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Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc (ASL) Ordinary 1p Shares

Sell:1,468.00p Buy:1,478.00p 0 Change: No change
FTSE 250:0.75%
Market closed Prices as at close on 24 December 2024 Prices delayed by at least 15 minutes | Switch to live prices |
Sell:1,468.00p
Buy:1,478.00p
Change: No change
Market closed Prices as at close on 24 December 2024 Prices delayed by at least 15 minutes | Switch to live prices |
Sell:1,468.00p
Buy:1,478.00p
Change: No change
Market closed Prices as at close on 24 December 2024 Prices delayed by at least 15 minutes | Switch to live prices |
The selling price currently displayed is higher than the buying price. This can occur temporarily for a variety of reasons; shortly before the market opens, after the market closes or because of extraordinary price volatility during the trading day.
Open:
n/a
Trade high:
n/a
Year high:
1,690.00p
Estimated NAV:
1,650.25
Previous close:
1,478.00p
Trade low:
n/a
Year low:
1,272.00p
Premium/Discount:
-11.65%
Previous:
20.00p (1.37%)
Previous:
20.00p
Volume:
n/a
Dividend yield:
2.81%
Currency:
GBX
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Price

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ABERFTH.SMLL.CO performance chart

Premium/Discount

ABERFTH.SMLL.CO performance chart
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Performance

1 week 1W 1.65% 1 year 1Y 8.36%
1 month 1M 2.5% 2 years 2Y 12.48%
3 months 3M 4.65% 3 years 3Y 2.64%
6 months 6M 2.51% 5 years 5Y 2.38%

Performance figures are based on the previous close price. Past performance is not an indication of future performance.

Trust Basics

Benchmark: Deutsche Numis SC Ex Invt Com TR GBP
Annual management charge: 0.75% of Net Assets
Performance fee: No
Ongoing charge: 1.13%
Dividend yield: 2.81%
Dividend frequency: Semi-Annually
Total assets: £1,476m
Gross gearing: 6%
Market capitalisation:Market cap.: £1,239m
Shares in issue: 83.84 million
Legal structure Closed Ended Investment Company
Domicile: United Kingdom
ISIN GB0000066554

Recent dividends paid or declared by Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc:

Type Ex-div date Payment date Amount
Interim 08/08/2024 29/08/2024 13.60p
Final 08/02/2024 08/03/2024 28.55p
Special 08/02/2024 08/03/2024 9.00p
Interim 03/08/2023 25/08/2023 12.95p
Special 09/02/2023 08/03/2023 8.30p

This data is provided by Digital Look. HL accepts no responsibility for its accuracy and you should independently check data before making any investment decision.

Full dividend history

Five years' total annual Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc dividends:

Financial
year end
Dividend
yield
Dividend
cover
Total dividend
paid
31/12/2023 3.00% 1.44 50.50p
31/12/2022 3.00% 1.43 47.30p
31/12/2021 n/a 1.04 35.20p
31/12/2020 2.70% 0.40 33.30p
31/12/2019 2.10% 1.32 36.00p

All dividend data is calculated excluding any special dividends. Historical dividends may be adjusted to reflect any subsequent rights issues and corporate actions.

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Objective

To achieve a NAV total return (with dividends reinvested) greater than on the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding Investment Companies) over the long term, by investing in over 80 small UK quoted companies.

NET ASSET VALUE (NAV)

Estimated NAV: 1,650.25p
Latest actual NAV: 1,650.25p
Latest actual NAV date: 23 December 2024
Premium/Discount: -11.65%
12m average Premium/Discount: -10.63%
NAV frequency: Daily
Sector Weight
Industrials 29.46%
Consumer Cyclical 19.62%
Financial Services 19.28%
Consumer Defensive 9.76%
Communication Services 8.40%
Technology 6.75%
Basic Materials 6.29%
Real Estate 4.90%
Energy 1.66%
Country Weight
United Kingdom 103.08%
Singapore 1.91%
China 1.03%
Belgium 0.11%

Key Dates

Launch date: 10 December 1990
Financial year end: December
Next AGM: March 2025
Data policy - All information should be used for indicative purposes only. You should independently check data before making any investment decision. HL cannot guarantee that the data is accurate or complete, and accepts no responsibility for how it may be used. Prices provided by NBTrader. Charts provided by Factset. Dividend data provided by Digital Look. Recent trade data provided by MoneyAM. Trust basics, holding data, key dates, objective and NAV provided by Morningstar.

The London Stock Exchange does not disclose whether a trade is a buy or a sell so this data is estimated based on the trade price received and the LSE-quoted mid-price at the point the trade is placed. It should only be considered an indication and not a recommendation.

Trades priced above the mid-price at the time the trade is placed are labelled as a buy; those priced below the mid-price are sells; and those priced close to the mid-price or declared late are labelled 'N/A'.