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abrdn Asia Focus plc is a United Kingdom-based closed-end investment company. The Company’s investment objective is to maximize total return to shareholders over the long term from a portfolio made up predominantly of quoted smaller companies in the economies of Asia excluding Japan. The Company invests in a diversified portfolio of securities (including equity shares, preference shares, convertible securities, warrants and other equity-related securities) predominantly issued by quoted smaller companies spread across a range of industries and economies in the investment region. The Company may invest up to 10% of its net assets in collective investment schemes, and up to 10% of its net assets in unquoted companies, calculated at the time of investment. It invests in various sectors, including automobiles, banks, chemicals, consumer finance, financial services, food products, machinery, media, and pharmaceuticals. Its investment manager is abrdn Asia Limited.
- Revenue in GBP (TTM)92.48m
- Net income in GBP78.32m
- Incorporated1995
- Employees0.00
- Locationabrdn Asia Focus plc280 BishopsgateLONDON EC2M 4AGUnited KingdomGBR
- Websitehttps://www.asia-focus.co.uk/
Profile
| Management group(s) | abrdn Fund Managers Limited |
|---|---|
| AIC sector | Asia Pacific Smaller Companies |
| ISIN | GB00BMF19B58 |
| Launch date | 19 Oct 1995 |
| Share type | Ordinary Share |
| Structure | Investment Trust |
| Base currency | GBP |
Objective
The Company may invest in a diversified portfolio of securities (including equity shares, preference shares, convertible securities, warrants and other equity-related securities) predominantly issued by quoted smaller companies spread across a range of industries and economies in the Investment Region. The Investment Region includes Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, The Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, together with such other economies in Asia as approved by the Board.
Managed by
| Gabriel Sacks, Ng Xin Yao |
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Management & contract fees
The management fee is 0.85% of the first GBP250m, 0.6% of the next GBP500m and 0.5% of GBP750m and above. Contract terminable on notice period of 3 months.
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| Company | Revenue (TTM) | Net income (TTM) | Market cap | Employees | Price/earnings (TTM) | Price/book value (MRQ) | Price/cash flow (TTM) | Price/sales (TTM) | EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM) | EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM) | Revenue per share (TTM) | Book value per share (MRQ) | Asset turnover (TTM) | Inventory turnover (TTM) | Receivables turnover (TTM) | Revenues per employee (TTM) | Return on avg assets (TTM) | Return on avg assets (5 yr avg) | Return on investment (TTM) | Return on investment (5 yr avg) | Gross margin (TTM) | Gross margin (5 yr avg) | Net profit margin (TTM) | Net Profit margin (5 yr avg) | Quick ratio (MRQ) | Interest coverage (TTM) | Total debt to capital (MRQ) | Payout ratio (5 yr avg) | Revenue (YOY change %) | Revenue (5 yr growth rate) | Net income (YOY change %) | Net income (5 yr growth rate) | Capital expenditure (5 yr growth rate) | Dividend (5 yr growth rate) |
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| Schroder Asian Totl Retrn Invstmt Co PLC | 66.44m | 55.62m | 449.85m | 0.00 | 8.29 | 0.9449 | -- | 6.77 | 0.5803 | 0.5803 | 0.6966 | 5.09 | 0.1332 | -- | 88.76 | -- | 11.15 | 6.82 | 12.00 | 7.38 | 88.08 | 85.84 | 83.72 | 81.86 | -- | -- | 0.00 | 28.55 | 52.71 | 4.58 | 57.22 | 3.66 | -- | 12.09 |
| Blackrock Throgmorton Trust PLC | 91.56m | 86.32m | 458.18m | 0.00 | 6.58 | 0.8743 | -- | 5.00 | 0.9071 | 0.9071 | 0.996 | 6.83 | 0.1536 | -- | 60.77 | -- | 14.48 | 1.46 | 14.73 | 1.49 | 95.13 | 63.46 | 94.28 | 59.00 | -- | -- | 0.003 | 123.29 | 987.95 | -1.47 | 648.11 | -1.14 | -- | 12.03 |
| Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) PLC | 266.54m | 15.90m | 467.13m | 936.00 | 29.53 | 6.34 | 19.76 | 1.75 | 0.273 | 0.273 | 4.60 | 1.27 | 1.67 | -- | 27.93 | 284,761.80 | 10.08 | 12.45 | 15.64 | 19.58 | 30.73 | 28.48 | 6.03 | 6.83 | -- | -- | 0.1938 | 106.41 | 11.27 | 13.15 | 18.04 | 1.86 | 74.15 | 10.01 |
| Pantheon Infrastructure PLC | 82.19m | 72.13m | 475.65m | 0.00 | 6.61 | 0.8594 | -- | 5.79 | 0.1536 | 0.1536 | 0.1751 | 1.18 | 0.1539 | -- | 92.92 | -- | 13.50 | -- | 13.64 | -- | 90.96 | -- | 87.76 | -- | -- | -- | 0.00 | -- | 45.58 | -- | 45.46 | -- | -- | -- |
| Pollen Street Group Ltd | 118.45m | 49.60m | 477.90m | 86.00 | 10.07 | 0.7917 | 9.20 | 4.03 | 0.7883 | 0.7883 | 1.88 | 10.03 | 0.1451 | -- | 4.43 | 1,377,279.00 | 6.07 | 4.54 | 6.86 | 5.11 | -- | -- | 41.87 | 42.05 | -- | 4.63 | 0.2503 | -- | 14.82 | 13.56 | 24.18 | 9.71 | -- | -- |
| Polar Capital Holdings plc | 226.11m | 35.31m | 478.89m | 200.00 | 13.07 | 3.56 | 12.29 | 2.12 | 0.3608 | 0.3608 | 2.31 | 1.32 | 1.03 | -- | 10.29 | 1,130,540.00 | 16.13 | 19.23 | 24.93 | 29.74 | 87.72 | 89.48 | 15.62 | 21.38 | -- | 319.32 | 0.0276 | 96.71 | 14.44 | 8.16 | -13.44 | -2.55 | 14.12 | 6.87 |
| Octopus Apollo VCT PLC | 42.40m | 24.11m | 486.20m | 0.00 | 17.22 | 0.9214 | -- | 11.47 | 0.027 | 0.027 | 0.0489 | 0.5047 | 0.0931 | -- | 50.84 | -- | 5.29 | 7.07 | 5.52 | 7.40 | 65.26 | 67.92 | 56.86 | 60.35 | -- | 3,445.29 | 0.00 | 93.86 | 284.30 | 33.16 | 5,642.53 | 42.22 | -- | 0.00 |
| Ashoka India Equity Investment Trust PLC | 128.26m | 84.40m | 487.26m | 0.00 | 4.73 | 0.9655 | -- | 3.80 | 0.6027 | 0.6027 | 0.8744 | 2.95 | 0.3047 | -- | 458.87 | -- | 20.05 | 19.27 | 20.17 | 19.64 | 85.19 | 95.32 | 65.81 | 80.02 | -- | -- | 0.00 | -- | 150.40 | 76.11 | 179.51 | 78.18 | -- | -- |
| Abrdn Asia Focus PLC | 92.48m | 78.32m | 490.80m | 0.00 | 6.76 | 0.9622 | -- | 5.31 | 0.4942 | 0.4942 | 0.5811 | 3.47 | 0.1626 | -- | 27.25 | -- | 13.77 | 5.67 | 14.27 | 5.79 | 94.37 | 87.43 | 84.69 | 73.99 | -- | -- | 0.1128 | 32.94 | 23.54 | 10.05 | 6.07 | 6.71 | -- | 18.05 |
| Foresight Solar Fund Ltd | 11.12m | 3.01m | 492.56m | 0.00 | 171.37 | 0.7889 | -- | 44.31 | 0.0052 | 0.0052 | 0.0194 | 1.12 | 0.0167 | -- | 1.61 | -- | 0.4507 | 7.74 | 0.4513 | 7.74 | 42.90 | 89.10 | 27.04 | 86.95 | -- | -- | 0.00 | 84.08 | 1,253.22 | -- | 132.38 | -- | -- | 3.43 |
| European Smaller Companies Trust PLC | 5.18m | -7.90m | 493.90m | 0.00 | -- | 1.19 | -- | 95.38 | -0.0214 | -0.0214 | 0.013 | 1.83 | 0.0061 | -- | 1.12 | -- | -0.9365 | 9.31 | -1.07 | 10.44 | -106.41 | 88.44 | -152.53 | 85.51 | -- | -- | 0.1257 | 22.11 | -19.59 | -- | -18.67 | -- | -- | 11.78 |
| Foresight Group Holdings Ltd | 153.99m | 33.25m | 512.66m | 411.00 | 16.15 | 6.04 | 13.02 | 3.33 | 0.2803 | 0.2803 | 1.30 | 0.7494 | 0.961 | -- | 5.83 | 374,669.10 | 20.75 | 21.11 | 29.36 | 29.75 | 94.94 | 94.53 | 21.59 | 21.69 | -- | -- | 0.1857 | 82.35 | 8.96 | 21.88 | 25.77 | 38.59 | -16.56 | -- |
| Foresight Environmental Infrstrctr | 5.96m | -2.84m | 515.38m | 0.00 | -- | 0.7655 | -- | 86.50 | -0.0044 | -0.0044 | 0.0091 | 1.06 | 0.0083 | -- | -- | -- | -0.3952 | 7.96 | -0.3965 | 7.99 | -20.98 | 88.58 | -47.58 | 86.31 | -- | -- | 0.00 | 73.49 | 255.68 | -- | 79.66 | -- | -- | 3.21 |
| North Atlntc Smlr Cmpns Invtmnt Trst PLC | 50.53m | 41.92m | 520.08m | 0.00 | 12.93 | 0.7328 | -- | 10.29 | 0.3058 | 0.3058 | 0.3793 | 5.40 | 0.0717 | -- | 1.34 | -- | 5.95 | 4.11 | 5.97 | 4.13 | 85.64 | 79.52 | 82.96 | 75.70 | -- | -- | 0.00 | 16.11 | 369.86 | -13.78 | 1,851.58 | -15.77 | -- | 24.01 |
| IP Group Plc | 69.20m | -202.60m | 522.83m | 69.00 | -- | 0.5765 | -- | 7.56 | -0.1996 | -0.1996 | 0.0682 | 0.9905 | 0.054 | -- | 9.54 | 1,002,899.00 | -16.15 | -1.21 | -16.28 | -1.23 | -- | -- | -299.13 | -11.25 | -- | 0.1945 | 0.1353 | -- | 1,512.25 | -- | -18.27 | -- | -- | -- |
| Fidelity Emerging Markets Ltd | 86.76m | 63.75m | 523.56m | 0.00 | 10.89 | 1.12 | -- | 6.03 | 0.7496 | 0.7496 | 1.12 | 7.28 | 0.153 | -- | 58.31 | -- | 11.24 | 1.43 | 11.58 | 1.45 | 96.08 | 78.30 | 73.48 | 40.72 | -- | -- | 0.00 | 102.92 | 306.44 | 16.61 | 766.49 | 21.34 | -- | 1.03 |
| Holder | Shares | % Held |
|---|---|---|
| City of London Investment Management Co. Ltd.as of 03 Jul 2025 | 27.63m | 18.80% |
| Allspring Global Investments LLCas of 25 Jun 2025 | 16.16m | 10.99% |
| abrdn Investments Ltd.as of 31 Jul 2023 | 11.59m | 7.88% |
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (Investment Management)as of 01 Mar 2025 | 10.92m | 7.43% |
| abrdn Investment Management Ltd.as of 06 Jun 2025 | 8.88m | 6.04% |
| Abrdn Asia Ltd.as of 31 Jul 2024 | 6.05m | 4.12% |
| 1607 Capital Partners LLCas of 31 Jul 2024 | 5.26m | 3.58% |
| Charles Stanley & Co. Ltd. (Investment Management)as of 31 Jul 2024 | 4.70m | 3.20% |
| Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.as of 01 Mar 2025 | 2.86m | 1.95% |
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.as of 01 Mar 2025 | 1.97m | 1.34% |
