British Smaller Companies VCT (BSV) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

British Smaller Companies VCT plc is a venture capital trust specializing in investments in early stage, mid and late venture, later stage, recapitalizations, growing capital-consuming businesses, acquisition funding and business development in mature, VCT qualifying and non-qualifying unquoted and quoted companies listed on alternative investment market and ISDX. It is an evergreen fund. It seeks to invest in firms that have business services, manufacturing, industrial, healthcare, software, Information Technology, telecommunications, retail and brands. The fund invests in floatation and some emerging technology. It prefers to invest in the United Kingdom. The fund invests between £1 million ($1.45 million) and £10 million ($14.48 million) in companies with sales value between £5 million ($7.24 million) and £25 million ($36.21 million). It invests between £0.25 million ($0.36 million) and £1 million ($1.45 million) in development capital. It may also invest in preference shares and loan stock. The fund holds its investments for an average period of seven years.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 71 to 72.50
• 50-Day Range: 70 to 74
• 52-Week Range: 47.77 to 78.50
• Volume: 3,000 shs
• Average Volume: 135,034 shs
• Market Capitalization: £295.36 million
• P/E Ratio: 273.08
• Dividend Yield: 8.28%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 6/17/2026
• Today: 9/01/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Asset Management & Custody Banks
• Current Symbol: LON:BSV
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.yfmep.com
• Phone: +44-113-2945000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: N/A
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 0.26
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 273.08
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £8.67 million
• Net Margins: 84.75%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 1.91%
• Return on Assets: 4.20%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 42.30
• Quick Ratio: 370.37

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.94 million
• Price / Sales: 152.09
• Cash Flow: GBX 24.23 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.93
• Book Value: GBX 81.33 per share
• Price / Book: 0.87

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 415,996,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £295.36 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.05