Investment Trusts

US Solar Fund PLC

USF:LSE

US Solar Fund PLC

Actions
  • Price (USD)0.495
  • Today's Change0.00 / 0.00%
  • Shares traded1.68k
  • 1 Year change-32.65%
  • Beta0.3784
Data delayed at least 20 minutes, as of May 17 2024 09:00 BST.
More ▼
Find More Stocks
Find More Stocks
Use our equities screener to discover other potential opportunities.
 
Equities ScreenerGo to the Equities Screener

Profile data is unavailable for this security.

About the company

US Solar Fund plc is a United Kingdom-based renewable energy fund. The Company’s investment objective is to provide investors with attractive, sustainable dividends along with an element of capital growth through its investment in a diversified portfolio of utility-scale solar power plants across North America and other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in the Americas. The Company acquires or constructs, owns, and operates solar power assets that are expected to have an asset life of at least 30 years and generate stable and uncorrelated cash flows by selling electricity to creditworthy off takers under long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs). The Company is managed by New Energy Solar Manager, which has committed to 57 utility-scale solar assets, 55 of which are in the United States, totaling 1.2 gigawatts (GW). Its portfolio consists of about 41 projects across the United States.

  • Revenue in USD (TTM)-35.96m
  • Net income in USD-43.06m
  • Incorporated2019
  • Employees0.00
  • Location
    US Solar Fund PLCThe Scalpel, 18th Floor, 52 Lime StreetLondon EC3M 7AFUnited KingdomGBR
  • Phone+44 207 409 0181
  • Websitehttps://www.ussolarfund.co.uk/
More ▼

Profile

Management group(s)Amber Infrastructure Group
AIC sectorRenewable Energy Infrastructure
ISINGB00BJCWFX49
Launch date16 Apr 2019
Share typeOrdinary Share
StructureInvestment Trust
Base currencyUSD

Objective

To provide investors with attractive and sustainable dividends with an element of capital growth by investing in a diversified portfolio of solar power assets in North America and other OECD countries in the Americas. The Company acquires or constructs, owns and operates solar power assets that are expected to have an asset life of at least 30 years and generate stable and uncorrelated cash flows by selling electricity to creditworthy offtakers under long-term power purchase agreements.

Managed by

Tom O'Shaughnessy

Management & contract fees

An annual fee, payable quarterly in arrear and calculated at the rate of: 1% p.a. of NAV for the NAV up to and including USD 500m; 0.9% p.a. of NAV for the NAV in excess of USD 500m and up to and including USD 1bn; and 0.8% p.a. of NAV for the NAV in excess of USD 1bn.

Peer analysis

Key Information
CompanyRevenue (TTM)Net income (TTM)Market capEmployeesPrice/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)
Northern 2 VCT plc7.45m4.08m156.47m0.0032.540.9305--21.000.01680.01680.03070.58570.0516--25.73--2.825.622.835.7264.9072.8054.7167.41----0.00126.36-126.07---475.30-----9.71
Octopus AIM VCT plc-27.72m-31.60m158.35m0.00--0.9158-----0.1413-0.1413-0.12460.6716-0.1677-------19.12-1.90-19.24-1.96---1,136.98---1,459.50----0.00---92.83---71.71-----1.89
Foresight Sustainable Forestry Cmpny PLC-11.02m-14.40m159.09m0.00--0.7401-----0.0659-0.0659-0.05040.9837-0.0494-------6.45---6.48--------------0.00---178.68---229.03------
Northern 3 VCT PLC7.45m4.02m159.77m0.0033.790.9391--21.460.0250.0250.04620.89980.0506--25.71--2.735.992.736.1163.9273.7353.9468.91----0.0098.17-76.1520.15-1,552.94-----3.93
Albion Development VCT PLC11.18m7.31m160.05m0.0019.510.9583--14.320.04360.04360.06570.8870.0747--3.42--4.885.844.925.9169.7870.2865.3666.23----0.00109.431,477.42-7.79355.46-12.50--1.19
VPC Specialty Lending Investments PLC-12.93m-32.80m160.46m0.00--0.5612-----0.0928-0.0928-0.03660.8091-0.0317-------8.043.85-8.043.91--76.32--41.46---2.640.1445158.52-259.48---16.73----0.00
CQS Natural Rsrcs Grwth Inc PLC-12.37m-17.39m162.76m0.00--0.9421-----0.2047-0.2047-0.14562.04-0.0605-------8.5110.17-9.3511.63--88.26--83.07----0.092934.22-65.75-8.52-77.73-13.07--0.00
Majedie Investments plc4.45m-1.05m163.57m3.00--0.9917--36.72-0.0156-0.01560.06622.450.0226--0.48681,169,000.00-0.5318-3.95-0.5358-3.9828.12---23.50------0.1377---186.48---208.65---46.59-2.48
M&G Credit Income Investment Trust PLC19.29m16.91m163.59m0.009.730.95--8.480.0940.0940.10710.96210.107--7.50--9.38--9.85--93.79--87.68----91.570.00--2,220.81--617.45------
Us Solar Fund PLC-35.96m-43.06m164.44m0.00--0.6368-----0.1296-0.1296-0.10830.7774-0.1228-------14.71---14.89-------------1,303.730.00---285.40---397.04------
Albion Technology & General VCT PLC9.75m5.52m167.20m0.0026.670.9584--17.140.02590.02590.04390.720.0612--2.23--3.475.493.495.5365.0071.5556.6166.04----0.00132.34369.53-8.38168.99-14.93---1.44
Record Plc56.01m12.52m167.37m97.0013.034.6312.442.990.05080.05080.22740.1431.23--3.49454,628.9027.4922.3833.9527.5899.8599.1722.3524.47----0.028791.9527.1313.4031.3813.0331.2014.37
Keystone Positiv Chng Invstmnt Trust PLC9.46m6.09m168.65m0.0027.760.8426--17.830.07960.07960.1212.620.0429--14.63--2.76-6.643.03-6.9973.84--64.35------0.0879--116.6537.21112.81-----47.42
Albion Enterprise VCT PLC6.04m2.09m170.28m0.0058.410.9753--28.190.02050.02050.04911.230.0397--1.57--1.377.731.397.8748.4774.6634.6170.11----0.0062.88-74.51-10.25-84.70-17.29--5.35
Chenavari Toro Income Fund Ltd28.14m22.90m171.76m0.007.460.7934--6.100.06870.06870.08440.64540.1143--4.24--9.303.6210.514.0685.0070.9281.3863.69----0.1024306.43488.98-1.39309.021.63---4.39
Downing Renewables & Infrstrctr Trst PLC13.09m8.79m171.82m0.0020.250.6494--13.120.03770.03770.05621.180.0474--40.90--3.18--3.21--76.72--67.17------0.00---71.45---79.14------
Data as of May 17 2024. Currency figures normalised to US Solar Fund PLC's reporting currency: US Dollar USD

Institutional shareholders

64.89%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Liontrust Investment Partners LLPas of 31 Dec 202236.75m11.06%
Sarasin & Partners LLPas of 25 Apr 202328.67m8.63%
Weiss Asset Management LPas of 15 Mar 202425.81m7.77%
Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland Ltd. (Investment Management)as of 31 Dec 202225.62m7.71%
CCLA Investment Management Ltd.as of 31 Dec 202224.98m7.52%
Baillie Gifford & Co.as of 20 Feb 202322.55m6.79%
Valu-Trac Investment Management Ltd.as of 24 Oct 202215.51m4.67%
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.as of 31 Dec 202214.22m4.28%
Privium Fund Management BVas of 31 Mar 202412.13m3.65%
Almitas Capital LLCas of 23 Apr 20249.32m2.81%
More ▼
Data from 31 Dec 2023 - 30 Apr 2024Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
Data Provided by LSEG
All markets data located on FT.com is subject to the FT Terms & Conditions
All content on FT.com is for your general information and use only and is not intended to address your particular requirements. In particular, the content does not constitute any form of advice, recommendation, representation, endorsement or arrangement by FT and is not intended to be relied upon by users in making (or refraining from making) any specific investment or other decisions.
Any information that you receive via FT.com is at best delayed intraday data and not "real time". Share price information may be rounded up/down and therefore not entirely accurate. FT is not responsible for any use of content by you outside its scope as stated in the FT Terms & Conditions.