News Sentiment

SMWH sentiment intelligence

WH Smith PLC news scored across direct company coverage, industry context, sector read-through, source quality, and freshness.

Chart Weekly report Factors RSS feed
Weighted score 52 Balanced news tone 33 relevant articles
Exchange LSE United Kingdom
Sector Consumer Cyclical Market context
Industry Specialty Retail Read-through group
Latest close 399.60 Week of 19 Jun 2026
Weighted tone 52/100

Balanced news tone

Market reaction Price moving ahead of tone

Price is moving more forcefully than the current news tone suggests.

Primary event Market update

81/100 classification confidence.

Company focus 33

directly relevant articles

Source quality 7

high-authority source matches

Trend context Trend inactive

-6.9% over one week, -19.3% over four weeks, trend inactive, and below fair value.

Latest direct headline Neutral

RBC Capital Remains a Hold on WH Smith (SMWH)

Market Reaction

Price moving ahead of tone

61/100 confidence

Price is moving more forcefully than the current news tone suggests.

Primary event Market update 81/100 classification
One-week reaction -6.9% Price reacting lower
Trend fit Trend inactive -19.3% over four weeks
Fair value -62.1% Below fair value
Value support

Sentiment Mix

Positive, neutral, negative

Weighted by relevance
Positive 8
Neutral 21
Negative 4

Relevance

Why the article matched

Direct first
Direct company coverage 33
Industry context 0
Sector context 0

Sources

Coverage mix

Publishers
Reuters 7
Market source 5
simplywall.st 4
DirectorsTalk Interviews 3
The Globe and Mail 2
Kalkine Media 2
Investing.com UK 2
London South East 1

Event Lens

What the news is about

Classified themes
Market update 21
Earnings 7
Guidance 3
Balance sheet 1
Capital return 1

Sentiment Trail

Score over time

50 baseline
Above 50 Neutral zone Below 50

News Tape

Relevant headlines

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