The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT)

Sector:

Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

132.80p
   
  • Change Today:
    -7.40p
  • 52 Week High: 171.60p
  • 52 Week Low: 131.94p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 448.89m
  • Volume: 212,949
  • Market Cap: £596.12m

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 2.0% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.0 n/a
Op Mrgn 87.5% n/a
ROCE 1.9%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 49.4 n/a
PEG 2.3 n/a
Pr/Revenue 33.8 n/a
Pr/Book 0.7  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 14.7% n/a
PBT 15.2% n/a
EPS 21.4% n/a
DPS 22.2% n/a

GSCT Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Apr-20 13.80 11.31 1.73p 64.2 0.1 +877% 1.70p 1.5%
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%

GSCT Company Announcements

Net Asset Value(s) 04-Apr-2025 13:09 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 03-Apr-2025 16:56 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 03-Apr-2025 12:37 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 132.80p
Change Today -7.40p
% Change -5.28 %
52 Week High 171.60p
52 Week Low 131.94p
Volume 212,949
Shares Issued 448.89m
Market Cap £596.12m

GSCT Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
66.17% below the market average66.17% below the market average66.17% below the market average66.17% below the market average66.17% below the market average
34.55% below the sector average34.55% below the sector average34.55% below the sector average34.55% below the sector average34.55% below the sector average
Price Trend
7.69% below the market average7.69% below the market average7.69% below the market average7.69% below the market average7.69% below the market average
47.37% below the sector average47.37% below the sector average47.37% below the sector average47.37% below the sector average47.37% below the sector average
Income
61.89% below the market average61.89% below the market average61.89% below the market average61.89% below the market average61.89% below the market average
45.73% below the sector average45.73% below the sector average45.73% below the sector average45.73% below the sector average45.73% below the sector average
Growth
75.96% above the market average75.96% above the market average75.96% above the market average75.96% above the market average75.96% above the market average
71.75% above the sector average71.75% above the sector average71.75% above the sector average71.75% above the sector average71.75% above the sector average

GSCT Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 24-Dec-24 11-Jul-24
Paid 23-Jan-25 20-Aug-24
Amount 0.70p 2.13p

Trades for 07-Apr-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
10:56 5,912 @ 132.03p
10:52 5,550 @ 132.03p
10:50 5,530 @ 132.03p
10:47 11,375 @ 131.94p
10:47 3,746 @ 132.71p

GSCT Key Personnel

Chair Anja Balfour

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