The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT)

Sector:

Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

168.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -0.20p
  • 52 Week High: 169.60
  • 52 Week Low: 136.60
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 440.16m
  • Volume: 3,786,237
  • Market Cap: £739.46m

GSCT Overview

The trust offers investor access to a broadly spread global smaller companies portfolio. The portfolio consists of individual smaller company investments within the US, UK and European markets, and fund holdings targeting smaller companies in Japan, Asia, Latin America and other smaller territories. The dividend of the Company has risen for 48 years in a row, benefiting from a growing income stream from the investment portfolio.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.8% 0.0%
Div Cover 0.9 n/a
Op Mrgn 86.7% n/a
ROCE 2.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 59.2 n/a
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 43.4 n/a
Pr/Book 1.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -8.4% n/a
PBT -9.4% n/a
EPS n/a n/a
DPS 6.8% n/a

GSCT Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Apr-21 10.22 8.08 1.26p 133.8 n/a -27% 1.75p 1.0%
30-Apr-22 13.42 10.99 1.82p 85.8 2.0 +44% 1.84p 1.2%
30-Apr-23 16.21 13.79 2.34p 61.8 2.1 +29% 2.30p 1.6%
30-Apr-24 18.60 15.88 2.84p 56.4 2.7 +21% 2.81p 1.8%
30-Apr-25 17.03 14.38 2.84p 52.3 n/a n/a 3.00p 2.0%

GSCT Company Announcements

Director/PDMR Shareholding 21-Aug-2025 14:57 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 21-Aug-2025 12:59 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 20-Aug-2025 17:01 RNS

GSCT ShareCast News

DS Smith, Just Eat and Halma join FTSE 100 as re... 30-Nov-2017 ShareCast

GSCT Top Newspaper Links

F&C trust suffers 3.5% NAV dip 13-Dec-2006 The Scotsman

Latest GSCT Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
21-Aug-25 Buy Dividends Graham Oldroyd 169.60p 536 £909.06

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.

 

GSCT Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 168.00p
Change Today -0.20p
% Change -0.12 %
52 Week High 169.60
52 Week Low 136.60
Volume 3,786,237
Shares Issued 440.16m
Market Cap £739.46m

GSCT Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
54.22% below the market average54.22% below the market average54.22% below the market average54.22% below the market average54.22% below the market average
40.74% below the sector average40.74% below the sector average40.74% below the sector average40.74% below the sector average40.74% below the sector average
Price Trend
31.33% above the market average31.33% above the market average31.33% above the market average31.33% above the market average31.33% above the market average
13.71% above the sector average13.71% above the sector average13.71% above the sector average13.71% above the sector average13.71% above the sector average
Income
71.79% below the market average71.79% below the market average71.79% below the market average71.79% below the market average71.79% below the market average
77.55% below the sector average77.55% below the sector average77.55% below the sector average77.55% below the sector average77.55% below the sector average
Growth
17.12% below the market average17.12% below the market average17.12% below the market average17.12% below the market average17.12% below the market average
12.14% below the sector average12.14% below the sector average12.14% below the sector average12.14% below the sector average12.14% below the sector average

GSCT Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 10-Jul-25 24-Dec-24
Paid 20-Aug-25 23-Jan-25
Amount 2.30p 0.70p

Trades for 21-Aug-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
11:38 2,920,989 @ 169.60p
16:51 174,824 @ 168.08p
16:37 11,255 @ 168.00p
16:37 1,845 @ 168.00p
16:37 1,845 @ 168.00p

GSCT Key Personnel

Chair Graham Oldroyd

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