ASL — Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Share Price
Last Trade - 00:00- £1.41bn
- £1.49bn
- £668.54m
Momentum
Growth & Value
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Quality
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Financial Summary
| Year End 31st Dec | Unit | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021E | 2022E | CAGR / Avg |
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| Total Revenue | £m | 73.98 | 276.05 | -201.32 | 312.61 | -207.62 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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| EPS Growth | % | -44.14 | +324.37 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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Health trend(F-Score)
Bankruptcy Score(Z-Score)
Earnings Manipulation Risk(M-Score)
Other Ratios
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Recent History
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Profile Summary
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc is a United Kingdom-based closed-ended investment company. The Company's investment objective 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)). It is focused on achieving its objective by investing in small United Kingdom quoted companies. The Company may, at time of purchase, invest up to 15% of its assets in any one security. Its investment portfolio comprises investment in sectors, which include oil and gas producers; oil equipment, services and distribution; chemicals; industrial metals and mining; mining; construction and materials; aerospace and defense; general industrials; electronic and electrical equipment; industrial engineering; industrial transportation; support services; food producers; leisure goods, and pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Aberforth Partners LLP is the investment manager of the Company.
Directors
- Last Annual
- December 31st, 2020
- Last Interim
- June 30th, 2021
- Incorporated
- July 30th, 1990
- Public Since
- December 10th, 1990
- No. of Employees
- 0
- Sector
- Collective Investments
- Industry
- Financials
- Exchange
- London Stock Exchange
- Shares in Issue
- 88,473,066
- Address
- 14 Melville Street, EDINBURGH, EH3 7NS
- Web
- http://www.aberforth.co.uk/investment-trusts/aberforth-smaller-companies-trust/
- Phone
- Auditors
- Deloitte LLP
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FAQ
As of Today at 19:54 UTC, shares in Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust are trading at 1,598.00p. This share price information is delayed by 15 minutes.
Shares in Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust last closed at 1,598.00p and the price had moved by +84.53% over the past 365 days. In terms of relative price strength the Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust share price has outperformed the FTSE All Share Index by +50.81% over the past year.
The overall consensus recommendation for Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is Strong Buy. You can view the full broker recommendation list by unlocking its StockReport.
The Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust dividend yield is 2.12% based on the trailing twelve month period.
Last year, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust paid a total dividend of £0.34, and it currently has a trailing dividend yield of 2.12%. We do not have any data on when Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is to next pay dividends.
We do not have data on when Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is to next pay dividends. The historic dividend yield on Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust shares is currently 2.12%.
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As of the previous close price of 1,598.00p, shares in Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust had a market capitalisation of £1.41bn.
Here are the trading details for Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust:
- Country of listing: United Kingdom
- Exchange: LSE
- Ticker Symbol: ASL
Based on an overall assessment of its quality, value and momentum Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is currently classified as a . The classification is based on a composite score that examines a wide range of fundamental and technical measures. Stock are classified on the the following spectrum: Super Stocks, High Flyers, Contrarians, Turnarounds, Neutral, Value Traps, Momentum Traps, Falling Stars, and Sucker Stocks. For more information, learn about our StockRank Styles.
We could not find analyst target price data for this security.
An important predictor of whether a stock price will go up is its track record of momentum. Price trends tend to persist, so it's worth looking at them when it comes to a share like Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust. Over the past six months, its share price has outperformed the FTSE All Share Index by +17.04%.
As of the last closing price of 1,598.00p, shares in Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust were trading +15.4% higher than their 200 day moving average. You can read more about the power of momentum in assessing share price movements on Stockopedia.
We are not able to find PE ratio data for Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust.
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's management team is headed by:
- Richard Davidson - NEC
- Paula Hay-plumb -
- Julia Le Blan -
- Victoria Stewart -
- Martin Warner -
We do not have data on Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's shareholders