How to buy Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust shares

How to buy shares in Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust

1. Choose a platform. If you're a beginner, our share-dealing table below can help you choose.
2. Open your account. You'll need your ID, bank details and national insurance number.
3. Confirm your payment details. You'll need to fund your account with a bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
4. Search the platform for stock code: FGT in this case.
5. Research Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust shares. The platform should provide the latest information available.
6. Buy your Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust shares. It's that simple.

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What's Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust's ESG track record?

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust.

Overall Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust ESG score

Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust's total ESG risk: 18.57

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust's overall score of 18.57 (as at 12/31/2018) is excellent – landing it in it in the 3rd percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

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Frequently asked questions

• Does Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust pay dividends?

  • Dividend yield
  • Forward yield
  • Payout ratio

  Dividend yield: 2.05% of stock value

  Forward annual dividend yield: 1.99% of stock value

  Dividend payout ratio: 26.14% of net profits

  Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 2.05% of its share value annually.

  Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust has paid out, on average, around 26.14% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.99% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 1.99% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust's case, that would currently equate to about 18.1p per share.

  While Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that it may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

  The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 5 April 2023 (the "ex-dividend date").

  • Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust dividend history

    Dividend	Type	Ex-dividend date	Payment date
    £0.091	Interim	07/10/2021	12/11/2021
    £0.08	Interim	01/04/2021	14/05/2021
    £0.086	Interim	08/10/2020	13/11/2020
    £0.08	Interim	02/04/2020	15/05/2020
    £0.086	Interim	03/10/2019	08/11/2019
    £0.08	Interim	04/04/2019	16/05/2019
    £0.081	Interim	04/10/2018	09/11/2018
    £0.072	Interim	05/04/2018	17/05/2018
    £0.074	Interim	12/10/2017	10/11/2017
    £0.068	Interim	06/04/2017	10/05/2017
    £0.07	Interim	13/10/2016	11/11/2016
    £0.061	Interim	07/04/2016	11/05/2016
    £0.066	Final	08/10/2015	12/11/2015
    £0.055	Interim	02/04/2015	06/05/2015
    £0.062	Final	09/10/2014	10/11/2014
    £0.057	Interim	02/04/2014	06/05/2014
    £0.057	Final	09/10/2013	08/11/2013
    £0.048	Interim	03/04/2013	02/05/2013
    £0.052	Final	03/10/2012	02/11/2012
    £0.046	Interim	28/03/2012	04/05/2012
    £0.048	Final	28/09/2011	04/11/2011
    £0.044	Interim	30/03/2011	06/05/2011
    £0.044	Final	29/09/2010	01/11/2010
    £0.044	Interim	03/03/2010	01/04/2010
    £0.051	Final	30/09/2009	06/11/2009
    £0.044	Interim	01/04/2009	06/05/2009
    £0.051	Final	01/10/2008	03/11/2008
    £0.044	Interim	02/04/2008	06/05/2008
    £0.048	Interim	26/09/2007	02/11/2007
    £0.042	Final	23/05/2007	14/06/2007
    £0.042	Interim	20/09/2006	27/10/2006
    £0.023	Special	12/07/2006	02/08/2006
    £0.042	Interim	15/03/2006	18/04/2006
    £0.04	Final	28/09/2005	28/10/2005
    £0.04	Interim	23/03/2005	26/04/2005
    £0.041	Final	15/12/2004	26/01/2005
    £0.018	Interim	30/06/2004	28/07/2004
    £0.032	Final	01/01/1970	01/01/1970
    £0.018	Interim	25/06/2003	25/07/2003
    £0.0255	Final	04/12/2002	11/12/2002
    £0.012	Interim	22/05/2002	31/05/2002
    £0.02	Final	05/12/2001	21/12/2001
    £0.012	Interim	30/05/2001	30/06/2001
    £0.0245	Final	27/11/2000	22/12/2000
    £0.018	Interim	12/06/2000	30/06/2000
    £0.028	Final	29/11/1999	23/12/1999
    £0.0255	Final	23/11/1998	23/12/1998

  Currently 4.599% of Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust shares are held by insiders and 33.414% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust?

  Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust's fiscal year ends in September.

• Where is Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust based?

  Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust's address is: 66 Buckingham Gate, London, United Kingdom, SW1E 6AU

• What is Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust's ISIN number?

  Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust's international securities identification number is: GB0007816068

• How to sell Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust shares

  It's as easy to sell Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust that you already own.

  1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
  2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
  3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
  4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
  5. Sell your Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold

• Can you buy Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust shares with a debit card?

  Most share dealing providers in the UK will let you use your debit card to top up your account and buy shares. The main ways are with a debit card, bank transfer or with Apple/Google Pay.

• What's the easiest way to buy Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust shares?

  The easiest way to get hold of some Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust shares is to sign up for a share trading app and place a market order or basic order. This type of order tells the platform that you're interested, so it'll try to execute it as quickly as it can. It could take some time for the order to go through, especially if there's a lot of volatility in Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust shares.

• Do you need to complete a W8-BEN form if you want to invest in Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust

  If you're investing in a US stock, you'll need to complete a W8-BEN form to minimise your tax liability. Whether these are automatically handled for you depends on your broker, so it would be a good idea to check with them directly.

• What is the key financial information for Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust?

  Financials

  Operating margin TTM	111.22%
  Gross profit TTM	£-105,091,000
  Return on assets TTM	-3.68%
  Return on equity TTM	-6.1%
  Profit margin	0%
  Book value	8.484p
  Market capitalisation	£1.9 billion

  TTM: trailing 12 months

• Can I buy Finsbury Growth-and-Income Trust shares with eToro?

  No. But you may have more luck with IG, Hargreaves Lansdown or Freetrade, as these platforms have a wider coverage of stocks than eToro.