The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT)

Sector:

Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

211.50p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.50p
  • 52 Week High: 221.00
  • 52 Week Low: 163.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 354.11m
  • Volume: 1,419,429
  • Market Cap: £748.94m

ESCT Overview

The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC is a United Kingdom-based investment company. The Company's investment objective is to seek capital growth by investing in smaller and medium-sized companies which are quoted, domiciled, listed or have operations in Europe. The Company invests approximately 7% of its total assets. The Company invests approximately 15% of its gross assets in investment companies, including listed investment trusts. The Company invests in equities and other investments for the long term to secure its investment objective. The Company invests in sectors, including industrials, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, financial services, technology, utilities, health care, energy, telecommunications, real estate and basic materials.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.3% 0.0%
Div Cover 0.9 n/a
Op Mrgn 87.8% n/a
ROCE 3.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 49.9 n/a
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 36.3 n/a
Pr/Book 1.5  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -19.0% n/a
PBT -23.1% n/a
EPS -21.6% n/a
DPS 2.1% n/a

ESCT Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Jun-21 13.48 11.77 20.72p 9.0 0.0 +1,094% 25.00p 13.5%
30-Jun-22 25.23 23.36 5.16p 27.1 n/a -75% 4.35p 3.1%
30-Jun-23 25.05 22.93 5.22p 29.5 29.5 +1% 4.70p 3.1%
30-Jun-24 25.45 22.64 5.41p 33.0 8.2 +4% 4.80p 2.7%
30-Jun-25 20.62 17.40 4.24p 49.9 n/a -22% 4.90p 2.3%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

ESCT Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 08-Dec-2025 17:42 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 08-Dec-2025 15:49 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 05-Dec-2025 17:25 RNS

ESCT ShareCast News

ESCT urges shareholder to vote down Saba's 'dama... 20-Jan-2025 ShareCast

ESCT Top Newspaper Links

Royal leads the list of the lame for 2008 re-rat... 31-Dec-2007 The Scotsman

Latest ESCT Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
05-Dec-25 Buy Daniel Burgess 211.28p 18,000 £38,030.40
27-Nov-25 Buy James Williams 208.00p 15,000 £31,200.00
25-Nov-25 Buy Stuart Paterson 203.08p 48,587 £98,670.77

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 3: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 4: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 5: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

ESCT Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 211.50p
Change Today 0.50p
% Change 0.24 %
52 Week High 221.00
52 Week Low 163.00
Volume 1,419,429
Shares Issued 354.11m
Market Cap £748.94m

ESCT Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value Not Available
Price Trend
72.20% above the market average72.20% above the market average72.20% above the market average72.20% above the market average72.20% above the market average
88.63% above the sector average88.63% above the sector average88.63% above the sector average88.63% above the sector average88.63% above the sector average
Income Not Available
Growth
18.86% below the market average18.86% below the market average18.86% below the market average18.86% below the market average18.86% below the market average
14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average

ESCT Dividends

  Latest Previous
  2nd Interim Interim
Ex-Div 18-Sep-25 03-Apr-25
Paid 08-Oct-25 02-May-25
Amount 3.45p 1.45p

Trades for 08-Dec-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
12:30 422,832 @ 210.00p
16:37 160,391 @ 211.39p
16:35 156,609 @ 211.50p
16:35 1 @ 211.50p
16:35 4,085 @ 211.50p

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