The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT)

Sector:

Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

167.00p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.60p
  • 52 Week High: 168.60
  • 52 Week Low: 136.60
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 440.32m
  • Volume: 339,979
  • Market Cap: £735.34m

GSCT Overview

The trust offers investor access to a broadly spread global smaller companies portfolio. The portfolio consists of individual smaller company investments within the US, UK and European markets, and fund holdings targeting smaller companies in Japan, Asia, Latin America and other smaller territories. The dividend of the Company has risen for 48 years in a row, benefiting from a growing income stream from the investment portfolio.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 1.8% 0.0%
Div Cover 0.9 n/a
Op Mrgn 86.7% n/a
ROCE 2.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 58.8 n/a
PEG n/a n/a
Pr/Revenue 43.2 n/a
Pr/Book 1.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -8.4% n/a
PBT -9.4% n/a
EPS n/a n/a
DPS 6.8% n/a

GSCT Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
30-Apr-21 10.22 8.08 1.26p 133.8 n/a -27% 1.75p 1.0%
30-Apr-22 13.42 10.99 1.82p 85.8 2.0 +44% 1.84p 1.2%
30-Apr-23 16.21 13.79 2.34p 61.8 2.1 +29% 2.30p 1.6%
30-Apr-24 18.60 15.88 2.84p 56.4 2.7 +21% 2.81p 1.8%
30-Apr-25 17.03 14.38 2.84p 52.3 n/a n/a 3.00p 2.0%

GSCT Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 15-Aug-2025 16:59 RNS
Directorate Change 15-Aug-2025 16:42 RNS
Statement re Share buyback authority 15-Aug-2025 16:27 RNS

GSCT ShareCast News

DS Smith, Just Eat and Halma join FTSE 100 as re... 30-Nov-2017 ShareCast

GSCT Top Newspaper Links

F&C trust suffers 3.5% NAV dip 13-Dec-2006 The Scotsman

Latest GSCT Director Deals

No deals were found in the last 28 days.

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 3: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 4: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 5: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

GSCT Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 167.00p
Change Today 0.60p
% Change 0.36 %
52 Week High 168.60
52 Week Low 136.60
Volume 339,979
Shares Issued 440.32m
Market Cap £735.34m

GSCT Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
53.54% below the market average53.54% below the market average53.54% below the market average53.54% below the market average53.54% below the market average
37.55% below the sector average37.55% below the sector average37.55% below the sector average37.55% below the sector average37.55% below the sector average
Price Trend
30.47% above the market average30.47% above the market average30.47% above the market average30.47% above the market average30.47% above the market average
11.71% above the sector average11.71% above the sector average11.71% above the sector average11.71% above the sector average11.71% above the sector average
Income
71.43% below the market average71.43% below the market average71.43% below the market average71.43% below the market average71.43% below the market average
78.46% below the sector average78.46% below the sector average78.46% below the sector average78.46% below the sector average78.46% below the sector average
Growth
17.25% below the market average17.25% below the market average17.25% below the market average17.25% below the market average17.25% below the market average
12.14% below the sector average12.14% below the sector average12.14% below the sector average12.14% below the sector average12.14% below the sector average

GSCT Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 10-Jul-25 24-Dec-24
Paid 20-Aug-25 23-Jan-25
Amount 2.30p 0.70p

Trades for 15-Aug-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
16:37 42,369 @ 167.00p
16:36 3,125 @ 167.00p
16:36 3,125 @ 167.00p
16:36 5,462 @ 167.00p
16:36 788 @ 167.00p

GSCT Key Personnel

Chair Graham Oldroyd

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