Edinburgh Investment Trust Half Yearly Report - Flipbook - Page 5
THE EDINBURGH INVESTMENT TRUST PLC / STRATEGIC REPORT / 3
FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND
PERFORMANCE STATISTICS
Six months to
30 September
2023
% Change
Total Return(1)(3)(4) (all with dividends reinvested)
Net asset value(1) (NAV) - debt at fair value
+4.5
Share price
+3.3
(2)
FTSE All-Share Index
+1.4
(2)
The Company’s benchmark is the FTSE All-Share Index.
At 30 September
2023
At 31 March
2023
Change %
731.79p
713.75p
+2.5
668.00p
660.00p
+1.2
4,127.24
4,157.88
-0.7
(8.7)%
(7.5)%
– gross gearing
5.8%
6.6%
– net gearing
4.1%
4.7%
Six months to
30 September
2023
Six months to
30 September
2022
Change %
Revenue return per ordinary share ordinary share
11.54p
14.77p
-21.9
First interim dividend(5)
6.70p
6.40p
+4.7
6.7%
10.2%
Capital Return(1)(4)
Net asset value - debt at fair value
Share price(2)
FTSE All-Share Index
(2)
Discount
(1)(3)(4)
– debt at fair value
Gearing (debt at fair value)(1)(3)(4)
Revenue Return and Dividends(3)
Consumer Price Index(2)(4) – annual change
Total Returns Over Ten Years(2)
Rebased to 100 at 30 September 2013
Recent Dividend History
30p
28.00p
200
28.65p
28.65p
Share Price (Total Return)
26.20p
Net Asset Value (Total Return) (debt at fair value)
24.80p
25p
FTSE All-Share Index (Total Return)
Special
Dividend
Final
20p
Dividends declared
150
3rd Interim
2nd Interim
1st Interim
15p
10p
100
6.70p
5p
0p
50
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Notes:
(1) These terms are defined in the Glossary of Terms and Alternative Performance Measures, on pages 27 to 30. NAV with debt at fair value
is widely used by the investment company sector for the reporting of performance, premium or discount, gearing and ongoing charges.
Further details are provided in the Alternative Performance Measures on pages 83 to 86 of the Company’s 2023 Annual Financial Report.
(2) Source: Refinitiv.
(3) Key Performance Indicator.
(4) Alternative Performance Measures.
(5) Dividends declared in respect of the financial year.