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Smith & Nephew plc (SN) stock price history

Every LSE trading session of Smith & Nephew plc from Jul 1, 1988 to Sep 28, 2026: 9,805 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.

SN adjusted close, 1988 to 2026

SNSmith & Nephew plc
£10.13-23.4% over one year
1990200020102020
£19.87
All time high, 2019
£14.26
52 week high, £9.91 low
9,805
Daily sessions since 1988

Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1988 to 2026 series and minute bars.

SN key facts

  • Smith & Nephew plc (SN) closed at £10.13 on Sep 28, 2026 on LSE.
  • SN's all time high close is £19.87, set on Sep 2, 2019; its all time low close is £1.18 on Aug 22, 1990.
  • SN's 52 week range is £9.91 to £14.26.
  • SN returned -23.4% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and -23.9% over five years.
  • Over ten years SN returned -19%, -2.1% a year compounded.
  • SN's deepest drawdown was -54.9% from Sep 2, 2019 to Oct 27, 2023.
  • DataCedar holds 9,805 daily sessions of SN history from Jul 1, 1988 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.

SN price chart, 1988 to 2026

SN adjusted close, Jul 1, 1988 to Sep 28, 2026£1.29£3.15£7.69£18.8119901995200020052010201520202025
Adjusted daily close, log scale. 260 sampled points across the full history; the API serves every session.

SN returns

Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.

PeriodReturn
1 month-4.7%
3 months-11.1%
6 months-15.1%
Year to date-17.9%
1 year-23.4%
3 years-0.2%
5 years-23.9%
10 years-18.9%
Since Jul 1, 1988+506.1%
Compound annual growth, 38.2 years+4.8%

SN records

Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.

All time high close
£19.87 on Sep 2, 2019
All time low close
£1.18 on Aug 22, 1990
52 week high
£14.26 on Nov 5, 2025
52 week low
£9.91 on Sep 25, 2026
Deepest drawdown
-54.9% from Sep 2, 2019 to Oct 27, 2023, not yet recovered
Best single session
+16.9% on Mar 31, 1995
Worst single session
-16.4% on Aug 7, 2000
Volatility, 1 year annualised
26.6%
Sessions closing higher, 1 year
46%
Growth of 1 since 1988
6.1×
Best calendar year
2009, +46%
Worst calendar year
2008, -24%

SN 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. 1988 starts on Jul 1, 1988; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.

YearOpenHighLowCloseReturnVolumeSessions
2026£12.33£13.96£9.91£10.13-18.2%539.3M187
2025£9.89£14.41£9.38£12.38+25.0%680.1M253
2024£10.76£12.45£9.11£9.91-8.1%741.6M253
2023£11.04£13.16£8.86£10.78-2.8%743.4M251
2022£13.15£13.56£9.58£11.08-14.2%713.5M250
2021£15.38£16.79£11.96£12.92-14.3%621M253
2020£18.21£20.20£10.53£15.08-17.6%620.3M254
2019£14.22£19.95£13.81£18.30+25.2%639.7M253
2018£12.78£15.46£11.71£14.61+13.7%858.1M253
2017£12.15£14.39£11.41£12.85+5.5%776.5M252
2016£11.86£13.21£10.38£12.18+1.1%674.8M253
2015£11.93£12.14£10.04£12.05+1.7%668.3M253
2014£8.55£12.04£8.51£11.85+38.0%636.8M253
2013£6.83£8.73£6.75£8.59+26.7%407.8M253
2012£6.33£7.24£5.66£6.77+8.7%519.9M251
2011£6.72£7.46£4.99£6.24-7.5%785.9M252
2010£6.34£6.98£5.30£6.74+5.8%760.3M253
2009£4.48£6.52£4.10£6.37+45.9%969.3M253
2008£5.77£6.97£4.00£4.37-24.4%1.5B254
2007£5.38£6.64£5.28£5.78+8.8%1.6B253
2006£5.32£5.74£3.97£5.31-0.5%1.9B252
2005£5.31£5.65£4.40£5.33+0.5%1.8B260
2004£4.67£6.15£4.07£5.31+13.6%1.7B262
2003£3.79£4.88£3.24£4.67+23.3%1.8B261
2002£4.13£4.34£2.91£3.79-8.4%1.3B261
2001£3.09£4.18£2.74£4.14+34.0%1.1B261
2000£2.52£3.31£1.88£3.09+22.3%1.1B260
1999£2.27£2.66£1.76£2.52+11.3%522.2M261
1998£2.19£2.33£1.54£2.27+3.6%580.6M261
1997£2.19£2.38£1.96£2.19-0.2%568.1M261
1996£2.26£2.64£2.12£2.19-3.1%714M262
1995£1.77£2.49£1.77£2.26+28.2%310.3M260
1994£1.77£1.77£1.77£1.77+0.0%0260
1993£1.77£1.77£1.77£1.77+0.0%2.4M261
1992£1.82£2.14£1.77£1.77-3.2%205.7M262
1991£1.37£1.82£1.26£1.82+33.4%449.5M261
1990£1.60£1.79£1.18£1.37-20.8%76.7M261
1989£1.40£1.92£1.39£1.73+22.8%52.8M260
1988£1.67£1.67£1.33£1.40n/a0131

SN monthly closes, last 12 months

MonthMonth end closeChange
September 2026£10.13-4.7%
August 2026£10.63-8.3%
July 2026£11.59+6.2%
June 2026£10.91-1.8%
May 2026£11.11-2.3%
April 2026£11.37-4.1%
March 2026£11.85-13.6%
February 2026£13.71+10.4%
January 2026£12.42+0.3%
December 2025£12.38-1.3%
November 2025£12.54-10.7%
October 2025£14.05+5.1%

About the SN data

Daily bars. 9,805 sessions from Jul 1, 1988 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 Jul 1, 1988, 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/SN/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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