British Smaller Companies VCT (LON:BSV) Shares Down 2% - Here's What Happened

Key Points

• Shares of British Smaller Companies VCT fell by 2%, trading at GBX 73.50 ($0.98), with an extremely low trading volume of just 9 shares.
• The company reported earnings per share (EPS) of GBX 0.80 ($0.01) in its last earnings report, with a return on equity of 3.73%.
• British Smaller Companies VCT operates as a venture capital trust, specializing in multiple investment strategies for both qualified and non-qualified companies.

Shares of British Smaller Companies VCT (LON:BSV - Get Free Report) were down 2% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as low as GBX 73.50 ($0.98) and last traded at GBX 73.50 ($0.98). Approximately 9 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 100% from the average daily volume of 166,862 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 75 ($1.00).

British Smaller Companies VCT Price Performance

The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 76.15 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 75.68. The company has a market cap of £222.17 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.63 and a beta of 0.02.

British Smaller Companies VCT (LON:BSV - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Friday, June 13th. The company reported GBX 0.80 ($0.01) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. British Smaller Companies VCT had a return on equity of 3.73% and a net margin of 66.78%.

About British Smaller Companies VCT

British Smaller Companies VCT plc is a venture capital trust specializing in investments in early stage, mid and late venture, later stage, recapitalizations, growing capital-consuming businesses, acquisition funding and business development in mature, VCT qualifying and non-qualifying unquoted and quoted companies listed on alternative investment market and ISDX.

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