F&C Investment Trust PLC Analysis

Overview

F&C Investment Trust aims to grow investor capital and income over the mid to long term. They invest primarily in equities, in both well-established companies listed on the world's major stock markets, as well as rising star companies in developing markets. F&C Investment Trust also looks to private equity and unlisted companies in order to add value to unit holders.

Performance

The following information was extracted from Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust Plc's full year results, released on 18 March 2025:

F&C Investment Trust plc ('F&C'/the 'Company') today announces its results for the year ended 31 December 2024.

-F&C’s share price was 1,108 pence representing a total return of +16.9%, against its benchmark, the FTSE All-World Index, of +19.3%.

-F&C’s Net Asset Value (‘NAV’) total return of +21.0%, with debt at market value, ahead of the benchmark.

-The Company has delivered a total shareholder return of 212.2% over the ten-year period to the end of 2024, equivalent to 12.1% per annum which compares with a return of 200.2% (equivalent to 11.6% per annum) from our benchmark index.

-The final dividend will be 4.8 pence per share, subject to shareholder approval, and will bring the total dividend for the year to 15.6 pence per share. This will be a 6.1% increase and the 54th consecutive annual increase.