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Smith & Nephew plc (SNN)

Healthcare | Medical Devices | Watford, United Kingdom | NYSE
29.70 USD -1.38 (-4.440%) ⇩ (July 14, 2026, 10:12 a.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:05 a.m. EDT

Smith & Nephew presents a classic value-versus-quality dilemma. Fundamentally, the business is showing signs of life with a +7% revenue growth rate and a massive 67.7% surge in quarterly earnings, which justifies a 'Buy' recommendation from analysts. The valuation gap between the trailing P/E of 21 and the forward P/E of 13.4 suggests the market expects significant earnings expansion to close the multiple. However, the price history tells a different story; despite the recent earnings beat, the stock is still down roughly 12% over the last nine years, indicating that past struggles have left a deep scar on investor sentiment. The lack of consecutive negative years at the end of the trajectory window is a relief, but the cumulative drag remains. On the income side, the 2.57% yield is attractive but not compelling enough to offset the capital appreciation risks for a defensive portfolio. Short-term, the stock is stuck in a consolidation pattern near its 50-day average, with options flow showing indecision rather than a breakout signal. This is a hold for patient investors waiting for the earnings growth to fully translate into a multiple expansion, but not a high-conviction entry yet.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.016453
AutoETS0.016454
MSTL0.016528
AutoTheta0.020675

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 51%
H-stat 1.21
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.514
Excess Kurtosis -0.12
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-26
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-26
Debt to Equity Ratio 62.904
Revenue per Share 2.844
Market Cap 12,519,205,888
Trailing P/E 20.77
Forward P/E 13.01
Beta 0.68
Profit Margins 10.14%
Website https://www.smith-nephew.com

As of July 11, 2026, 3:05 a.m. EDT: Speculator positioning is mixed and lacks clear directional conviction. Call volume is concentrated at the $35 strike (out-of-the-money), suggesting a speculative hope for a recovery to prior highs, while put volume is scattered with notable open interest at the $35 strike for December expiration, indicating a hedge against further downside rather than a bearish bet. Implied volatility is elevated relative to the low trading volumes, reflecting uncertainty rather than a specific trade setup.


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 0.78
dividendYield 2.52
exDividendDate 2026-03-27
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.391
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.012580438
lastDividendValue 0.482
lastDividendDate 2026-03-27
dividendDate 2026-05-27

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.05966592
Address1 Building 5
Address2 Croxley Park Hatters Lane
All Time High 52.26
All Time Low 5.002001
Ask 29.8
Ask Size 1,100
Average Analyst Rating 2.4 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,671,770
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,322,121
Average Volume 1,322,121
Average Volume10Days 1,671,770
Beta 0.678
Bid 29.77
Bid Size 600
Book Value 2.4908
City Watford
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United Kingdom
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 29.7
Current Ratio 2.572
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 30.04
Day Low 29.67
Debt To Equity 62.904
Display Name Smith & Nephew
Dividend Date 1,779,840,000
Dividend Rate 0.78
Dividend Yield 2.52
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,772,485,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,772,485,200
Earnings Growth 0.704
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.677
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,846,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,846,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,846,600
Ebitda 1,336,000,000
Ebitda Margins 0.21674
Enterprise To Ebitda 51.471
Enterprise To Revenue 11.156
Enterprise Value 68,765,401,088
Eps Current Year 2.05046
Eps Forward 2.28284
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 1.43
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,774,569,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 30.2446
Fifty Day Average Change -0.54459953
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.018006505
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 5.966592
Fifty Two Week High 38.79
Fifty Two Week High Change -9.09
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.23433875
Fifty Two Week Low 28.56
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.1400013
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.039916012
Fifty Two Week Range 28.56 - 38.79
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 942,762,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.58
Float Shares 2,098,751,539
Forward Eps 2.28284
Forward P E 13.010111
Free Cashflow 876,625,024
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 16,988
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.68251
Gross Profits 4,207,000,064
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0001
Held Percent Institutions 0.07897
Implied Shares Outstanding 421,522,079
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 12,519,205,888
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_97461
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 625,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 12,848,466,692
Number Of Analyst Opinions 5
Open 30.02
Operating Cashflow 1,284,999,936
Operating Margins 0.13987
Payout Ratio 0.53209996
Peg Ratio 1.21
Phone 44 1923 477 100
Previous Close 31.08
Price Eps Current Year 14.484554
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 11.923881
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.03102
Profit Margins 0.1014
Quick Ratio 1.171
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.4
Region US
Regular Market Change -1.3799992
Regular Market Change Percent -4.4401517
Regular Market Day High 30.04
Regular Market Day Low 29.67
Regular Market Day Range 29.67 - 30.04
Regular Market Open 30.02
Regular Market Previous Close 31.08
Regular Market Price 29.7
Regular Market Time 1,784,038,326
Regular Market Volume 324,670
Return On Assets 0.05268
Return On Equity 0.11844
Revenue Growth 0.074
Revenue Per Share 2.844
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Shares Outstanding 421,522,079
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0088
Shares Short 3,720,523
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 3,351,447
Short Name Smith & Nephew SNATS, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0088
Short Ratio 2.77
Source Interval 15
Symbol SNN
Target High Price 38.4
Target Low Price 30.0
Target Mean Price 34.072
Target Median Price 35.0
Total Cash 557,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.262
Total Debt 3,327,000,064
Total Revenue 6,163,999,744
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.391
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.012580438
Trailing Eps 1.43
Trailing P E 20.769232
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.2262
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 33.06335
Two Hundred Day Average Change -3.36335
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.10172441
Type Disp Equity
Volume 324,670
Website https://www.smith-nephew.com
Zip WD18 8YE