Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL)

Sector:

Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

1,542.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -12.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,588.00
  • 52 Week Low: 1,212.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 80.41m
  • Volume: 170,173
  • Market Cap: £1,239.95m
  • RiskGrade: 142
  • Beta: 0.91

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 1.3 n/a
Op Mrgn 91.8% n/a
ROCE 3.6%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 27.2 n/a
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 22.8 n/a
Pr/Book 0.9  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -3.4% n/a
PBT -6.2% n/a
EPS -5.4% n/a
DPS 5.1% n/a

ASL Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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 56.42 50.76 59.79p 23.0 2.9 +8% 41.50p 3.0%
31-Dec-24 54.51 47.63 56.59p 26.0 n/a -5% 43.60p 3.0%

ASL Company Announcements

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc - Transact... 03-Nov-2025 17:17 PR Newswire
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc - Net Asse... 03-Nov-2025 10:43 PR Newswire
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc - Total Vo... 31-Oct-2025 17:03 PR Newswire

ASL ShareCast News

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ASL Top Newspaper Links

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

Latest ASL Director Deals

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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 1,542.00p
Change Today -12.00p
% Change -0.77 %
52 Week High 1,588.00
52 Week Low 1,212.00
Volume 170,173
Shares Issued 80.41m
Market Cap £1,239.95m
Beta 0.91
RiskGrade 142

ASL Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
51.05% above the market average51.05% above the market average51.05% above the market average51.05% above the market average51.05% above the market average
73.33% above the sector average73.33% above the sector average73.33% above the sector average73.33% above the sector average73.33% above the sector average
Price Trend
27.35% above the market average27.35% above the market average27.35% above the market average27.35% above the market average27.35% above the market average
16.39% above the sector average16.39% above the sector average16.39% above the sector average16.39% above the sector average16.39% above the sector average
Income
16.76% below the market average16.76% below the market average16.76% below the market average16.76% below the market average16.76% below the market average
60.20% above the sector average60.20% above the sector average60.20% above the sector average60.20% above the sector average60.20% above the sector average
Growth
37.88% above the market average37.88% above the market average37.88% above the market average37.88% above the market average37.88% above the market average
40.00% above the sector average40.00% above the sector average40.00% above the sector average40.00% above the sector average40.00% above the sector average

ASL Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 07-Aug-25 06-Feb-25
Paid 28-Aug-25 10-Mar-25
Amount 14.30p 30.00p

Trades for 03-Nov-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
15:46 28,000 @ 1,551.98p
16:36 1,288 @ 1,542.00p
16:35 5,206 @ 1,542.00p
16:35 1 @ 1,542.00p
16:35 275 @ 1,542.00p

ASL Key Personnel

Chair Richard Davidson

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