Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL)

Sector:

Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

1,826.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      32.00p
  • 52 Week High: 1,835.00
  • 52 Week Low: 1,418.00
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 75.64m
  • Volume: 226,397
  • Market Cap: £1,381.18m
  • RiskGrade: 142
  • Beta: 0.00

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 2.7% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.4 n/a
Op Mrgn 92.1% n/a
ROCE 3.9%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 26.7 n/a
PEG 2.0 n/a
Pr/Revenue 22.5 n/a
Pr/Book 0.9  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 7.4% n/a
PBT 9.7% n/a
EPS 13.1% n/a
DPS 48.1% n/a

ASL Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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 56.59¢ 26.0 n/a -5% 43.60¢ 2.2%
31-Dec-25 58.56 52.25 64.02p 24.6 1.9 +13% 46.80p 3.0%

ASL Company Announcements

Checkit flags break-even adjusted EBITDA 19-Feb-2026 13:34 PR Newswire
Total Voting Rights 31-Dec-2025 12:45 RNS
Statement re Closed Period 22-Dec-2025 11:03 RNS

ASL ShareCast News

Checkit flags break-even adjusted EBITDA 19-Feb-2026 ShareCast
Total Voting Rights 31-Dec-2025 ShareCast
Kepler Trust Intelligence: New Research 31-Dec-2025 ShareCast

ASL Top Newspaper Links

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

Latest ASL 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: 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 1,826.00p
Change Today 32.00p
% Change 1.78 %
52 Week High 1,835.00
52 Week Low 1,418.00
Volume 226,397
Shares Issued 75.64m
Market Cap £1,381.18m
Beta 0.00
RiskGrade 142

ASL Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
58.07% below the market average58.07% below the market average58.07% below the market average58.07% below the market average58.07% below the market average
23.27% below the sector average23.27% below the sector average23.27% below the sector average23.27% below the sector average23.27% below the sector average
Price Trend
50.14% above the market average50.14% above the market average50.14% above the market average50.14% above the market average50.14% above the market average
53.38% above the sector average53.38% above the sector average53.38% above the sector average53.38% above the sector average53.38% above the sector average
Income
21.08% below the market average21.08% below the market average21.08% below the market average21.08% below the market average21.08% below the market average
53.07% above the sector average53.07% above the sector average53.07% above the sector average53.07% above the sector average53.07% above the sector average
Growth
10.74% below the market average10.74% below the market average10.74% below the market average10.74% below the market average10.74% below the market average
4.88% above the sector average4.88% above the sector average4.88% above the sector average4.88% above the sector average4.88% above the sector average

ASL Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim Final
Ex-Div 06-Aug-26 05-Feb-26
Paid 27-Aug-26 09-Mar-26
Amount 15.30p 32.50p

Trades for 09-Oct-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
16:05 35,000 @ 1,832.00p
16:35 15,032 @ 1,826.00p
16:35 8,300 @ 1,826.00p
16:35 1 @ 1,826.00p
16:35 620 @ 1,826.00p

ASL Key Personnel

Chair Richard Davidson

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