Smiths is an intrinsically strong company with world-class engineering, leading positions in critical markets, and global capabilities, all underpinned by a strong financial framework.
We are committed to our strategic goals of accelerating growth, strengthening execution and inspiring and empowering our people to deliver performance in line with our significant near and longer-term potential.
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Smiths is an intrinsically strong company with significant opportunity to deliver further value creation.
Smiths Group plc investment highlights
In FY23 we made significant progress towards our medium-term targets
Organic revenue growth
EPS growth
ROCE
Operating profit margin
Operating cash conversion
Fundamentally strong business
Smiths is a FTSE 100 company with a balanced portfolio of market-leading, industrial technology businesses. All our businesses have leading positions in critical markets, and deliver superior customer service through our global capabilities and sustained investment in R&D.
All of this supported by a robust financial framework with high proportion of recurring revenues through our aftermarket offering, and high and resilient margins.
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Recognition
Our team were delighted to have been recognised at the UK PLC awards ceremony winning the Best Investor Communications award. As part of the submission we were recognised for our strong corporate website, innovative approach to capital market events and our ESG communications.
Tackling critical issues
Global megatrends are reshaping our lives. Climate change, safety and security, and insatiable demand for data are some of the most pressing challenges facing human society in the next few decades. Explore how we’re using our engineering expertise to tackle these critical global opportunities and improve our world.
Decarbonising our world
The UN’s critical global climate objectives has the ambition to limit global warming to 1.5°C. How can net zero be achieved?
Making the world a safer place
How can people travel freely and stay safe? Ensuring the free movement of people and goods in an ever-changing threat landscape is more crucial than ever.
Enhancing data transmission
Global data consumption is doubling every four years. In a world where technology is rapidly evolving, how do we keep up?
Building momentum
Since the launch of our strategic goals in November 2021 we have consistently delivered both organic revenue and EPS growth. In FY2023 we delivered record organic growth of 11.6%, ahead of our raised guidance - and that’s after delivering our fastest growth in nearly a decade in FY2022.
This accelerated performance has been driven by our strong competitive position in growing markets, our ability to deliver innovative products for our customers, and a renewed focus on execution with the successful implementation of Smiths Excellence System throughout the business, all supported by a refreshed leadership team.
Strong balance sheet
Smiths has a strong track record of high cash generation, with average five-year cash conversion of c. 100%. This, along with the $2.7bn sale of Smiths Medical , has strengthened the balance sheet and enhanced shareholder returns.
Over the last two financial years we have returned over £1bn to shareholders through dividends and our share buyback programme.
The strength of the balance sheet enables us to support our capital allocation needs of organic investment, M&A and return to shareholders.
Long term growth potential
Smiths has a clear strategy to deliver consistent and sustainable organic revenue growth and improved execution, and has demonstrated significant progress against this in recent years.
In FY2023, Smiths had a record growth year with new products contributing more than 3% of this growth. We also posted margin expansion of +20bps, with SES contributing £14m to profit.