Smith & Nephew plc Sponsored ADR
Smith & Nephew plc Sponsored ADR is a healthcare equipment and medical technology company focused on developing, manufacturing, and marketing devices used in orthopaedics, sports medicine, ENT, and advanced wound management. Smith & Nephew supports surgical care and patient recovery through products and services for joint repair and replacement, trauma treatment, minimally invasive procedures, robotics-enabled surgery, and wound healing. Its portfolio serves hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and other healthcare providers across international markets, making the company an important supplier within the global medical device industry. Smith & Nephew’s current business is centered on solutions that help clinicians improve procedural efficiency, tissue repair, and post-operative care in a wide range of specialties.
$30.88
+$1.65 (+5.64%)
EOD Oct 22, 2026
13.90% operating margin is respectable but not wide. ROIC at 7.99%. Suggests the business covers its cost of capital, but doesn't point to a wide moat.
Revenue grew 6.1%, steady but not accelerating.
Even for strong businesses, today's 22x P/E means the stock needs to keep delivering. There's no margin of safety if growth disappoints.
21.6x earnings, 15.7x FCF. Valuation is in a reasonable range. The main question is whether the business can re-accelerate or if current trajectory is already priced in.
Price History
Valuation & Multiples
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$6.16B
▲ +6.1% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$625M
▲ +51.7% YoY
Op. Margin
13.90%
▼ -0.9pp YoY
ROIC
7.99%
▼ -0.4pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$852M
▲ +40.6% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$1.28B
▲ +30.2% YoY
Net Debt
$2.77B
Cash & Equiv.
$557M
3Y CAGR: +5.7%
3Y CAGR: +97.9%
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Is Smith & Nephew plc Sponsored ADR (SNN) overvalued?
At a P/E of 21.6 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 15.7, Smith & Nephew plc Sponsored ADR (SNN) trades below a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $58.38 per share, so at $30.88 the stock looks undervalued (89.1% below estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Smith & Nephew plc Sponsored ADR scores 69/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a solid business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. It currently yields about 2.5%; see dividend safety for coverage and history. All figures are computed from company filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
What is Smith & Nephew plc Sponsored ADR's fair value?+
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $58.38 per share for SNN, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $43.79. At today's $30.88, that puts the stock about 89.1% below estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Is Smith & Nephew plc Sponsored ADR a high-quality business?+
Smith & Nephew plc Sponsored ADR scores 69 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 8 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a solid business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 13.9% operating margin and a 8.0% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from company filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Does Smith & Nephew plc Sponsored ADR (SNN) pay a dividend, and how much?+
Yes, Smith & Nephew plc Sponsored ADR pays a regular dividend of about $0.78 per share per year (typically in quarterly installments), a yield of roughly 2.5% at the current price. That is a payout ratio of about 54.2% of earnings, so the dividend is well covered. A low headline yield is not the same as a weak dividend: what matters is how well earnings and free cash flow cover the payout and whether it is growing, not the percentage alone. For SNN's full payout history, growth streak and dividend-safety score, see the dividends tab.
Is Smith & Nephew plc Sponsored ADR a good stock to buy right now?+
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. SNN currently trades below its estimated intrinsic value and scores 69/100 on quality (solid). It also yields about 2.5%. A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from company filings, not investment advice.
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