LON:ASLAberforth Smaller Companies Trust Share Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add GBX 812 -4.00 (-0.49 %) (As of 07/14/2020) Add Compare Share Today's Range 805Now: GBX 812▼ 831.7650-Day Range 815MA: GBX 911.40▼ 98752-Week Range 9.12Now: GBX 812▼ 1,547.68Volume157,012 shsAverage Volume158,212 shsMarket Capitalization£727.01 millionP/E Ratio2.44Dividend Yield3.70%BetaN/A ProfileAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendInsider TradesHeadlines 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.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 0.0 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingThere is not enough analysis data for Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust. Previous Next 2.9 Community Rank Outperform VotesAberforth Smaller Companies Trust has received 83 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesAberforth Smaller Companies Trust has received 62 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentAberforth Smaller Companies Trust has received 57.24% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe ASL will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe ASL will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 1.7 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldAberforth Smaller Companies Trust pays a meaningful dividend of 3.70%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthAberforth Smaller Companies Trust does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is 9.63%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Previous Next 0.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust insiders have not sold or bought any company stock. Previous Next 1.9 Earnings and Valuation Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is 2.44, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 16.48.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is 2.44, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 10.03.Price to Book Value per Share RatioAberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a P/B Ratio of 0.52. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 0.0Community Rank: 2.9Dividend Strength: 1.7Insider Behavior: 0.0Valuation: 1.9 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.29 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange LON Industry Asset Management Sub-IndustryN/A SectorFinancial Services Current SymbolLON:ASL Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webwww.aberforth.co.uk PhoneN/ADebt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.98 Current Ratio0.22 Quick Ratio0.22Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio2.44 Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£312.61 million Price / Sales2.33 Cash FlowGBX 0.18 per share Price / Cash Flow4,491.41 Book ValueGBX 1,570.10 per share Price / Book0.52Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/AMiscellaneous EmployeesN/A Outstanding Shares89,533,104Market Cap£727.01 million Next Earnings DateN/A OptionableNot Optionable GBX 812 -4.00 (-0.49 %) (As of 07/14/2020) 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart Receive ASL News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for ASL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ASL) Frequently Asked Questions How has Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's stock was trading at GBX 1,108 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ASL shares have decreased by 26.7% and is now trading at GBX 812. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. How often does Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust? Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust announced a dividend on Tuesday, July 28th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 6th will be paid a dividend of GBX 10.40 per share on Friday, August 28th. This represents a yield of 1.23%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 6th. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's dividend history. Has Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust been receiving favorable news coverage? News stories about ASL stock have been trending somewhat negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust earned a media sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust. Who are some of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust include Ashmore Group (ASHM), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Quilter (QLT), Challenger (CGF), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Alliance Trust (ATST), Milton (MLT), Old Mutual (OMU), Monks Investment Trust (MNKS), Big Banc Split (BNK), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Magellan Global Trust (MGG), Platinum Asset Management (PTM), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIPC) and Worldwide Healthcare Trust (WWH). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust investors own include Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Aldeyra Therapeutics (ALDX), Ares Capital (ARCC), Walt Disney (DIS), Enbridge (ENB), FDM Group (FDM), First Solar (FSLR), Fortress Transprtn and Infr Investrs (FTAI), Landmark Infrastructure Partners LP Unit (LMRK) and NCC Group (NCC). Who are Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's key executives? Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's management team includes the following people: Mr. Richard Mark Jonathan Newbery BA (Hons), Portfolio Mang. (Age 58)Mr. Euan Robin Macdonald BA (Hons), Portfolio Mang. (Age 47) What is Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's stock symbol? Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "ASL." How do I buy shares of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust? Shares of ASL and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock. What is Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's stock price today? One share of ASL stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 812. How big of a company is Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust? Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a market capitalization of £727.01 million and generates £312.61 million in revenue each year. What is Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's official website? The official website for Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is www.aberforth.co.uk. This page was last updated on 8/4/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for $1.00 Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools: Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring View the latest news, buy/sell ratings, SEC filings and insider transactions for your stocks. Compare your portfolio performance to leading indices and get personalized stock ideas based on your portfolio. Stock Ideas and Recommendations Get daily stock ideas top-performing Wall Street analysts. Get short term trading ideas from the MarketBeat Idea Engine. 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