LON:ASL - Aberforth 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 1,226 -80.00 (-6.13 %) (As of 02/28/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Today's Range 1,192.91Now: GBX 1,226▼ 1,30450-Day Range 1,226MA: GBX 1,446.28▼ 1,50852-Week Range 13.72Now: GBX 1,226▼ 1,547.68Volume540,869 shsAverage Volume158,212 shsMarket Capitalization£1.10 billionP/E RatioN/ADividend Yield2.06%BetaN/A ProfileAdvanced ChartDividendInsider TradesHeadlines Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on StocktwitsPrint this articleShare by Email 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. Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange LON Industry Asset Management Sub-IndustryN/A SectorFinancial Services Current SymbolLON:ASL Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webhttp://www.aberforth.co.uk/ PhoneN/ADebt Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.43 Current Ratio0.36 Quick Ratio0.36Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E RatioN/A Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£-139,668,992.00 Price / Sales-7.86 Cash FlowGBX 0.34 per share Price / Cash Flow3,595.00 Book ValueGBX 1,350.30 per share Price / Book0.91Profitability 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£1.10 billion Next Earnings DateN/A OptionableNot Optionable 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. LSE:ASL Rates by TradingView Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ASL) Frequently Asked Questions 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 often does Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust? Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust declared a dividend on Wednesday, January 29th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 6th will be given a dividend of GBX 26 per share on Friday, March 6th. This represents a yield of 1.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 6th. This is a boost from Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's previous dividend of $10.00. The official announcement can be accessed 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 trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust earned a media sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for 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 Grenke (GLJ), Old Mutual (OMU), Ashmore Group (ASHM), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Norbord (OSB), Milton (MLT), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Quilter (QLT), Investec (INVP), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Alliance Trust (ATST), Pendal Group (PDL), Platinum Asset Management (PTM), Magellan Global Trust (MGG) and Man Group (EMG). 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 FDM Group (FDM), NCC Group (NCC), Photo-Me International (PHTM), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB), Shanta Gold (SHG), Somero Enterprises (SOM), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), VPC Specialty Lending Investments (VSL), Aldeyra Therapeutics (ALDX) and Ares Capital (ARCC). Who are Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's key executives? Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's management team includes the folowing people: Mr. Richard Mark Jonathan Newbery BA (Hons), Portfolio Mang. (Age 58)Mr. Euan Robin Macdonald BA (Hons), Portfolio Mang. (Age 47) 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 1,226. How big of a company is Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust? Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a market capitalization of £1.10 billion and generates £-139,668,992.00 in revenue each year. View Additional Information About Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust. What is Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's official website? The official website for Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is http://www.aberforth.co.uk/. MarketBeat Community Rating for Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (LON ASL)Community Ranking: 2.9 out of 5 ( )Outperform Votes: 83 (Vote Outperform)Underperform Votes: 62 (Vote Underperform)Total Votes: 145MarketBeat'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. This page was last updated on 2/29/2020 by MarketBeat.com StaffFeatured Article: Diversification in Your Portfolio
