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ASL.L

ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRUClosed

1,866.00+18.00 +0.97%GBp

LSE · as of Oct 14, 11:37 ET · 15m delay

Open

1,850.00

Prev close

1,848.00

Day range

1,840.001,874.36

52-week range

1,408.071,874.36

Volume

170.96K0.75×

Mkt cap

1.41B

P/E ttm

16.23

Fwd P/E

—

EPS ttm

1.15

Div yield

2.59%

Earnings

—

From 52w high

−0.45%

Price Chart

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ASL.LOct 14, 2026O 1,850.00H 1,874.35L 1,840.00C 1,866.00+18.00 (+0.97%)Vol 170.96K

SMA 501,760.76
SMA 2001,648.83

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ASL.L ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRU · Last Guard Finance

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Key Statistics

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Performance

1 week: +3.55%
1 month: +8.36%
3 months: +7.24%
6 months: +20.85%
Year to date: +18.55%
1 year: +22.12%

Valuation & ownership

Market cap: 1.41B
Enterprise value: 1.52B
P/E (ttm): 16.23
Forward P/E: —
PEG ratio: —
Price / book: 103.82
Price / sales (ttm): 12.97
EV / EBITDA: —
EPS (ttm): 1.15
EPS (forward): —
Beta (5y monthly): 0.91
Dividend yield: 2.59%
Payout ratio: 40.65%
Shares outstanding: 75.63M
Float: 32.28M
Short % of float: —
Short ratio (days): —
Held by insiders: 4.51%
Held by institutions: 45.48%
Avg volume (3m): 228.81K
50-day average: 1,759.04
200-day average: 1,650.23
52-week change: +22.12%
S&P 500 52-week: +17.00%

Technicals (daily)

RSI (14): overbought 74.8
vs 50-day SMA: +5.98%
vs 200-day SMA: +13.17%
50 / 200-day trend: ▲ 50 above 200
MACD vs signal: ▲ above
ATR (14) % of price: 1.44%
Realised vol (20d, ann.): 11.8%
From 52-week high: −0.45%
From 52-week low: +32.52%

ANR

Analyst Consensus

No analyst coverage for this instrument.

Financial Snapshot

Full statements →trailing twelve months

Revenue (ttm): 108.77M
Revenue growth (yoy): −6.30%
Earnings growth (yoy): −2.30%
Gross margin: 100.00%
Operating margin: 91.95%
Profit margin: 83.43%

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About ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRU

Yahoo Finance profile

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.

Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Asset Management
Headquarters: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Website: aberforth.co.uk
Officers: Mr. Richard Mark Jonathan Newbery BA (Hons) Portfolio Manager
Mr. Euan Robin Macdonald BA (Hons) Portfolio Manager

SEAS

Seasonality · ASL.L

2007–2026 · monthly returns

Strongest month Apr +4.67%Weakest month Jun −2.61%Averages use completed years only. Past seasonality doesn't predict future returns.

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
2026	13.7	3.5	-21.7	5.7	15.2	-7.5	4.4	4.5	2.1	2.6			+18.6%
2025	-1.5	-6.6	-3.0	4.1	20.3	-6.4	2.3	6.7	-8.5	1.0	7.6	-5.9	+7.1%
2024	-9.8	-3.9	19.0	-6.5	6.7	8.6	0.3	3.7	-9.1	-6.2	9.8	-9.4	−1.3%
2023	-2.9	-1.6	-9.4	18.1	-14.3	-1.0	3.4	-3.9	13.5	-17.7	13.6	14.6	+4.8%
2022	-1.8	-7.8	3.9	11.8	-15.3	-10.0	20.6	-16.8	-7.5	7.0	10.6	10.2	−2.9%
2021	4.2	8.9	6.1	-0.3	1.6	0.5	13.6	-7.5	-6.3	11.7	-17.8	5.9	+17.3%
2020	-6.6	-8.1	-37.8	9.5	8.0	-4.9	-11.7	6.3	-3.5	18.0	19.1	6.1	−19.0%
2019	7.6	1.0	8.5	-5.3	-1.9	7.6	-11.2	10.5	-5.3	4.3	9.3	8.4	+35.3%
2018	-10.9	-4.9	13.1	-3.1	1.6	8.5	-11.1	-1.7	11.0	-18.3	-0.5	-6.6	−24.7%
2017	-9.6	3.8	0.0	21.3	-8.4	-5.3	4.6	-1.5	15.4	-11.3	-1.0	15.8	+19.5%
2016	-3.0	-14.3	1.4	15.9	-8.1	-15.3	27.1	-10.6	2.3	-5.9	-0.7	28.2	+6.0%
2015	7.3	6.7	-13.7	1.9	20.5	-8.5	-0.8	0.0	-7.6	13.5	-8.2	4.8	+11.3%
2014	1.6	10.7	-8.2	2.0	3.1	-12.1	2.1	10.3	-7.5	-0.4	4.4	-5.4	−2.1%
2013	8.0	6.1	13.3	-11.1	5.0	7.4	-1.3	12.4	-2.0	2.2	10.3	-1.4	+57.4%
2012	16.2	8.1	2.5	-3.0	-8.7	1.6	2.7	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.3	3.8	+38.8%
2011	6.6	-0.9	-1.0	1.9	4.7	-2.9	1.1	-14.7	-9.0	-0.7	-1.2	-5.0	−20.8%
2010	-0.3	-4.8	6.6	1.9	-7.1	0.1	3.7	-3.5	9.3	5.3	-2.6	10.1	+18.4%
2009	-2.1	6.0	3.3	25.4	-1.3	0.1	3.9	10.7	3.7	-6.5	-3.9	6.7	+52.0%
2008	-3.9	5.3	-4.9	4.8	1.4	-11.0	-4.1	4.3	-16.8	-17.4	-7.9	3.9	−40.2%
2007	5.7	-3.0	5.9	-0.5	2.0	-6.5	-0.7	-2.8	-6.1	4.4	-12.6	-4.6	−18.8%

INSD

Insider Activity · ASL.L

Market-wide insider buying →Congress trades →SEC Form 4 filings via Yahoo Finance

Buys, 6 months

0 shares

Sells, 6 months

— shares

Net shares

Net change in insider shares

—

Date	Insider	Transaction	Shares	Value
Sep 2, 2026	Rathbone Unit Trust Management Ltd	—	9K	—
Aug 5, 2026	Rathbone Unit Trust Management Ltd	—	25.5K	—
Aug 4, 2026	Rathbone Unit Trust Management Ltd	—	8.9K	—
Jul 26, 2026	Rathbone Unit Trust Management Ltd	—	1.05M	—
May 21, 2026	Brewin Dolphin Limited	—	311.1K	—
Apr 9, 2026	Smith & Williamson Holdings	—	240.5K	—
Jan 28, 2026	Warner (Martin R)	—	0	—
Jan 28, 2026	Stewart (Victoria)	—	0	—
Jan 28, 2026	Smith & Williamson Holdings	—	0	—
Jan 28, 2026	Rathbone Unit Trust Management Ltd	—	0	—
Jan 28, 2026	Integrafin Holdings Plc	—	0	—
Jan 28, 2026	Dimond (Patricia)	—	0	—
Jan 28, 2026	Davidson (Richard)	—	0	—
Jan 28, 2026	Brewin Dolphin Limited	—	0	—
Jan 28, 2026	Bains (Jaz)	—	0	—
Jan 28, 2026	Allspring Global Investments Holdings, Llc	—	0	—
Dec 30, 2025	Dimond (Patricia)	—	0	—
Dec 30, 2025	Davidson (Richard)	—	0	—
Dec 30, 2025	Brewin Dolphin Limited	—	0	—
Dec 30, 2025	Bains (Jaz)	—	0	—

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About ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRU

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