Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL)

Sector:

Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

1,478.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -26.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,680.00
  • 52 Week Low: 1,156.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 84.14m
  • Volume: 134,366
  • Market Cap: £1,243.58m
  • RiskGrade: 142

ASL Overview

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc (the Trust) is a United Kingdom-based investment trust. The investment objective of the Company is to achieve a net asset value total return (with dividends reinvested) greater than that of the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding Investment Companies) (NSCI (XIC) or benchmark) over the long term. The Trust aims to achieve its objective by investing in securities of companies that are or that would be constituents of the Numis Smaller Companies Index (Excluding Investment Companies). It also aims to achieve its objective by investing in small United Kingdom quoted companies.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.8% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.4 n/a
Op Mrgn 92.8% n/a
ROCE 4.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 24.7 n/a
PEG 3.3 n/a
Pr/Revenue 22.0 n/a
Pr/Book 1.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 6.1% n/a
PBT 5.4% n/a
EPS 7.5% n/a
DPS 6.4% n/a

ASL Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-19 42.48 38.10 42.26p 36.4 n/a -7% 32.00p 2.1%
31-Dec-20 15.66 11.91 13.28p 94.0 n/a -69% 33.30p 2.7%
31-Dec-21 37.46 32.54 0.37p 3,945.5 n/a -97% 0.35p 0.0%
31-Dec-22 53.19 48.17 55.64p 23.8 0.0 +14,895% 39.00p 3.0%
31-Dec-23 56.43 50.76 59.79p 23.0 2.9 +8% 41.50p 3.0%

ASL Company Announcements

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc - Total Vo... 31-Oct-2024 17:00 PR Newswire
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc - Net Asse... 31-Oct-2024 10:00 PR Newswire
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc - Net Asse... 30-Oct-2024 09:35 PR Newswire

ASL ShareCast News

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ASL Top Newspaper Links

Aberforth flagship fund misses benchmark 21-Jul-2006 The Herald

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

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

ASL Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 1,478.00p
Change Today -26.00p
% Change -1.73 %
52 Week High 1,680.00
52 Week Low 1,156.00
Volume 134,366
Shares Issued 84.14m
Market Cap £1,243.58m
RiskGrade 142

ASL Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
68.66% below the market average68.66% below the market average68.66% below the market average68.66% below the market average68.66% below the market average
53.19% below the sector average53.19% below the sector average53.19% below the sector average53.19% below the sector average53.19% below the sector average
Price Trend
63.93% above the market average63.93% above the market average63.93% above the market average63.93% above the market average63.93% above the market average
78.62% above the sector average78.62% above the sector average78.62% above the sector average78.62% above the sector average78.62% above the sector average
Income
13.79% below the market average13.79% below the market average13.79% below the market average13.79% below the market average13.79% below the market average
58.45% above the sector average58.45% above the sector average58.45% above the sector average58.45% above the sector average58.45% above the sector average
Growth
95.01% above the market average95.01% above the market average95.01% above the market average95.01% above the market average95.01% above the market average
93.64% above the sector average93.64% above the sector average93.64% above the sector average93.64% above the sector average93.64% above the sector average

ASL Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 08-Aug-24 08-Feb-24
Paid 29-Aug-24 08-Mar-24
Amount 13.60p 28.55p

Trades for 31-Oct-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 11,278 @ 1,478.00p
16:35 7 @ 1,478.00p
16:35 4 @ 1,478.00p
16:35 343 @ 1,478.00p
16:35 71 @ 1,478.00p

ASL Key Personnel

Chair Richard Davidson

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