
Return On Equity 0.11851
Revenue Growth 0.046
Revenue Per Share 2.9464
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Shares Outstanding 418,506,356
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0116
Shares Short 4,873,248
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 4,508,172
Short Name Smith & Nephew SNATS, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0117
Short Ratio 2.8
Source Interval 15
Symbol SNN
Target High Price 38.0
Target Low Price 30.0
Target Mean Price 33.664
Target Median Price 33.77
Total Cash 754,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.354
Total Debt 3,784,999,936
Total Revenue 6,300,000,256
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.397
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.013628563
Trailing Eps 1.46
Trailing P E 19.842464
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.2339
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 32.14175
Two Hundred Day Average Change -3.171751
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.098680094
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,488,333
Website https://www.smith-nephew.com
Zip WD18 8YE