BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI)

Company name:	BlackRock Frontiers Investment Trust
Company Description:	The Company\'s investment objective is to achieve long term capital growth from investment in companies operating in Frontier Markets or whose stocks are listed on the stock markets of such countries.
EPIC:	BRFI	Trading Currency:	GBX
Market Sector:	SSC6	ISIN:	GB00B3SXM832
Market Segment:	SSMM	Share Type:	DE
WWW Address:		Description:	ORD USD0.01
Industry Sector:	EQUITY INVESTMENT INSTRUMENTS

BlackRock Frontiers Key Figures

(at previous day's close)
Market Cap.	289.16	m
Shares In Issue	203.99	m
Prev. Close	141.75
PE Ratio	23.43
Dividend Yield	3.63	%
EPS - basic	6.05	p
Dividend PS	5.15	p
Dividend Cover	-
Cash Flow PS	-5.71	p
Return On Equity (ROE)	3.74	%
Operating Margin	89.13	%
PEG Factor	1.15
EPS Growth Rate	20.31	%
Dividends PS Growth Rate	4.55	%
Net Debt	7.79	m
Gross Gearing	4.84	%
Quick Assets	10.21	m
Net Working Capital	1.36	m
Intangibles / Fixed Assets	-	%
Turnover PS	5.84	p
Pre-Tax Profit PS	5.21	p
Retained Profit PS	0.66	p
Cash PS	2.70	p
Net Cash PS	-1.64	p
Net Tangible Asset Value PS *	128.16	p
Net Asset Value PS	146.98	p
Spread	2.50 (1.75%)
* Calculation based on Ordinary Capital figure as contained in last annual report, and the most recent shares in issue figure. Therefore the ratio might be exposed to inaccuracies.

Period ^†	Open	Change	%	Open Avg.	Avg. Daily Vol [m]	Total Vol [m]	VWAP
1 week	140.50	1.25	0.89	139.00	0.15		141.32
4 weeks	139.00	2.75	1.98	131.50	0.16		138.93
12 weeks	136.00	5.75	4.23	131.50	0.19		137.03
26 weeks	158.00	-16.25	-10.28	131.50	0.23		143.84
1 year	158.50	-16.75	-10.57	131.50	0.28		154.50
3 years	101.00	40.75	40.35	93.00	0.20		143.36
5 years	113.25	28.50	25.17	93.00	0.17		134.95
† periods calculated are whole weeks rather than calendar months

(Market value analysis) at previous day's close
PQ Ratio	-
PE Ratio	23.43
Tobin's Q Ratio	0.89
Tobin's Q Ratio (excl. intangibles)	0.89
Dividend Yield	3.63	%
Market-to-Book Ratio	1.11
Price-to-Pre-Tax Profit PS	27.22
Price-to-Retained Profit PS	213.20
Price-to-Cash Flow PS	-24.84
Price-to-Sales PS	24.26
Price-to-Net Tangible Asset Value PS	0.96
Price-to-Cash PS	52.51
Net Working Capital PS	0.67
Price Pct to Working Capital PS	212.73	%
Earnings Yield	4.27	%
Average PE	18.62
Years in average	5
PE to PE average	125.86	%

(Leverage Ratios)
Debt Ratio	1.67	%
Debt-to-Equity Ratio	0.02
Debt-to-Equity Ratio (excl. Intgbl)	0.02
Debt-to-Equity Market Value	0.02
Net Gearing	2.84	%
Net Gearing (excl. Intangibles)	2.84	%
Gross Gearing	4.84	%
Gross Gearing (excl. Intangibles)	4.84	%
Gearing Under 1 Year	3.22	%
Gearing Under 1 Year (excl. Intgbl)	3.22	%
Assets/Equity	1.05
Cash/Equity	2.11
(Liquidity Ratios)
Net Working Capital to Total Assets	0.49	%
Current Ratio	1.15
Quick Ratio (Acid Test)	1.15
Liquidity Ratio	0.62
Cash & Equiv/Current Assets	53.95	%
(Solvency Ratios)
Enterprise Value	288.10	m
CFO/Sales	-0.98
CFO/Attributable Profit	-
CFO/Assets	-0.04
CFO/Debt	-0.88
Total Debt/Equity Market Value	0.05
Total Debt/Sales	1.12
Total Debt/Pre-Tax Profit	1.25
Total Debt	13.30	m
Total Debt/Net Current Assets	9.78	%
(Dodds - Graham Ratios)
3 yr Compound Earnings Growth	5.54	%
5 yr Compound Earnings Growth	4.67	%
10 yr Compound Earnings Growth	-	%
Earn drops > 5% in 10yrs	2

Beta (60-Mnth)	Beta (36-Mnth)
0.0635	0.0603

(Profitability Ratios)
Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)	4.00	%
Return On Assets (ROA)	3.01	%
Net Profit Margin	82.08	%
Assets Turnover	0.04
Return On Equity (ROE)	3.74	%
Return On Investment (ROI)	3.09	%
Dividend Payout Ratio	89.61	%
Plowback Ratio	10.39	%
Growth from Plowback Ratio	0.32	%
Net Income Of Revenues	11.38	%
(Asset Utilisation Multiples)
Shareholders Equity Turnover	0.04
Fixed Assets Turnover	0.04
Current Assets Turnover	0.83
Net Working Capital Turnover
Inventory Turnover	-
(Other Operating Ratios)
Total Assets-to-Sales	27.31
Debtors-to-Sales	44.19	%
Debt Collection Period	161.29	Days

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