# Finsbury Growth & Income Trust Plc (FGT.L) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. LSE, United Kingdom. Sector: Financial Services. Price 804p, market value 796 millionp.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): n/a** (negative earnings). Finsbury Growth & Income Trust Plc reported negative earnings over the last twelve months, so the P/E is not meaningful; use price-to-sales, EV/EBITDA and free-cash-flow yield instead.
- **Price / sales: 49.8×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 49.8×, a level that requires very high margins or very fast growth to justify.
- **Price / book: 1.0×**. The shares trade at 1.0× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 5.9%** (5-yr avg 0.0%). Free cash flow equals 5.9% of the market value, above its five-year average of 0.0%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been. Above 5% is generally attractive.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: -8.9%**. The company reported a net loss over the last twelve months.
- **Return on equity: -1.1%**. Return on equity is negative because earnings are negative.
- **Return on invested capital: -12.8%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is -12.8%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: -13.8%**. Each dollar of assets produces -13.8% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -29.3%**. Revenue fell 29.3% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -116.2%**. Earnings per share fell 116.2%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -13.7%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -13.7% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.
- **Cash and short-term investments: 5 millionp**. 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**. Finsbury Growth & Income Trust Plc does not currently pay a dividend, but it returned 71.1% of its market value through buybacks over the last year.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -9.1%** (YTD -1.6%, 3-mo 6.7%). The shares are down 9.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -9.9%** (13.8% above the low). Trading 10% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 48**. An RSI of 48 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.61** (volatility 17%). Beta of 0.61 against the FTSE All-Share: the shares move much less than the market.

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