Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) (LSE:SST) Quality Rank

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LSE:SST Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust (The) PLC LSE:SST
49 GF Score
Price £2.71
GF Value £6.23
Valuation Significantly Undervalued
! 1 Warning Sign
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What is Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) 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)

Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) Quality Rank Related Terms

LSE:SST
49GF Score
Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust (The) PLC LSE:SST
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Is Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) (LSE:SST) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of £2.71 is trading 56.5% below its estimated GF Value™ of £6.23. GuruFocus considers Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) to be Significantly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for LSE:SST:

  • Quality Rank:
  • GF Value™: £6.23 vs. price of £2.71 (56.5% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 49/100 with 1 warning sign

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Scottish Oriental Smaller Trust (The) Business Description

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.
49GF Score

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£2.71
Price
£6.23
GF Value