Aberforth Smaller Companies Tst(ASL)

Sector:

Equity Investment Instruments

Index:

FTSE 250

Market Cap

£535.79m

Change Today

Price Down-3.00p

Share Price

543.00p

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.

1 Day Chart (05-Sep-2008)

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6 Month Chart

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Income & Efficiency

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 2.8% 0.0%
Div Cover 1.2 n/a
Op Mrgn 92.2% n/a
ROCE 2.5%  

Valuation

Latest F'cast
P/E 29.5 n/a
PEG 2.4 n/a
Pr/Revenue 27.1 n/a
Pr/Book 0.7  

Growth

Latest F'cast
Revenue 3.4% n/a
PBT 12.0% n/a
EPS 12.1% n/a
DPS 13.4% n/a

ASL Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-03 a11.43 a10.03 11.59p 34.1 n/a n/a 10.10p 2.6%
31-Dec-04 a15.15 a13.09 13.24p 39.4 2.8 +14% 11.00p 2.1%
31-Dec-05 a16.79 a14.32 14.50p 44.1 4.4 +10% 11.85p 1.9%
31-Dec-06 19.11 16.21 16.40p 44.1 3.4 +13% 13.40p 1.9%
31-Dec-07 19.75 18.16 18.38p 31.9 2.7 +12% 15.20p 2.6%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

ASL Company Announcements

Holding(s) in Company 03-Sep-2008 16:15 RNS
Holding(s) in Company 27-Aug-2008 15:33 RNS
Notification of Major Interes 07-Jul-2008 15:53 RNS

ASL ShareCast News

Ennstone director builds up stake 22-Apr-2008 ShareCast
Anite chief buys again 11-Oct-2007 ShareCast
Emblaze president lifts stake 08-Oct-2007 ShareCast

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

Latest ASL Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
04-Sep-08 Buy Dividends J E G Cran 552.50p 301 £1,663.03

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

ASL Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 543.00p Price Down
Change Today -3.00p
52 Week High 712.00
52 Week Low 474.00
Volume 128,882
Shares Issued 98.67m
Market Cap £535.79m
Beta 0.76
RiskGrade 123

ASL Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
more star ratings
Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
62.69% below the market average62.69% below the market average62.69% below the market average62.69% below the market average62.69% below the market average
2.77% above the sector average2.77% above the sector average2.77% above the sector average2.77% above the sector average2.77% above the sector average
Price Trend
13.64% above the market average13.64% above the market average13.64% above the market average13.64% above the market average13.64% above the market average
20.42% below the sector average20.42% below the sector average20.42% below the sector average20.42% below the sector average20.42% below the sector average
Income
35.27% below the market average35.27% below the market average35.27% below the market average35.27% below the market average35.27% below the market average
62.96% above the sector average62.96% above the sector average62.96% above the sector average62.96% above the sector average62.96% above the sector average
Growth
72.22% below the market average72.22% below the market average72.22% below the market average72.22% below the market average72.22% below the market average
55.11% below the sector average55.11% below the sector average55.11% below the sector average55.11% below the sector average55.11% below the sector average

ASL Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Interim 2nd Interim
Ex-Div 30-Jul-08 30-Jan-08
Paid 21-Aug-08 21-Feb-08
Amount 6.00p 10.50p

Trades for 05-Sep-2008

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 10,424 @ 543.00p
16:24 347 @ 542.00p
16:24 653 @ 542.00p
16:23 653 @ 542.00p
16:23 4,413 @ 541.00p

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