profit from every £100 of sales.
£0£100
Aberforth Smaller Companies Ord
£19.06-0.63% today
+22.7% in 1 year
1-year low £14.181-year high £19.18
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay £14.94 for every £1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Aberforth Smaller Companies Ord sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -£154 million in 2022 to £99.9 million in 2025, with £96.2 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Aberforth Smaller Companies Ord handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks £60M£42M
Free cash flow 2025£47M
Bought back its own shares£60M
Paid as dividends£42M
Cash vs. debt£5M vs. £75M
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Aberforth Smaller Companies Ord's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -154 | 102 | 155 | 100 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -157 | 99 | 152 | 96 | |
| -1.81 | 1.17 | 1.80 | 1.18 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 101.9% | 97.2% | 98.0% | 96.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,326 | 1,369 | 1,502 | 1,467 |
| Cash | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Total debt | 75 | 72 | 104 | 75 |
| Total liabilities | 75 | 72 | 104 | 75 |
| 1,251 | 1,297 | 1,397 | 1,392 | |
| 87 | 85 | 84 | 82 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -12.5% | 7.6% | 10.8% | 6.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 46 | 44 | 47 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 43 | 46 | 44 | 47 | |
| Dividends paid | 32 | 41 | 43 | 42 |
| 34 | 12 | 8 | 60 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 14.9×
- –
- 33.00
- 0.9×
- 14.4×
- 30.3×
- –
- 3.3%
- 6.7%
- 2.9%
Profitability
- –
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- 96.4%
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- –
Growth
- −1.0%
- +0.5%
- –
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- −1.9%
Financial health
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- 0.05
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2.9%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$29a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
43.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 87.7%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
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Questions about Aberforth Smaller Companies Ord
Is Aberforth Smaller Companies Ord a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Aberforth Smaller Companies Ord AI analysis
Does Aberforth Smaller Companies Ord pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.9% a year, about 43% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out £41.6 million in dividends.
How has Aberforth Smaller Companies Ord stock done over the past year?
Up 22.7% over the past twelve months, to £19.06. It traded between £14.18 and £19.18, close to its high.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.