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 889 -1.00 (-0.11 %) (As of 07/13/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range 884Now: GBX 889▼ 89850-Day Range 831MA: GBX 937.12▼ 1,02052-Week Range 608.25Now: GBX 889▼ 1,547.68Volume156,099 shsAverage Volume158,212 shsMarket Capitalization£795.95 millionP/E Ratio2.68Dividend 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 2.68, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 16.75.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is 2.68, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 12.74.Price to Book Value per Share RatioAberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a P/B Ratio of 0.57. 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 Ratio2.68 Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£312.61 million Price / Sales2.55 Cash FlowGBX 0.20 per share Price / Cash Flow4,491.41 Book ValueGBX 1,570.10 per share Price / Book0.57Profitability 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£795.95 million Next Earnings Date7/28/2020 (Estimated) OptionableNot Optionable LSE:ASL Rates by TradingView 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 COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ASL shares have decreased by 19.8% and is now trading at GBX 889. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. When is Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's next earnings date? Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 28th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust. 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 dividend yield of 1.77%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 6th. This is a boost from Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's previous dividend of GBX 10. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust's dividend history. Has Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust been receiving favorable news coverage? News articles about ASL stock have trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust earned a media sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. 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 Norbord (OSB), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Quilter (QLT), Challenger (CGF), Old Mutual (OMU), Alliance Trust (ATST), Milton (MLT), Monks Investment Trust (MNKS), Big Banc Split (BNK), Magellan Global Trust (MGG), Platinum Asset Management (PTM), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Worldwide Healthcare Trust (WWH) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIPC). 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 889. How big of a company is Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust? Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a market capitalization of £795.95 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. 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