The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT)

Sector:

Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

161.60p
   
  • Change Today:
    -0.20p
  • 52 Week High: 171.60
  • 52 Week Low: 139.60
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 465.98m
  • Volume: 143,194
  • Market Cap: £753.02m
  • Beta: 0.79

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 1.7% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.0 n/a
Op Mrgn 87.5% n/a
ROCE 1.9%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 57.0 n/a
PEG 2.7 n/a
Pr/Revenue 40.5 n/a
Pr/Book 0.9  
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

Transaction in Own Shares 20-Nov-2024 17:03 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 20-Nov-2024 12:49 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 19-Nov-2024 17:20 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 161.60p
Change Today -0.20p
% Change -0.12 %
52 Week High 171.60
52 Week Low 139.60
Volume 143,194
Shares Issued 465.98m
Market Cap £753.02m
Beta 0.79

GSCT Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
75.19% below the market average75.19% below the market average75.19% below the market average75.19% below the market average75.19% below the market average
62.45% below the sector average62.45% below the sector average62.45% below the sector average62.45% below the sector average62.45% below the sector average
Price Trend
44.10% above the market average44.10% above the market average44.10% above the market average44.10% above the market average44.10% above the market average
44.03% above the sector average44.03% above the sector average44.03% above the sector average44.03% above the sector average44.03% above the sector average
Income
65.31% below the market average65.31% below the market average65.31% below the market average65.31% below the market average65.31% below the market average
62% below the sector average62% below the sector average62% below the sector average62% below the sector average62% below the sector average
Growth
64.87% above the market average64.87% above the market average64.87% above the market average64.87% above the market average64.87% above the market average
63.12% above the sector average63.12% above the sector average63.12% above the sector average63.12% above the sector average63.12% above the sector average

GSCT Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 11-Jul-24 28-Dec-23
Paid 20-Aug-24 25-Jan-24
Amount 2.13p 0.68p

Trades for 21-Nov-2024

Time Volume / Share Price
12:17 7,851 @ 162.01p
12:06 1,337 @ 162.01p
12:00 3,301 @ 162.30p
11:45 119 @ 162.02p
10:44 47,422 @ 161.84p

GSCT Key Personnel

Chair Anja Balfour

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