The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT)

Sector:

Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

189.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -1.20p
  • 52 Week High: 197.80p
  • 52 Week Low: 163.60p
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 407.47m
  • Volume: 299,011
  • Market Cap: £770.12m
  • Beta: 0.00

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 0.0% 0.0%
Div Cover n/a n/a
Op Mrgn 86.3% n/a
ROCE 5.3%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 21.5 n/a
PEG 0.1 n/a
Pr/Revenue 16.0 n/a
Pr/Book 1.0  
Latest F'cast
Revenue 389.9% n/a
PBT n/a n/a
EPS 428.0% n/a
DPS n/a n/a

GSCT Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
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%
31-Dec-25 17.03 (14.38) 1.70p 104.2 n/a -40% n/a 0.0%
30-Apr-26 16.41 13.83 8.97p 21.0 0.0 +428% n/a 0.0%

GSCT Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 16-Oct-2026 17:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 16-Oct-2026 13:57 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 16-Oct-2026 12:30 RNS

GSCT ShareCast News

Transaction in Own Shares 31-Dec-2025 ShareCast
Transaction in Own Shares 30-Dec-2025 ShareCast
Transaction in Own Shares 23-Dec-2025 ShareCast

GSCT Top Newspaper Links

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

Latest GSCT Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
14-Oct-26 Buy Dividends Bulbul Barrett 190.99p 157 £299.85
06-Oct-26 Sell Graham Oldroyd 190.26p 19 £36.15
21-Sep-26 Buy Dividends Graham Oldroyd 191.91p 513 £984.50

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 189.00p
Change Today -1.20p
% Change -0.63 %
52 Week High 197.80p
52 Week Low 163.60p
Volume 299,011
Shares Issued 407.47m
Market Cap £770.12m
Beta 0.00

GSCT Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
28.27% below the market average28.27% below the market average28.27% below the market average28.27% below the market average28.27% below the market average
9.39% above the sector average9.39% above the sector average9.39% above the sector average9.39% above the sector average9.39% above the sector average
Price Trend
49.34% above the market average49.34% above the market average49.34% above the market average49.34% above the market average49.34% above the market average
48.12% above the sector average48.12% above the sector average48.12% above the sector average48.12% above the sector average48.12% above the sector average
Income Not Available
Growth
88.07% above the market average88.07% above the market average88.07% above the market average88.07% above the market average88.07% above the market average
83.74% above the sector average83.74% above the sector average83.74% above the sector average83.74% above the sector average83.74% above the sector average

GSCT Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 06-Aug-26 29-Dec-25
Paid 18-Sep-26 29-Jan-26
Amount 2.45p 0.70p

Trades for 16-Oct-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
16:36 150,000 @ 189.00p
16:35 23,103 @ 189.00p
16:35 4,563 @ 189.00p
16:35 1,418 @ 189.00p
16:35 3,837 @ 189.00p

GSCT Key Personnel

Chair Graham Oldroyd

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