Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC (SMT) is a leading asset management business based in the UK. In the week up to 10 January Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust shares plunged 14.84% to a closing position of 1139p. However, over the last 12 months, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust's share price has risen by 8.25% from 1279p. Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). All prices are listed in pence sterling.
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Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value.
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 3x. In other words, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust shares trade at around 3x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the FTSE 250 at the end of September 2019 (19.71). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Since the stock market crash that started in February 2020, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust's share price has had significant positive movement.
Its last market close was 1109.5p, which is 42.32% up on its pre-crash value of 640p and 145.57% up on the lowest point reached during the March 2020 crash when the shares fell as low as 451.8p.
If you had bought £1,000 worth of Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth £785.93 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth £1,855.31.
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 Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust.
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust's total ESG risk: 24.52
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust's overall score of 24.52 (as at 01/01/2019) is excellent – landing it in it in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Scottish Mortgage Investment 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.).
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust's environmental score: 0.68/100
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust's environmental score of 0.68 puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust's social score: 11.92/100
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust's social score of 11.92 puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust's governance score: 8.93/100
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust's governance score puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 24.52 |
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| Total ESG percentile | 2 |
| Environmental score | 0.68 |
| Environmental score percentile | 2 |
| Social score | 11.92 |
| Social score percentile | 2 |
| Governance score | 8.93 |
| Governance score percentile | 2 |
| Open | 1416p |
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| High | 1431.5p |
| Low | 1382.5p |
| Close | 1384.5p |
| Previous close | 1428p |
| Change | -43.5p |
| Change % | -3.0462% |
| Volume | 4,079,922 |
| 52-week range | 947.2345p - 1568.5p |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | 1378.53p |
| 200-day moving average | 1335.623p |
| PE ratio | 2.8994 |
| Dividend yield | 3.5p (0.31%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | 385.6p |
Dividend yield: 0.31% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 0.25% of stock value
Dividend payout ratio: 0.9% of net profits
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 0.31% of its share value annually.
Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust has paid out, on average, around 0.9% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.25% 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 0.25% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust's case, that would currently equate to about 3.5p per share.
While Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that the company is investing more in its future growth.
The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 18 November 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust's shares have ranged in value from as little as 947.2345p up to 1568.5p. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (LSE average) beta is 1, while Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust's is 0.5733. This would suggest that Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
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