LON:BSVBritish Smaller Companies VCT 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 British Smaller Companies VCT plc Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add GBX 62 +2.50 (+4.20 %) (As of 08/13/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Share Today's Range 61Now: GBX 62▼ 6150-Day Range 59.50MA: GBX 59.91▼ 61.5052-Week Range 0.60Now: GBX 62▼ 73.67Volume12,940 shsAverage Volume3,136 shsMarket Capitalization£85.50 millionP/E Ratio12.40Dividend Yield16.54%BetaN/A ProfileChartDividendHeadlinesOptions Chain British Smaller Companies VCT plc is a venture capital trust (VCT). The principal activity of the Company is making long term equity and loan investments, mainly in unquoted businesses. The Company's objective is to provide investors with long-term tax free dividend yield while seeking to maintain the capital value of their investment, and maintain the Company's status as a venture capital trust. The Company invests in the United Kingdom businesses across a range of sectors, including software, information technology and telecommunications, business services, manufacturing and industrial services, retail and brands, and healthcare. The Company invests in a range of VCT qualifying securities, which may include ordinary and preference shares and fixed income securities, such as corporate bonds and gilts. The Company's investment advisor is YFM Private Equity Limited. YFM Private Equity Limited is a subsidiary of YFM Equity Partners LLP.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 0.0 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingThere is not enough analysis data for British Smaller Companies VCT. Previous Next 2.9 Community Rank Outperform VotesBritish Smaller Companies VCT has received 37 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesBritish Smaller Companies VCT has received 26 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentBritish Smaller Companies VCT has received 58.73% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about British Smaller Companies VCT and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe BSV will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe BSV will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 2.5 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipBritish Smaller Companies VCT is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 16.54%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthBritish Smaller Companies VCT does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of British Smaller Companies VCT is 2.20%. 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, British Smaller Companies VCT insiders have not sold or bought any company stock. Previous Next 1.4 Earnings and Valuation Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of British Smaller Companies VCT is 12.40, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 17.49.Price to Book Value per Share RatioBritish Smaller Companies VCT has a P/B Ratio of 0.86. 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: 2.5Insider Behavior: 0.0Valuation: 1.4 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.37 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange LON Industry N/A Sub-IndustryN/A SectorN/A Current SymbolLON:BSV Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webwww.yfmep.com Phone+44-113-2945000Debt Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A Current Ratio223.99 Quick Ratio223.99Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio12.40 Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£8.53 million Price / Sales10.02 Cash FlowGBX 23.97 per share Price / Cash Flow2.59 Book ValueGBX 72.40 per share Price / Book0.86Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/AMiscellaneous EmployeesN/A Outstanding Shares137,907,008Market Cap£85.50 million Next Earnings DateN/A OptionableOptionable GBX 62 +2.50 (+4.20 %) (As of 08/13/2020 04:00 PM ET) 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart Receive BSV News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for BSV and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. British Smaller Companies VCT (LON:BSV) Frequently Asked Questions How has British Smaller Companies VCT's stock price been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? British Smaller Companies VCT's stock was trading at GBX 71 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BSV stock has decreased by 12.7% and is now trading at GBX 62. View which stocks have been most impacted by COVID-19. How often does British Smaller Companies VCT pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for British Smaller Companies VCT? British Smaller Companies VCT declared a dividend on Wednesday, June 24th. Investors of record on Thursday, July 2nd will be given a dividend of GBX 2 per share on Friday, July 31st. This represents a yield of 3.25%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 2nd. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View British Smaller Companies VCT's dividend history. Has British Smaller Companies VCT been receiving favorable news coverage? Headlines about BSV stock have been trending extremely negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. British Smaller Companies VCT earned a news impact score of -4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about British Smaller Companies VCT. What is British Smaller Companies VCT's stock symbol? British Smaller Companies VCT trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "BSV." How do I buy shares of British Smaller Companies VCT? Shares of BSV 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 British Smaller Companies VCT's stock price today? One share of BSV stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 62. How big of a company is British Smaller Companies VCT? British Smaller Companies VCT has a market capitalization of £85.50 million and generates £8.53 million in revenue each year. What is British Smaller Companies VCT's official website? The official website for British Smaller Companies VCT is www.yfmep.com. How can I contact British Smaller Companies VCT? British Smaller Companies VCT's mailing address is 5th Floor Valiant Building 14 South Parade, LEEDS, LS1 5QS, United Kingdom. The company can be reached via phone at +44-113-2945000. This page was last updated on 8/13/2020 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. View which stocks are hot on social media with MarketBeat's trending stocks report. Advanced Stock Screeners and Research Tools Identify stocks that meet your criteria using seven unique stock screeners. 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