Smith & Nephew (SNN) Change in Working Capital (2009 - 2018)

Smith & Nephew (SNN) has reported Change in Working Capital for 9 consecutive years, with -$1.0 million the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2018.

• Quarterly Change in Working Capital rose 99.92% year-over-year to -$1.0 million in Q4 2018, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2018 was -$419.0 million (changed 0.24% YoY) and the FY2020 annual result came in at -$128.0 million, up 9.22% from the prior year.
• Change in Working Capital improved to -$1.0 million in Q4 2018 per SNN's latest filing, from -$1.3 billion in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Change in Working Capital for SNN reached as high as $13.5 billion in Q4 2014 and fell as low as -$1.6 billion in Q4 2016.
• A 5-year average of $1.9 billion and a median of -$1.0 million in 2018 frame the typical range for Change in Working Capital.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2014 — Change in Working Capital jumped 113.96% — and 2016, when it slumped 164.24%.
• Year by year, Change in Working Capital stood at $13.5 billion in 2014, then sank by 82.08% to $2.4 billion in 2015, then tumbled by 164.24% to -$1.6 billion in 2016, then increased by 17.35% to -$1.3 billion in 2017, then surged by 99.92% to -$1.0 million in 2018.
• According to Business Quant data, Change in Working Capital over the past three periods registered -$1.0 million, -$1.3 billion, and -$1.6 billion for Q4 2018, Q4 2017, and Q4 2016 respectively.