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Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust PLC

Financial Services GB ASL

1606.0GBX
-8.0(0.50%)

Last update at 2026-06-05T15:35:00Z

Day Range

1604.001634.00
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52 Week Range

1225.541718.19
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Fundamentals

  • Previous Close 1614.00
  • Market Cap1189.18M
  • Volume70140
  • P/E Ratio12.81
  • Dividend Yield3.04%
  • Revenue TTM114.18M
  • Revenue Per Share TTM1.40
  • Gross Profit TTM 114.18M
  • Diluted EPS TTM1.18

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Financials

Income Statement

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Change in Cash

Total Operating Cash

Dividends Paid

Breakdown 2025-12-31 2024-12-31 2023-12-31 2022-12-31 2021-12-31
Type yearly yearly yearly yearly yearly
Date 2025-12-31 2024-12-31 2023-12-31 2022-12-31 2021-12-31
Income before tax 96.23M 151.59M 99.13M -156.69200M 367.53M
Minority interest - - - - -
Net income 96.23M 151.59M 99.04M -156.75700M 367.53M
Selling general administrative 3.57M 3.04M 2.68M 2.89M 3.60M
Selling and marketing expenses - - 0.82M - -
Gross profit 101.74M 170.99M 101.87M -153.80600M 371.13M
Reconciled depreciation - - - - -
Ebit - - 99.13M -154.88000M 368.46M
Ebitda 100.76M 158.06M 99.13M -154.81500M 367.53M
Depreciation and amortization - - -103.33500M 0.07M -
Non operating income net other - - - - -
Operating income 100.76M 158.06M 99.13M -154.88000M 367.53M
Other operating expenses 13.41M 11.09M 2.74M 2.95M 3.60M
Interest expense 4.53M 6.41M 4.14M 1.88M 0.93M
Tax provision 0.00000M 0.00000M 0.08M 0.00000M 0.00000M
Interest income 0.07M 0.12M 0.09M 0.00700M 0.11M
Net interest income -4.39800M -6.28900M -4.05300M -1.87700M -0.75900M
Extraordinary items - - - - -
Non recurring - - - - -
Other items - - - - -
Income tax expense - - 0.08M 0.07M -0.06500M
Total revenue 114.18M 169.16M 101.87M -153.80600M 371.13M
Total operating expenses 41.98M 3.10M 2.74M 2.89M 3.60M
Cost of revenue 12.43M 6.41M 10.97M - 10.30M
Total other income expense net -4.52900M -6.47200M -4.20900M -1.81200M -0.93200M
Discontinued operations - - - - -
Net income from continuing ops 96.23M 151.59M 99.04M -156.69200M 367.53M
Net income applicable to common shares - - - -156.69200M 367.53M
Preferred stock and other adjustments - - - - -
Breakdown 2025-12-31 2024-12-31 2023-12-31 2022-12-31 2021-12-31
Type yearly yearly yearly yearly yearly
Date 2025-12-31 2024-12-31 2023-12-31 2022-12-31 2021-12-31
Total assets 1467.02M 1501.53M 1369.38M 1326.07M 1559.88M
Intangible assets - - - - -
Earning assets - - - - -
Other current assets - -2.82700M 0.07M - -
Total liab 75.31M 104.21M 72.15M 75.20M 87.31M
Total stockholder equity 1391.72M 1397.32M 1297.23M 1250.87M 1472.57M
Deferred long term liab - - - - -
Other current liab 0.12M -0.16200M -0.20700M -75.20400M -0.90500M
Common stock 0.80M 0.84M 0.84M 0.85M 0.88M
Capital stock 0.80M 0.84M 0.84M 0.85M 0.88M
Retained earnings - 103.85M 1257.40M 1199.40M 1387.80M
Other liab - - - - -
Good will - - - - -
Other assets - 2.87M 0.04M 1326.07M -
Cash 5.14M 1.35M 2.73M 1.67M 3.42M
Cash and equivalents - - - - -
Total current liabilities 0.33M 0.16M 0.21M 75.20M 0.91M
Current deferred revenue - - - - -
Net debt 69.83M 102.56M 69.11M 73.31M 82.99M
Short term debt - - - - -
Short long term debt - - - - -
Short long term debt total 74.97M 103.91M 71.84M 74.97M 86.41M
Other stockholder equity 1390.92M 0.15M 1296.38M 1250.02M 1471.69M
Property plant equipment - - - - -
Total current assets 5.19M 1.35M 5.39M 3.81M 5.29M
Long term investments 1457.87M 1497.30M 1363.98M 1322.26M 1554.59M
Net tangible assets - - - 1250.87M 1472.57M
Short term investments - - - - -
Net receivables 0.05M 2.83M 2.66M 2.15M 1.88M
Long term debt - - - - 86.41M
Inventory - - -0.06800M - -
Accounts payable 0.22M 0.16M 0.21M 75.20M 0.91M
Total permanent equity - - - - -
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated entity - - - - -
Temporary equity redeemable noncontrolling interests - - - - -
Accumulated other comprehensive income - 1292.62M 38.98M - -
Additional paid in capital - - - - -
Common stock total equity - - - - -
Preferred stock total equity - - - - -
Retained earnings total equity - - - - -
Treasury stock - - - - -
Accumulated amortization - - - - -
Non currrent assets other 1461.83M -1497.30400M -1363.98000M -1322.26100M -1554.58500M
Deferred long term asset charges - - - - -
Non current assets total 1461.83M 1497.30M 1363.98M 1322.26M 1554.59M
Capital lease obligations - - - - -
Long term debt total - - - - -
Breakdown 2025-12-31 2024-12-31 2023-12-31 2022-12-31 2021-12-31
Type yearly yearly yearly yearly yearly
Date 2025-12-31 2024-12-31 2023-12-31 2022-12-31 2021-12-31
Investments 91.59M -19.10500M 14.86M 34.59M 4.10M
Change to liabilities - - - -0.02400M 0.04M
Total cashflows from investing activities 91.59M -19.10500M 14.86M 34.59M 4.10M
Net borrowings -29.00000M 32.00M -3.00000M -11.50000M 13.50M
Total cash from financing activities -130.83600M -25.95300M -59.95200M -78.96500M -29.51100M
Change to operating activities - - - - -
Net income 96.23M 50.06M 52.34M 48.87M 32.89M
Change in cash 3.79M -1.38500M 1.07M -1.75000M 0.46M
Begin period cash flow 1.35M 2.73M 1.67M 3.42M 2.96M
End period cash flow 5.14M 1.35M 2.73M 1.67M 3.42M
Total cash from operating activities 43.04M 43.67M 46.16M 42.63M 25.86M
Issuance of capital stock - - - - -
Depreciation - - - - -
Other cashflows from investing activities - - - - 4.10M
Dividends paid 41.59M 43.13M 41.05M 31.71M 30.00M
Change to inventory - - - - -
Change to account receivables -1.13600M -0.21300M -0.51600M -0.36500M -0.81200M
Sale purchase of stock -60.24500M -8.37100M -11.64100M -34.02600M -12.15600M
Other cashflows from financing activities - -6.45200M -4.26500M 124.27M 133.15M
Change to netincome - - - 199.71M -340.88600M
Capital expenditures 43.04M 0.00000M 0.00000M 0.00000M 0.00000M
Change receivables - - - - -
Cash flows other operating - - - - -
Exchange rate changes - - - - -
Cash and cash equivalents changes - - - - -
Change in working capital -1.12600M -0.20500M -0.51600M -0.38900M -0.77500M
Stock based compensation - - - - -
Other non cash items -52.06700M -6.18000M -5.66500M -5.85500M -6.25300M
Free cash flow 47.45M 43.67M 46.16M 42.63M 25.86M

Peer Comparison

Sector: Financial Services Industry: Asset Management

Company Change (GBX) Price (GBX) Trailing PE (x) Forward PE (x) Price Sales TTM (x) Price to Book Value (x) Enterprise Value to Revenue (x)
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust PLC
-8.0 0.50% 1606.00 12.81 - 10.42 0.87 12.88
FP
Fondul Proprietatea S.A. GDR
- -% 4.20 - - 19.30 38.04
MNTN
Schiehallion Fund Ltd
-0.06 2.69% 2.17 0.05 - 4.35 1.25 5.65
BHMU
BH Macro Limited
0.02 0.45% 4.44 0.09 - 39.01 0.71 6.47
TFG
Tetragon Financial Group Ltd
-0.05 0.40% 12.40 0.02 7.04 1.16 0.31 2.06 6.56

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Profile

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Aberforth Partners LLP. The fund invests in public equity markets of the United Kingdom. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in value stocks of small-cap companies. It employs fundamental analysis with both bottom-up and top-down stock picking approaches with the focus on factors like businesses financial statements and assessment of their market positions to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Numis Smaller Companies Index (Excluding Investment Companies). Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc was formed on December 10, 1990 and is domiciled in the United Kingdom.

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust PLC

14 Melville Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, EH3 7NS

Key Executives

Name Title Year Born
Mr. Richard Mark Jonathan Newbery BA (Hons) Portfolio Mang. 1960
Mr. Euan Robin Macdonald BA (Hons) Portfolio Mang. 1971
Mr. Richard Mark Jonathan Newbery BA (Hons) Portfolio Manager 1960
Mr. Euan Robin Macdonald BA (Hons) Portfolio Manager 1971

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