The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT)

Sector:

Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

198.80p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.80p
  • 52 Week High: 202.00
  • 52 Week Low: 163.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 278.43m
  • Volume: 1,123,026
  • Market Cap: £553.52m
  • Beta: 0.02

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 2.4% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.1 n/a
Op Mrgn 93.4% n/a
ROCE 3.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 36.7 n/a
PEG 10.1 n/a
Pr/Revenue 21.7 n/a
Pr/Book 0.7  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 1.6% n/a
PBT -1.3% n/a
EPS 3.6% 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-20 9.12 7.68 1.74p 60.8 n/a -42% 2.75p 2.6%
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%

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

ESCT Company Announcements

Net Asset Value(s) 20-Jun-2025 14:24 RNS
Monthly Factsheet as at 31 May 2025 20-Jun-2025 12:56 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 19-Jun-2025 13:16 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

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

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 198.80p
Change Today 0.80p
% Change 0.40 %
52 Week High 202.00
52 Week Low 163.00
Volume 1,123,026
Shares Issued 278.43m
Market Cap £553.52m
Beta 0.02

ESCT Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
58.77% below the market average58.77% below the market average58.77% below the market average58.77% below the market average58.77% below the market average
11.85% below the sector average11.85% below the sector average11.85% below the sector average11.85% below the sector average11.85% below the sector average
Price Trend
68.06% above the market average68.06% above the market average68.06% above the market average68.06% above the market average68.06% above the market average
86.71% above the sector average86.71% above the sector average86.71% above the sector average86.71% above the sector average86.71% above the sector average
Income
41.13% below the market average41.13% below the market average41.13% below the market average41.13% below the market average41.13% below the market average
38.46% above the sector average38.46% above the sector average38.46% above the sector average38.46% above the sector average38.46% above the sector average
Growth
21.04% below the market average21.04% below the market average21.04% below the market average21.04% below the market average21.04% below the market average
19.41% below the sector average19.41% below the sector average19.41% below the sector average19.41% below the sector average19.41% below the sector average

ESCT Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 03-Apr-25 31-Oct-24
Paid 02-May-25 29-Nov-24
Amount 1.45p 3.35p

Trades for 20-Jun-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:42 250,000 @ 198.81p
16:38 200,000 @ 198.82p
16:46 47,243 @ 198.80p
16:35 479,410 @ 198.80p
16:35 126 @ 198.80p

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