Financials The Global Smaller Companies Trust PLC

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FCS

GB00BKLXD974

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160.6 GBX +0.12% Intraday chart for The Global Smaller Companies Trust PLC +1.90% +8.66%

Valuation

Fiscal Period: April 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Capitalization 1 821.3 812 670.6 970.6 858.3 759
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 859.7 849.4 664.5 1,007 899.7 808.8
P/E ratio 11.6 x 25.7 x -5.91 x 3.02 x -95.1 x -19.6 x
Yield 1.05% 1.23% 1.53% 1.04% 1.18% 1.59%
Capitalization / Revenue 10.4 x 20.6 x -6.31 x 2.88 x -403 x -23.6 x
EV / Revenue 10.9 x 21.5 x -6.25 x 2.99 x -423 x -25.1 x
EV / EBITDA - - - - - -
EV / FCF 18.9 x 44.5 x -9.52 x 4.9 x -141 x -25.8 x
FCF Yield 5.3% 2.25% -10.5% 20.4% -0.71% -3.88%
Price to Book 0.99 x 0.95 x 0.92 x 0.96 x 0.91 x 0.88 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 597,328 603,243 604,109 575,653 549,474 524,908
Reference price 2 1.375 1.346 1.110 1.686 1.562 1.446
Announcement Date 6/21/18 6/18/19 6/22/20 6/23/21 6/20/22 6/27/23
1GBP in Million2GBP
Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: April 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Net sales 1 78.69 39.5 -106.3 336.7 -2.128 -32.2
EBITDA - - - - - -
EBIT 1 73.94 34.54 -111.7 331.5 -8.109 -37.62
Operating Margin 93.96% 87.44% 105% 98.48% 381.06% 116.86%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 72.12 32.38 -113 329 -8.508 -38.59
Net income 1 71.44 31.43 -113.8 328.3 -9.262 -39.76
Net margin 90.79% 79.56% 107.01% 97.52% 435.24% 123.49%
EPS 2 0.1183 0.0523 -0.1878 0.5576 -0.0164 -0.0739
Free Cash Flow 1 45.58 19.07 -69.79 205.7 -6.396 -31.36
FCF margin 57.92% 48.28% 65.63% 61.1% 300.55% 97.4%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) - - - - - -
FCF Conversion (Net income) 63.8% 60.68% - 62.65% - -
Dividend per Share 2 0.0144 0.0165 0.0170 0.0175 0.0184 0.0230
Announcement Date 6/21/18 6/18/19 6/22/20 6/23/21 6/20/22 6/27/23
1GBP in Million2GBP
Estimates

Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: April 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Net Debt 1 38.3 37.5 - 36.7 41.4 49.7
Net Cash position 1 - - 6.04 - - -
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) - - - - - -
Free Cash Flow 1 45.6 19.1 -69.8 206 -6.4 -31.4
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) 9.16% 3.74% -14.4% 37.9% -0.95% -4.41%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) 5.58% 2.42% -8.35% 22.7% -0.49% -2.45%
Assets 1 1,280 1,301 1,363 1,445 1,886 1,623
Book Value Per Share 2 1.380 1.420 1.200 1.750 1.720 1.640
Cash Flow per Share 2 0.0100 0.0200 0.0700 0.0100 0.0200 0
Capex - - - - - -
Capex / Sales - - - - - -
Announcement Date 6/21/18 6/18/19 6/22/20 6/23/21 6/20/22 6/27/23
1GBP in Million2GBP
Estimates

EPS & Dividend

Year-on-year evolution of the PER

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
1
Last Close Price
1.606
Average target price
-
Consensus
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