# Royce Small-Cap Trust Inc. (RVT) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-11-04. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $17.01, market value $2.1 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 23.6×** (5-yr avg 7.2×, 3-yr avg 7.2×). Royce Small-Cap Trust Inc. trades at 23.6× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 7.2×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 23.8×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 23.8×, a level that requires very high margins or very fast growth to justify.
- **Price / book: 0.8×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 0.1%** (5-yr avg 5.9%). Free cash flow equals 0.1% of the market value, below its five-year average of 5.9%, so the shares are pricier on cash than usual.
- **Earnings yield: 4.2%**. The inverse of the P/E: 4.2% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 99.0%**. 99.0% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 4.1%**. 4.1% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 4.0%**. Each dollar of assets produces 4.0% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 805.0%**. Revenue grew 805.0% over the last year.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -71.8%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -71.8% a year over three years.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 8.70%** ($1.44 per share, trailing). Royce Small-Cap Trust Inc. yields 8.70%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Payout ratio: 1%** (25% of free cash flow). 1% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 2**. 2 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 6.4%/yr** (1-yr 11.8%). The dividend has grown 6.4% a year over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 12.9%** (YTD 8.6%, 3-mo -8.5%). The shares are up 12.9% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -11.0%** (13.6% above the low). Trading 11% 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): 48**. An RSI of 48 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 1.05** (volatility 18%). Beta of 1.05 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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