Smiths Group PLC operates within the Power transmission equipment sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Smiths Group PLC with three other power transmission equipment manufacturers in Europe: AQ Group AB of Sweden (2018 sales of 4.67 billion Swedish Kronor [US$485.58 million] of which 77% was Components), Koncar-Elektroindustrija d.d. of Croatia (2.70 billion Croatian Kuna [US$404.58 million] of which 83% was Energy and Transportation), and R. Stahl AG which is based in Germany (280.11 million Euro [US$310.20 million] of which 100% was Explosion Protection).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended July of 2018, sales at Smiths Group PLC were £3.21 billion (US$4.00 billion). This is a decrease of 2.0% versus 2017, when the company's sales were £3.28 billion. The sales level in 2018 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2013, Smiths Group PLC had sales of £3.11 billion. Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 28.4% decline in Smiths Interconnect, from £419.00 million to £300.00 million. There were also decreases in sales in Smith Medical (down 6.9% to £885.00 million) and John Crane (down 0.5% to £881.00 million) . However, these declines were partially offset by the increase in sales of Smiths Detection (up 15.4% to £793.00 million) and Flex-Tek (up 4.7% to £354.00 million) .