The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT)

Sector:

Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

217.50p
   
  • Change Today:
      1.00p
  • 52 Week High: 221.00
  • 52 Week Low: 163.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 352.44m
  • Volume: 1,460,706
  • Market Cap: £766.55m
  • Beta: 0.95

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 0.9 n/a
Op Mrgn 87.8% n/a
ROCE 3.5%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 51.3 n/a
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 37.2 n/a
Pr/Book 1.5  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -19.0% n/a
PBT -23.1% n/a
EPS -21.6% 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-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%
30-Jun-25 20.62 17.40 4.24p 49.9 n/a -22% 4.90p 2.3%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

ESCT Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 02-Jan-2026 17:17 RNS
Total Voting Rights 02-Jan-2026 15:18 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 02-Jan-2026 14:57 RNS

ESCT ShareCast News

Transaction in Own Shares 31-Dec-2025 ShareCast
Transaction in Own Shares 30-Dec-2025 ShareCast
Transaction in Own Shares 29-Dec-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 217.50p
Change Today 1.00p
% Change 0.46 %
52 Week High 221.00
52 Week Low 163.00
Volume 1,460,706
Shares Issued 352.44m
Market Cap £766.55m
Beta 0.95

ESCT Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value Not Available
Price Trend
72.20% above the market average72.20% above the market average72.20% above the market average72.20% above the market average72.20% above the market average
88.63% above the sector average88.63% above the sector average88.63% above the sector average88.63% above the sector average88.63% above the sector average
Income Not Available
Growth
18.86% below the market average18.86% below the market average18.86% below the market average18.86% below the market average18.86% below the market average
14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average14.29% below the sector average

ESCT Dividends

  Latest Previous
  2nd Interim Interim
Ex-Div 18-Sep-25 03-Apr-25
Paid 08-Oct-25 02-May-25
Amount 3.45p 1.45p

Trades for 02-Jan-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
12:47 503,481 @ 215.50p
17:05 113,428 @ 217.50p
16:39 110,000 @ 215.70p
16:40 110,000 @ 215.70p
16:39 110,000 @ 215.70p

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