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The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC

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The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC

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  • Price (GBX)214.00
  • Today's Change6.00 / 2.88%
  • Shares traded679.85k
  • 1 Year change+16.05%
  • Beta1.2835
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Year on year The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC grew revenues 5.35% from 97.52m to 102.73m while net income improved 6.08% from 84.90m to 90.06m.
Gross margin96.83%
Net profit margin95.23%
Operating margin95.90%
Return on assets22.84%
Return on equity25.13%
Return on investment25.13%
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The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC has a Debt to Total Capital ratio of 5.63%.
Current ratio0.092
Quick ratio--
Total debt/total equity0.0597
Total debt/total capital0.0563
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Growth rates in GBP

Year on year, both dividends per share and earnings per share excluding extraordinary items growth increased 2.08% and 13.19%, respectively. The positive trend in dividend payments is noteworthy since only some companies in the Investment Services industry pay a dividend. Additionally when measured on a five year annualized basis, both dividend per share and earnings per share growth ranked above the industry average relative to its peers.
Div yield(5 year avg)2.52%
Div growth rate (5 year)12.25%
Payout ratio (TTM)9.06%
EPS growth(5 years)48.08
EPS (TTM) vs
TTM 1 year ago		2,837.71
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