LSE · SMWH · stock
WH Smith PLC (SMWH) stock price history
Every LSE trading session of WH Smith PLC from Jun 18, 2004 to Sep 28, 2026: 5,641 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Sep 17, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.
SMWH adjusted close, 2004 to 2026
- £26.52
- All time high, 2019
- £7.12
- 52 week high, £3.46 low
- 5,641
- Daily sessions since 2004
Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 2004 to 2026 series and minute bars.
SMWH key facts
- WH Smith PLC (SMWH) closed at £3.78 on Sep 28, 2026 on LSE.
- SMWH's all time high close is £26.52, set on Dec 27, 2019; its all time low close is £3.11 on Nov 19, 2008.
- SMWH's 52 week range is £3.46 to £7.12.
- SMWH returned -44.5% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and -78.3% over five years.
- Over ten years SMWH returned -75%, -13.1% a year compounded.
- SMWH's deepest drawdown was -86.4% from Dec 27, 2019 to Sep 24, 2026.
- DataCedar holds 5,641 daily sessions of SMWH history from Jun 18, 2004 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
SMWH price chart, 2004 to 2026
SMWH returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | -8.5% |
| 3 months | -5.0% |
| 6 months | -32.6% |
| Year to date | -41.3% |
| 1 year | -44.5% |
| 3 years | -71.6% |
| 5 years | -78.3% |
| 10 years | -75.3% |
| Since Jun 18, 2004 | +4.9% |
| Compound annual growth, 22.3 years | +0.2% |
SMWH records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- £26.52 on Dec 27, 2019
- All time low close
- £3.11 on Nov 19, 2008
- 52 week high
- £7.12 on Oct 27, 2025
- 52 week low
- £3.46 on Sep 16, 2026
- Deepest drawdown
- -86.4% from Dec 27, 2019 to Sep 24, 2026, not yet recovered
- Best single session
- +34.9% on Mar 20, 2020
- Worst single session
- -42.3% on Aug 21, 2025
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 42.4%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 47%
- Best calendar year
- 2019, +51%
- Worst calendar year
- 2025, -46%
SMWH price history by year
Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 2004 starts on Jun 18, 2004; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £6.50 | £7.10 | £3.46 | £3.78 | -40.9% | 112.7M | 187 |
| 2025 | £11.61 | £13.15 | £5.85 | £6.39 | -46.2% | 121.5M | 253 |
| 2024 | £13.02 | £14.98 | £10.68 | £11.89 | -10.8% | 84.4M | 254 |
| 2023 | £14.79 | £17.28 | £11.33 | £13.33 | -10.1% | 92.5M | 251 |
| 2022 | £15.13 | £17.29 | £11.09 | £14.83 | +0.3% | 99.4M | 250 |
| 2021 | £15.11 | £20.62 | £13.02 | £14.79 | -2.0% | 123.6M | 253 |
| 2020 | £26.08 | £26.34 | £3.96 | £15.09 | -41.9% | 182M | 254 |
| 2019 | £17.01 | £26.58 | £16.95 | £25.98 | +51.2% | 99.5M | 253 |
| 2018 | £23.17 | £23.35 | £16.76 | £17.18 | -26.7% | 110.2M | 253 |
| 2017 | £15.66 | £23.44 | £14.67 | £23.44 | +50.7% | 88.8M | 252 |
| 2016 | £17.58 | £18.90 | £11.72 | £15.55 | -11.9% | 88M | 253 |
| 2015 | £13.54 | £17.79 | £12.58 | £17.66 | +31.0% | 71.1M | 253 |
| 2014 | £10.04 | £13.59 | £9.70 | £13.48 | +35.0% | 58.7M | 253 |
| 2013 | £6.63 | £10.24 | £5.69 | £9.99 | +49.5% | 86.3M | 253 |
| 2012 | £5.38 | £6.89 | £4.66 | £6.68 | +26.1% | 97.1M | 251 |
| 2011 | £4.87 | £5.66 | £4.32 | £5.30 | +9.2% | 117.7M | 252 |
| 2010 | £4.93 | £5.25 | £3.91 | £4.85 | -1.4% | 87.1M | 253 |
| 2009 | £3.64 | £5.49 | £3.05 | £4.92 | +37.8% | 179.3M | 253 |
| 2008 | £3.59 | £4.43 | £3.02 | £3.57 | -0.3% | 359.1M | 254 |
| 2007 | £4.15 | £5.22 | £3.13 | £3.58 | -13.0% | 377.8M | 253 |
| 2006 | £3.52 | £4.36 | £3.52 | £4.12 | +17.1% | 134.4M | 252 |
| 2005 | £3.52 | £3.52 | £3.52 | £3.52 | 0.0% | 0 | 260 |
| 2004 | £3.58 | £3.61 | £3.45 | £3.52 | n/a | 7.3M | 141 |
SMWH monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | £3.78 | -8.5% |
| August 2026 | £4.13 | -4.8% |
| July 2026 | £4.33 | +10.3% |
| June 2026 | £3.93 | -20.6% |
| May 2026 | £4.95 | -3.0% |
| April 2026 | £5.11 | -11.1% |
| March 2026 | £5.74 | -16.5% |
| February 2026 | £6.88 | +1.9% |
| January 2026 | £6.75 | +5.6% |
| December 2025 | £6.39 | -6.9% |
| November 2025 | £6.86 | +1.5% |
| October 2025 | £6.76 | -0.1% |
About the SMWH data
Daily bars. 5,641 sessions from Jun 18, 2004 to Sep 28, 2026, one row per LSE trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.
Minute bars. Stored from Sep 17, 2026 forward, most recent session Sep 28, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.
Time and currency. Session dates are LSE trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in GBP. Volume is shares traded on the session.
Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Jun 18, 2004, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.
curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/SMWH/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"Nearby on LSE
Common questions
SMWH share price history
