The Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT)

Sector:

Investment Firms

Index:

FTSE 250

 196.80p
   
  • Change Today:
      0.000p
  • 52 Week High: 197.59
  • 52 Week Low: 161.80
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 413.38m
  • Volume: 494,967
  • Market Cap: £813.53m
  • 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 21.7 n/a
PEG 0.1 n/a
Pr/Revenue 16.1 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 03-Jul-2026 17:12 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 03-Jul-2026 13:13 RNS
Net Asset Value(s) 02-Jul-2026 12:41 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

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 196.80p
Change Today 0.000p
% Change 0.00 %
52 Week High 197.59
52 Week Low 161.80
Volume 494,967
Shares Issued 413.38m
Market Cap £813.53m
Beta 0.00

GSCT Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
54.22% below the market average54.22% below the market average54.22% below the market average54.22% below the market average54.22% below the market average
40.74% below the sector average40.74% below the sector average40.74% below the sector average40.74% below the sector average40.74% below the sector average
Price Trend
31.33% above the market average31.33% above the market average31.33% above the market average31.33% above the market average31.33% above the market average
13.71% above the sector average13.71% above the sector average13.71% above the sector average13.71% above the sector average13.71% above the sector average
Income
71.79% below the market average71.79% below the market average71.79% below the market average71.79% below the market average71.79% below the market average
77.55% below the sector average77.55% below the sector average77.55% below the sector average77.55% below the sector average77.55% below the sector average
Growth
17.12% below the market average17.12% below the market average17.12% below the market average17.12% below the market average17.12% 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 06-Aug-26 29-Dec-25
Paid 18-Sep-26 29-Jan-26
Amount 2.45p 0.70p

Trades for 03-Jul-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
16:35 35,000 @ 196.80p
16:35 72,174 @ 196.80p
16:35 10,622 @ 196.80p
16:35 20,000 @ 196.80p
16:35 5,702 @ 196.80p

GSCT Key Personnel

Chair Graham Oldroyd

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