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Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) (LSE:SST) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 48.03 (As of May. 21, 2025)


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What is Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2025-05-21), Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s share price is £2.93. Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2025 was £0.06. Hence, Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 48.03.

The historical rank and industry rank for Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:SST' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.4   Med: 63.28   Max: 173.5
Current: 48.03

During the past 13 years, Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 173.50. The lowest was 8.40. And the median was 63.28.

LSE:SST's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
82.87% of 975 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 13.05 vs LSE:SST: 48.03

Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s Free Cash Flow per Share for the six months ended in Feb. 2025 was £0.01. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was £0.06.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) was 221.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 45.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 92.70% per year. The lowest was -38.20% per year. And the median was 5.80% per year.


Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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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Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) Annual Data
Trend Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23 Aug24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 145.33 62.63 67.11 63.91

Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) Semi-Annual Data
Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24 Aug24 Feb25
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 - 67.11 - 63.91 -

Competitive Comparison of Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Asset Management subindustry, Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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.


Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.


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Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=2.93/0.061
=48.03

Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s Share Price of today is £2.93.
For company reported semi-annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)'s Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2025 was £0.06.

* 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:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The)  (LSE:SST) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
28 Walker Street, Edinburgh, GBR, EH3 7HR
Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust (The) PLC is a investment trusts in the Asian equity category with a specialist focus on smaller companies. The objective of the Company is to achieve long-term capital growth by carefully selecting quality companies with franchises at reasonable valuations.