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HSL Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust Plc

766.00
2.00 (0.26%)
Last Updated: 12:01:22
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust Plc LSE:HSL London Ordinary Share GB0009065060 ORD 25P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  2.00 0.26% 766.00 768.00 771.00 767.00 759.00 767.00 158,787 12:01:22
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Trust,ex Ed,religious,charty -102.86M -109.29M -1.4630 -5.24 572.22M
Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust Plc is listed in the Trust,ex Ed,religious,charty sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker HSL. The last closing price for Henderson Smaller Compan... was 764p. Over the last year, Henderson Smaller Compan... shares have traded in a share price range of 626.00p to 831.00p.

Henderson Smaller Compan... currently has 74,701,796 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Henderson Smaller Compan... is £572.22 million. Henderson Smaller Compan... has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of -5.24.

Henderson Smaller Compan... Share Discussion Threads

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DateSubjectAuthorDiscuss
01/9/2014
06:24
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT

It has been another excellent year for the Company with a 22.7% total return for shareholders. The net asset value of the Company increased by 19.9% in the year on a total return basis and again outperformed its benchmark, the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding investment companies) which increased by 19.1%.

Over the past ten years our net asset value total return has been 306.8% versus a total return from the Numis Smaller Companies Index (excluding investment companies) of 242.3%, the FTSE All-Share Index of 135.1% and the FTSE SmallCap Index of 113.6%. This is a compound annual return to shareholders of 15.1% and is testimony to the skills of our Manager, Neil Hermon.

henryatkin
19/8/2014
14:24
HSL, BRSC & SLS have all broken their down trend lines (weekly candles):
henryatkin
30/4/2014
15:08
As at close of business on 29 April 2014, the unaudited
net asset value per share calculated in accordance
with the AIC formula (including current financial year
revenue items) was 636.2p and the net asset value per
share with debt marked at fair value was 632.8p.

davebowler
15/4/2014
10:55
Trust Name THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
NAV Details As at close of business on 11 April 2014, the unaudited
net asset value per share calculated in accordance
with the AIC formula (including current financial year
revenue items) was 648.2p and the net asset value per
share with debt marked at fair value was 644.7p.

davebowler
14/4/2014
15:08
Getting a good shake today. Price approx. 19% below NAV.
trader2
01/3/2014
11:55
6% up on the week and year on year equal with BRSC @ +45%.
henryatkin
28/2/2014
17:00
HSL up 18p today 3%plus and you can still buy HSL at around 8% discount to NAV that is bound to narrow if market stays steady over next few weeks
tiger20
27/2/2014
17:51
Thank you Henry, very interesting. I have long been interested in SLS, but have recently been trying to ride the closing discounts as (hopefully!) with HSL. I will free up some uk smaller cash soon by selling fidelity smaller, and SLS could give good protection in a downturn as you suggest. River and Mercantile are also in the mix. Thanks
bigwilly1986
26/2/2014
12:21
Bigwilly.... you might be interested in the Telegraph link and chart shown on the last two posts on the SLS thread (posts 22 & 23). Basically it shows how SLS are less cyclical than HSL or BRSC. This tends to give both HSL & BRSC an outperformance over SLS in bull markets but makes SLS far less volatile in bear markets. It might also be the reason SLS tend to trade at full NAV while HSL & BRSC tend to trade at a discount to their NAV. I now hold all three but in a bull market I'm overweight HSL & BRSC with the intention of switching to overweight SLS if we get signs of a bear market. So, the first sign of a bear market might be when all three funds retrace with HSL & BRSC retracing faster than SLS. By the same reckoning, when the markets return to bullish BRSC & HSL should start rising faster than SLS.
All three threads are fairly quiet, which on ADVFN is no bad thing.

henryatkin
25/2/2014
17:45
I've bought for my ISA, should be a good long term play!
bigwilly1986
23/1/2014
12:06
Westhouse;

Henderson Smaller Cos (HSL.L, -11.2%, Buy)
– With discounts continuing to contract on a
number of funds in the UK Smaller Companies space,
HSL is looking somewhat out of place
as a 'value' play. NAV performance remains positive
and certainly mid-range vs. its peers
(over the last 1-3 months), which does not warrant
what is in some cases a significantly
inferior rating to those same peers.

davebowler
13/1/2014
12:17
As at close of business on 9 January 2014, the unaudited
net asset value per share calculated in accordance
with the AIC formula (including current financial year
revenue items) was 649.3p and the net asset value per
share including debt marked at fair value was 645.0p.

davebowler
02/1/2014
12:12
As at close of business on 27 December 2013, the unaudited
net asset value per share calculated in accordance
with the AIC formula (including current financial year
revenue items) was 641.6p and the net asset value per
share including debt marked at fair value was 637.3p.

davebowler
24/12/2013
12:00
Share price 552p looks like a winner to me at 10% discount to NAV and a very good manager
tiger20
24/12/2013
11:38
Trust Name THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
NAV Details As at close of business on 20 December 2013, the unaudited
net asset value per share calculated in accordance
with the AIC formula (including current financial year
revenue items) was 630.5p and the net asset value per
share including debt marked at fair value was 626.3p.

davebowler
24/10/2013
10:24
As at close of business on 22 October 2013, the unaudited
net asset value per share calculated in accordance
with the AIC formula (including current financial year
revenue items) was 603.8p and the net asset value per
share including debt marked at fair value was 599.5p.

davebowler
12/9/2013
15:20
11 September 2013, the unaudited
net asset value per share calculated in accordance
with the AIC formula (including current financial year
revenue items) was 596.7p

davebowler
10/9/2013
08:39
THE HENDERSON SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
NAV Details As at close of business on 6 September 2013, the unaudited
net asset value per share calculated in accordance
with the AIC formula (including current financial year
revenue items) was 590.2p and the net asset value per
share including debt marked at fair value was 585.9p.

davebowler
30/8/2013
12:48
Westhouse;
Strong results released this morning by Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust (HSL.L, -12.1%), with sustained outperformance of the Fund's benchmark. HSL has been (partly) rewarded with a narrowing of its discount in recent weeks, although this still stands at a 2.8 percentage point discount to the weighted sector average.


Well diversified portfolio with solid housing secto
r exposure
The Board has also announced a strong uplift in the
final dividend to a proposed 6.5p per
share (5.5p in 2012) and flagged a shift in account
ing policy that should allow further
dividend rises moving forward. Effective 1 June 201
3, investment management fees and
finance costs will be allocated 70/30 to the capita
l and revenue accounts respectively,
having previously entirely been charged to revenue.
Performance fees will continue to
be charged to capital.
Superficially, there are a number of UK smaller com
pany trusts sitting in what one might
determine as 'expensive' territory. HSL is among th
ese, but certainly not the most
expensive. It is also the strongest-performing smal
ler company trust over both one and
three years and a top quartile performer over five
years. So arguably there is more to
come on the (relative) re-rating if smaller company
NAV performances are sustained.
The key determinant of pricing trends among the sma
ller company trusts in the short
term may be risk perceptions and any US tapering im
pact, rather than the quality of
managers or specific companies. Regardless, the HSL
portfolio is well diversified, not
excessively geared with positives also including so
lid exposure at the top end of the
portfolio (both direct and indirect) to the relativ
ely buoyant UK housing market.

davebowler
09/8/2013
11:30
Westhouse;
Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL.L, -15.0%, Buy)
– Strong performance credentials
continue to be ignored on this trust with the disco
unt now double that found on
Aberforth
Smaller Cos (ASL.L, -7.2%, Sell)
. This comes despite HSL adding slightly more on a
NAV TR
basis over the last 6-12 months.

davebowler
06/8/2013
13:24
As at close of business on 5 August 2013, the unaudited
net asset value per share calculated in accordance
with the AIC formula (including current financial year
revenue items) was 587.4p and the net asset value per
share including debt marked at fair value was 582.6p.

davebowler
04/8/2013
21:16
Having a great run -just topped up again last week
tiger20
01/8/2013
14:29
As at close of business on 31 July 2013, the unaudited
net asset value per share calculated in accordance
with the AIC formula (including current financial year
revenue items) was 571.8p and the net asset value per
share including debt marked at fair value was 567.1p.

davebowler
23/7/2013
08:45
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davebowler
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