Smith & Nephew plc (SNN)

NYSE: SNN · Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies · filing with the SEC since 2002

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Grade6.2

◀ Past 6.6● Present 6.6▶ Future 5.3

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The grade of Smith & Nephew plc

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

6.2/10

◀ Past6.630% of the headline

● Present6.640% of the headline

▶ Future5.330% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

7.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 78th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Smith & Nephew plc's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

6.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+3.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Smith & Nephew plc's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $4.7 billion in fiscal 2016 to $6.2 billion in fiscal 2025, up 3.1% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 11% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span3.1%bottom 38% of its family
the share of years revenue rosetop 28% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 18% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak11.2%top 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed

5.2/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count steady. 17% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Smith & Nephew plc's diluted share count held steady, and dividends and buybacks returned about 17% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearstop 25% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.6/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

6.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 12%: 12¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 49%: owes 49¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Smith & Nephew plc earned about 12 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 40 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 49 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 38% of its family
return on equitytop 15% of its family
gross profit against assetstop 26% of its family
the share count against the year beforetop 29% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

7.2/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 28% of 26 in its family; net margin 10.1%.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 26 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Smith & Nephew plc's standing among 26 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $6.2 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 10% by size; a net margin of 10.1% ranks in the top 21%; revenue growth of 5.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 46% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the family$6.16Btop 10% of its family
net margin10.1%top 21% of its family
three-year revenue growth5.7%bottom 46% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

5.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.3/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 19 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read.
How it was reasoned: family median, 19 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Smith & Nephew plc's leadership is put at 5.3 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 19 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

4.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 49% of 25 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Smith & Nephew plc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $557 million against debt of $3.1 billion leaves -24.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 17% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 20.8% of revenue (top 10%); a gross margin of 68% (top 26%); research spending of 4.8% of revenue (bottom 15%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets-24.4%bottom 17% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue20.8%top 10% of its family
gross margin68.0%top 26% of its family
research spending against revenue4.8%bottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

4.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 46% of 25 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 46th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Smith & Nephew plc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 5.7% a year over the last three filed years against 3.1% over all 10, speeding up (top 38% of its family); the newest year grew 6.1% (top 50%); research spending grew -5% a year (bottom 27%) (its annual reports). Smith & Nephew plc tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span+2.6 points a yeartop 38% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth6.1%top 50% of its family
three-year growth of research spending-5.0%bottom 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

7.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 29% of 23 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 71st percentile among 23 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Smith & Nephew plc's newest year against its own record: revenue of $6.2 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.5% above the $6.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 48% of its family); net income of $625 million against a prior three-year average of $299 million (top 7%); a net margin of 10.1% against 5.4% before (top 33%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace0.5%top 48% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average+109%top 7% of its family
net margin against its prior average+4.8 pointstop 33% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton SNN · research, not advice