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Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL)

Sector:

Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

1,434.00p

Change Today:

10.00p
52 Week High: 1,680.00
52 Week Low: 1,272.00

Currency: UK Pounds
Shares Issued: 84.14m
Volume: 157,793

Market Cap: £1,206.56m
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	2.9%	0.0%
Div Cover	1.4	n/a
Op Mrgn	92.8%	n/a
ROCE	4.0%

	Latest	F'cast
P/E	24.0	n/a
PEG	3.2	n/a
Pr/Revenue	21.4	n/a
Pr/Book	0.9

	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 - Net Asse...	21-Nov-2024	10:13	PR Newswire
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc - Net Asse...	20-Nov-2024	11:29	PR Newswire
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc - Net Asse...	19-Nov-2024	09:42	PR Newswire

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ASL Top Newspaper Links

Aberforth flagship fund misses benchmark

21-Jul-2006

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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	1,434.00p
Change Today	10.00p
% Change	0.70 %
52 Week High	1,680.00
52 Week Low	1,272.00
Volume	157,793
Shares Issued	84.14m
Market Cap	£1,206.56m
Beta	0.91
RiskGrade	142