CT Private Equity Trust (CTPE) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

We invest in high-quality smaller and mid-sized private companies selected by experienced Private Equity managers, mainly across the UK and Europe, that typically demonstrate strong growth, profitability, and sound management. Our diversified strategy means that we are invested in over 500 companies with 50 carefully selected PE managers, reducing risk and helping us find the best small and mid-size growth companies. Our fund manager, Hamish Mair, has managed the trust’s investments since launch over 25 years ago. He is one of only 8 fund managers in the world who have, over the last 20 years, delivered performance ahead of notable long-term investor Warren Buffett*. In addition to that record of growth, we also aim to provide a regular and growing dividend to give you income. Past performance does not guarantee future returns. There is no guarantee that dividends will continue to increase. *Source: Refinitiv, Morningstar NAV total return in GBP to 19 April 2024, NAV total return may be more or less than share price return for investment trusts. Berkshire Hathaway % total return 855, CT PET 1048.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 474.26 to 492
• 50-Day Range: 479 to 512
• 52-Week Range: 439.84 to 592
• Volume: 71,159 shs
• Average Volume: 100,834 shs
• Market Capitalization: £346.42 million
• P/E Ratio: 14.13
• Dividend Yield: 5.80%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

CT Private Equity Trust Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

CT Private Equity Trust scored higher than 48% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

CT Private Equity Trust has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

CT Private Equity Trust has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of CT Private Equity Trust is 13.87, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.25.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of CT Private Equity Trust is 13.87, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 26.62.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

CT Private Equity Trust has a P/B Ratio of 0.71. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CTPE.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

CT Private Equity Trust is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.80%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

CT Private Equity Trust does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of CT Private Equity Trust is 81.73%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

CT Private Equity Trust has a news sentiment score of 1.81. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.95 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for CT Private Equity Trust this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £24,650 in company stock, which represents 0.0072% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, CT Private Equity Trust insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £24,650 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.40% of the stock of CT Private Equity Trust is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

16.78% of the stock of CT Private Equity Trust is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/28/2026
• 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:CTPE
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.fandc.com
• Phone: 0207 628 8000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: N/A
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 34.31
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.14
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £5.40 million
• Net Margins: 73.44%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 7.01%
• Return on Assets: 1.91%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 23.96
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: 0.62

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £25.83 million
• Price / Sales: 13.42
• Cash Flow: GBX 21.38 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 22.69
• Book Value: GBX 668.40 per share
• Price / Book: 0.73

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 71,443,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £346.63 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.94