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Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL)

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Equity Investment Instruments

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842.00p

Change Today:

-2.00p
52 Week High: 860.50
52 Week Low: 548.00

Currency: UK Pounds
Shares Issued: 95.56m
Volume: 105,388

Market Cap: £804.60m
RiskGrade: 67
Beta: 0.64

ASL Overview

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust’s objective is to achieve a net asset value total return (with dividends reinvested) greater than on the Hoare Govett Smaller Companies Index (Excluding Investment Companies) over the long term by investing in a diversified portfolio of small UK quoted companies.

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Financials

	Latest	F'cast
Div Yield	2.6%	0.0%
Div Cover	1.2	n/a
Op Mrgn	91.1%	n/a
ROCE	3.3%

	Latest	F'cast
P/E	32.3	n/a
PEG	4.0	n/a
Pr/Revenue	28.7	n/a
Pr/Book	1.0

	Latest	F'cast
Revenue	5.9%	-100.0%
PBT	7.6%	-100.0%
EPS	8.0%	-100.0%
DPS	7.2%	-100.0%

ASL Fundamentals

Year Ending	Revenue (£m)	Pre-tax (£m)	EPS	P/E	PEG	EPS Grth.	Div	Yield
31-Dec-08	24.89	22.24	22.75p	15.4	0.6	+24%	19.00p	5.4%
31-Dec-09	19.28	16.81	17.35p	30.8	n/a	-24%	19.00p	3.6%
31-Dec-10	20.58	17.52	18.11p	34.9	8.7	+4%	19.00p	3.0%
31-Dec-11	26.50	23.26	24.13p	20.8	0.6	+33%	20.75p	4.1%
31-Dec-12	28.07	25.03	26.07p	26.7	3.3	+8%	22.25p	3.2%

ASL Forecasts

Year Ending	Revenue (£m)	Pre-tax (£m)	EPS	P/E	PEG	EPS Grth.	Div	Yield
31-Dec-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	-100%	n/a	0.0%

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust forecasts

ASL Company Announcements

ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC - Net Asse...	24-May-2013	09:27	PR Newswire
ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC - Net Asse...	23-May-2013	09:29	PR Newswire
ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST PLC - Net Asse...	22-May-2013	09:26	PR Newswire

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ASL ShareCast News

AZ Electronic Materials CEO sells 46,000 shares	04-May-2012	ShareCast
Hunting CEO ditches 100,000 shares	01-May-2012	ShareCast
Aberforth NAV above its benchmark index	10-Apr-2012	ShareCast

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ASL Top Newspaper Links

Aberforth flagship fund misses benchmark	21-Jul-2006	The Herald
Laura Ashley falls again	02-May-2002	The Scotsman
Stockmarket	20-Jul-2000	Times

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

ASL Market Data

Currency	UK Pounds
Share Price	842.00p
Change Today	-2.00p
% Change	-0.24 %
52 Week High	860.50
52 Week Low	548.00
Volume	105,388
Shares Issued	95.56m
Market Cap	£804.60m
Beta	0.64
RiskGrade	67