# Baronsmead Venture Trust Plc (BVT.L) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. LSE, United Kingdom. Sector: Financial Services. Price 43p, market value 191 millionp.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 43.1×** (5-yr avg 2600.4×, 3-yr avg 3680.5×). Baronsmead Venture Trust Plc trades at 43.1× trailing earnings, well below its own five-year average of 2600.4×: cheap by its own standards. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 126.8×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 126.8×, a level that requires very high margins or very fast growth to justify.
- **Price / book: 0.9×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: -2.5%** (5-yr avg -0.0%). Free cash flow is negative: the business is consuming cash, which is normal for heavy investment phases but a warning otherwise.
- **Earnings yield: 2.3%**. The inverse of the P/E: 2.3% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: -595.9%**. Operating margin is negative: the business loses money before interest and tax.
- **Net margin: 82.0%**. 82.0% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 1.5%**. 1.5% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on invested capital: -4.2%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is -4.2%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: -4.1%**. Each dollar of assets produces -4.1% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -9.9%** (3-yr 54.0%/yr, 5-yr -9.7%/yr). Revenue fell 9.9% over the last year, against -9.7% a year compounded over five years: growth is accelerating.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -76.7%** (5-yr -20.8%/yr). Earnings per share fell 76.7%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 3/9**. 3 of 9 checks pass: weak or deteriorating financials.
- **Cash and short-term investments: 523,000p**. Leverage ratios are shown differently for banks and insurers, whose balance sheets are built on deposits and reserves; use return on equity and the regulatory capital in the filings instead.

## Dividends
- **Dividend: none**. Baronsmead Venture Trust Plc does not currently pay a dividend, but it returned -10.4% of its market value through buybacks over the last year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -8.0%** (YTD -9.9%, 3-mo 1.4%). The shares are down 8.0% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -17.0%** (8815.3% above the low). Trading 17% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 18**. An RSI of 18 is oversold; bounces are common, but oversold can stay oversold in a real decline.

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