Aberforth Smaller Trust (LSE:ASL) Quality Rank


LSE:ASL Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust PLC LSE:ASL
55 GF Score
Price £16.98
GF Value £13.48
Valuation Modestly Overvalued
! 6 Warning Signs
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What is Aberforth Smaller Trust Quality Rank?

The Quality Rank measures the business quality of a company relative to other companies. It is ranked based on the strength of the balance sheet, as well as the profitability and growth of the business. The ranked companies are split in equal numbers and then ranked from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest.

The rank of balance sheet (30%)

The rank of balance sheet is done through the ranking of:
  • Interest coverage
  • Zscore
  • Debt to revenue
  • Equity to asset
  • Cash to debt

The rank of Profitability (70%)

The ranking of Profitability is done by ranking:
  • Operating margin mean rank (10-year mean average profit margine)
  • Operating margin growth rank
  • Fscore
  • Predictability rank
  • Revenue growth rank (5 year), when the growth is higher than 25%, set it as 25%
  • Num of year profit (number of years that is profitable within the last 10 years)
  • ROIC median (10-year median of ROIC)

Aberforth Smaller Trust Quality Rank Related Terms

LSE:ASL
55GF Score
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust PLC LSE:ASL
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Is Aberforth Smaller Trust (LSE:ASL) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Aberforth Smaller Trust stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of £16.98 is trading 26% above its estimated GF Value™ of £13.48. GuruFocus considers Aberforth Smaller Trust to be Modestly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for LSE:ASL:

  • Quality Rank:
  • GF Value™: £13.48 vs. price of £16.98 (26% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 55/100 with 6 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the LSE:ASL stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Aberforth Smaller Trust Business Description

Address 14 Melville Street, Edinburgh, GBR, EH3 7NS
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust PLC is a UK based closed-ended investment trust. Its objective is to achieve a net asset value total return (with dividends reinvested) greater than that of the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding Investment Companies) over the long term. The Company also aims to achieve its objective by investing in small United Kingdom quoted companies. It invests in various sectors, such as technology, telecommunications, health care, financials, real estate, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, industrials, basic materials and energy.
55GF Score

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£16.98
Price
£13.48
GF Value