Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc (LON:ASL) Announces Dividend of GBX 13.60

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Plc (LON:ASL) declared a dividend on Friday, July 26th, Upcoming.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 8th will be paid a dividend of GBX 13.60 ($0.18) per share on Thursday, August 29th. This represents a yield of 0.84%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 8th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Stock Performance

LON ASL traded up GBX 18 ($0.23) on Friday, hitting GBX 1,628 ($21.06). 300,908 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 160,313. The business’s fifty day moving average is GBX 1,544.28 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 1,423.42. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust has a 12 month low of GBX 1,126 ($14.56) and a 12 month high of GBX 1,638.48 ($21.19). The firm has a market capitalization of £1.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,376.07 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.54, a quick ratio of 4.86 and a current ratio of 17.69.

Insider Buying and Selling at Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust

In other news, insider Patricia Dimond acquired 984 shares of Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust stock in a transaction on Monday, June 24th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 1,514 ($19.58) per share, with a total value of £14,897.76 ($19,267.67). 10.41% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust Company 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.