The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT)

Sector:

Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

161.80p
   
  • Change Today:
    -1.40p
  • 52 Week High: 171.60
  • 52 Week Low: 136.60
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 443.47m
  • Volume: 246,196
  • Market Cap: £717.53m
  • Beta: 0.00

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 1.9% 0.0%
Div Cover 0.9 n/a
Op Mrgn 86.7% n/a
ROCE 2.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 57.0 n/a
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 42.1 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

Transaction in Own Shares 04-Jul-2025 17:05 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 04-Jul-2025 13:25 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 03-Jul-2025 14:16 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

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.

 

GSCT Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 161.80p
Change Today -1.40p
% Change -0.86 %
52 Week High 171.60
52 Week Low 136.60
Volume 246,196
Shares Issued 443.47m
Market Cap £717.53m
Beta 0.00

GSCT Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
51.28% below the market average51.28% below the market average51.28% below the market average51.28% below the market average51.28% below the market average
31.14% below the sector average31.14% below the sector average31.14% below the sector average31.14% below the sector average31.14% below the sector average
Price Trend
20.15% above the market average20.15% above the market average20.15% above the market average20.15% above the market average20.15% above the market average
0.67% below the sector average0.67% below the sector average0.67% below the sector average0.67% below the sector average0.67% below the sector average
Income
69.74% below the market average69.74% below the market average69.74% below the market average69.74% below the market average69.74% below the market average
74.49% below the sector average74.49% below the sector average74.49% below the sector average74.49% below the sector average74.49% below the sector average
Growth
20.22% below the market average20.22% below the market average20.22% below the market average20.22% below the market average20.22% below the market average
15.94% below the sector average15.94% below the sector average15.94% below the sector average15.94% below the sector average15.94% 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 04-Jul-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:36 5,000 @ 161.80p
16:35 38,347 @ 161.80p
16:35 115 @ 161.80p
16:35 1,849 @ 161.80p
16:35 1,273 @ 161.80p

GSCT Key Personnel

Chair Anja Balfour

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