The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT)

Sector:

Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

 211.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.000p
  • 52 Week High: 212.00
  • 52 Week Low: 163.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 227.51m
  • Volume: 78,216
  • Market Cap: £480.05m
  • 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 2.3% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.1 n/a
Op Mrgn 93.4% n/a
ROCE 3.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 39.0 n/a
PEG 10.7 n/a
Pr/Revenue 18.9 n/a
Pr/Book 0.6  
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

Holding(s) in Company 03-Jul-2025 10:02 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 02-Jul-2025 12:38 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 01-Jul-2025 18:03 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 211.00p
Change Today 0.000p
% Change 0.00 %
52 Week High 212.00
52 Week Low 163.00
Volume 78,216
Shares Issued 227.51m
Market Cap £480.05m
Beta 0.02

ESCT Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
54.51% below the market average54.51% below the market average54.51% below the market average54.51% below the market average54.51% below the market average
8.42% below the sector average8.42% below the sector average8.42% below the sector average8.42% below the sector average8.42% below the sector average
Price Trend
72.70% above the market average72.70% above the market average72.70% above the market average72.70% above the market average72.70% above the market average
89.97% above the sector average89.97% above the sector average89.97% above the sector average89.97% above the sector average89.97% above the sector average
Income
44.43% below the market average44.43% below the market average44.43% below the market average44.43% below the market average44.43% below the market average
35.71% above the sector average35.71% above the sector average35.71% above the sector average35.71% above the sector average35.71% above the sector average
Growth
20.66% below the market average20.66% below the market average20.66% below the market average20.66% below the market average20.66% below the market average
16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average16.67% below the sector average16.67% 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 03-Jul-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
11:09 2,000 @ 210.78p
11:04 14,266 @ 210.85p
10:57 3,500 @ 210.99p
10:53 528 @ 210.85p
09:52 94 @ 211.00p

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