WH Smith延迟结果, 削减利润预测 在3000万英镑 美国会计错误后, 股价下降30%。 WH Smith delays results, cuts profit forecast after £30M U.S. accounting error, shares drop 30%.

WH Smith将其年度结果推迟到12月16日, 原因是德勤公司牵头对美国会计错误进行审查, 将利润高估约3,000万英镑。 WH Smith has delayed its annual results to December 16 due to a Deloitte-led review of a U.S. accounting error that overstated profits by about £30 million. 这一错误是过早确认供应商收入造成的,导致美国订正预测利润为2 500万英镑,集体利润减至1.1亿英镑左右。 The error, caused by premature recognition of supplier income, led to a revised U.S. profit forecast of £25 million and a group profit cut to around £110 million. 这些披露导致股票下跌30%以上,公司市场价值降至10亿英镑以下。 The revelations caused shares to drop over 30%, reducing the company’s market value below £1 billion. WH Smith将重点转向其全球旅行零售业务,机场、火车站和医院约有1 300个地点,6月向Mdella Capital出售了480家英国高街商店,将其重新标为TGJones。 WH Smith has shifted focus to its global travel retail operations, with about 1,300 locations in airports, train stations, and hospitals, after selling its 480 UK high street stores to Modella Capital in June, rebranding them under TGJones.