Key Points
- Insider purchase: Jeremy Whitley acquired 25,000 shares of Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST) on May 5 at GBX 268 per share, a £67,000 transaction.
- Weak recent results: The trust reported EPS of GBX (0.14) last quarter with a negative net margin of 16.42% and a negative P/E, while the stock trades around GBX 268 within a 12‑month range of GBX 240–310.
- Investment focus: The closed‑ended fund, managed by First Sentier Investors, targets small‑cap public equities across Asia excluding Japan and benchmarks to the MSCI AC Asia (ex Japan) Index.
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST - Get Free Report) insider Jeremy Whitley acquired 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 268 per share, with a total value of £67,000.
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos Price Performance
SST opened at GBX 268 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 7.77, a current ratio of 2.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.82. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos has a 12 month low of GBX 240 and a 12 month high of GBX 310. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 261.22 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 272.08. The stock has a market cap of £301.47 million, a P/E ratio of -22.28 and a beta of 0.30.
Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (LON:SST - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May 1st. The company reported GBX (0.14) EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of GBX 222 million during the quarter. Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos had a negative net margin of 16.42% and a negative return on equity of 2.07%.
About Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos
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The Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust plc is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by First Sentier Investors (UK) Funds Limited. It is co-managed by First State Investment Management (UK) Limited. The fund invests in the public equity markets of Asia, excluding Japan and Australasia. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in stocks of small-cap companies having market capitalizations below $1.5 billion. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the MSCI AC Asia (ex Japan) Index.
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