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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)223.50
  • Today's Change1.00 / 0.45%
  • Shares traded317.77k
  • 1 Year change+22.26%
  • Beta1.3492
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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 margin90.92%
Net profit margin87.66%
Operating margin89.17%
Return on assets12.72%
Return on equity13.76%
Return on investment13.76%
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The European Smaller Companies Trust PLC uses little debt in its capital structure as supported by a debt to capital ratio of 1.58%.
Current ratio0.5015
Quick ratio--
Total debt/total equity0.016
Total debt/total capital0.0158
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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)6.34%
EPS growth(5 years)48.08
EPS (TTM) vs
TTM 1 year ago		27.74
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