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BlackRock Smaller Trust (LSE:BRSC) PB Ratio : 0.67 (As of Apr. 08, 2025)


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What is BlackRock Smaller Trust PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2025-04-08), BlackRock Smaller Trust's share price is £10.96. BlackRock Smaller Trust's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was £16.34. Hence, BlackRock Smaller Trust's PB Ratio of today is 0.67.

Good Sign:

BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust PLC stock PB Ratio (=0.7) is close to 5-year low of 0.64.

The historical rank and industry rank for BlackRock Smaller Trust's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:BRSC' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.61   Med: 0.94   Max: 1.38
Current: 0.67

During the past 13 years, BlackRock Smaller Trust's highest PB Ratio was 1.38. The lowest was 0.61. And the median was 0.94.

LSE:BRSC's PB Ratio is ranked better than
78.35% of 1644 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.84 vs LSE:BRSC: 0.67

During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -6.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 0.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of BlackRock Smaller Trust was 39.70% per year. The lowest was -13.80% per year. And the median was 11.85% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


BlackRock Smaller Trust PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for BlackRock Smaller Trust's PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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BlackRock Smaller Trust PB Ratio Chart

BlackRock Smaller Trust Annual Data
Trend Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.94 0.95 0.90 0.89 0.91

BlackRock Smaller Trust Semi-Annual Data
Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24 Aug24
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.87 0.89 - 0.91 0.93

Competitive Comparison of BlackRock Smaller Trust's PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, BlackRock Smaller Trust's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


BlackRock Smaller Trust's PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, BlackRock Smaller Trust's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where BlackRock Smaller Trust's PB Ratio falls into.


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BlackRock Smaller Trust PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

BlackRock Smaller Trust's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Aug. 2024)
=10.96/16.343
=0.67

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


BlackRock Smaller Trust  (LSE:BRSC) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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BlackRock Smaller Trust Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1 Semple Street, Exchange Place One, Edinburgh, GBR, EH3 8BL
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust PLC is a UK-based investment trust company. Its investment objective is to achieve long-term capital growth for shareholders through investment mainly in smaller UK quoted companies. The company mainly attracts long-term private and institutional investors wanting to benefit from the growth prospects of smaller companies. It focuses on investing UK smaller companies which are listed on the London Stock Exchange or on the Alternative Investment Market. The firm has adopted a consistent investment process, focusing on good quality growth companies that are trading well and it also considers sector weightings and underlying themes and method of stock selection.

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