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About the company
Alliance Witan PLC, formerly Alliance Trust PLC, is a United Kingdom-based investment trust. The Company's investment objective is to be a core investment for investors that delivers a real return over the long term through a combination of capital growth and a rising dividend. The Company invests primarily in global equities across a wide range of different sectors and industries to achieve its objective. The Company invests primarily in equities and aims to generate capital growth and a progressively rising dividend from its portfolio of investments. The Company’s portfolio of investments in various sectors includes information technology, industrial, financials, healthcare, communication services, consumer discretionary, energy, consumer staples, materials, utilities, real estate, and stock picker cash. The Company's investment manager is Willis Towers Watson (WTW).
- Revenue in GBP (TTM)647.25m
- Net income in GBP601.66m
- Incorporated1888
- Employees0.00
- LocationAlliance Witan PLCRiver Court, 5 West Victoria Dock RoadDUNDEE DD1 3JTUnited KingdomGBR
- Phone+44 138 293 8320
- Fax+44 138 232 1185
- Websitehttps://www.alliancetrust.co.uk/
Profile
| Management group(s) | Towers Watson Investment Management Limited |
|---|---|
| AIC sector | Global |
| ISIN | GB00B11V7W98 |
| Launch date | 21 Apr 1888 |
| Share type | Ordinary Share |
| Structure | Investment Trust |
| Base currency | GBP |
Objective
To be a core investment for investors that delivers a real return over the long term through a combination of capital growth and a rising dividend. The Company invests primarily in global equities across a wide range of different sectors and industries to achieve its objective.
Managed by
| Mark Davis, Stuart Gray, Craig Baker |
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Management & contract fees
the management fee payable by ATST will be adjusted based on the Enlarged ATST’s market capitalisation. Specifically, the fee will be set at 0.52 percent per annum on the first £2.5 billion, 0.49 percent per annum on market capitalisation exceeding £2.5 billion but not exceeding £5.0 billion, and 0.46 percent per annum on any market capitalisation above £5.0 billion.
Mergers & acquisitions
| Acquired company | ALW:LSE since announced | Transaction value |
|---|---|---|
| Witan Investment Trust PLC | 5.15% | 1.92bn |
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| Company | Revenue (TTM) | Net income (TTM) | Market cap | Employees | Price/earnings (TTM) | Price/book value (MRQ) | Price/cash flow (TTM) | Price/sales (TTM) | EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM) | EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM) | Revenue per share (TTM) | Book value per share (MRQ) | Asset turnover (TTM) | Inventory turnover (TTM) | Receivables turnover (TTM) | Revenues per employee (TTM) | Return on avg assets (TTM) | Return on avg assets (5 yr avg) | Return on investment (TTM) | Return on investment (5 yr avg) | Gross margin (TTM) | Gross margin (5 yr avg) | Net profit margin (TTM) | Net Profit margin (5 yr avg) | Quick ratio (MRQ) | Interest coverage (TTM) | Total debt to capital (MRQ) | Payout ratio (5 yr avg) | Revenue (YOY change %) | Revenue (5 yr growth rate) | Net income (YOY change %) | Net income (5 yr growth rate) | Capital expenditure (5 yr growth rate) | Dividend (5 yr growth rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abrdn PLC | 1.41bn | 328.00m | 2.50bn | 5.06k | 7.71 | 0.4872 | 5.59 | 1.78 | 0.1763 | 0.1763 | 0.7556 | 2.79 | 0.1657 | -- | -- | 278,370.90 | 3.86 | 2.89 | 3.87 | 3.06 | 95.45 | 94.76 | 23.30 | 17.15 | -- | -- | 0.1051 | 110.90 | -4.16 | -5.40 | 102.18 | -- | -17.67 | -8.40 |
| RIT Capital Partners plc | 315.30m | 240.20m | 2.73bn | 62.00 | 11.60 | 0.7574 | -- | 8.65 | 1.63 | 1.63 | 2.13 | 24.98 | 0.0784 | -- | 1.92 | 5,085,484.00 | 5.97 | 5.89 | 6.43 | 6.32 | 89.85 | 92.52 | 76.18 | 78.21 | -- | -- | 0.0724 | 23.16 | 128.16 | 14.77 | 111.45 | 19.52 | 8.45 | 2.86 |
| Bridgepoint Group PLC | 343.20m | 65.60m | 2.73bn | 378.00 | 40.41 | 3.64 | 32.32 | 7.96 | 0.0822 | 0.0822 | 0.4296 | 0.9114 | 0.1452 | -- | 0.2333 | 907,936.50 | 2.78 | 5.58 | 3.21 | 6.94 | -- | -- | 19.11 | 26.80 | -- | 17.48 | 0.6826 | 62.48 | 4.62 | 17.10 | -41.38 | -- | 4.34 | -- |
| Petershill Partners PLC | 452.41m | 272.49m | 2.76bn | 0.00 | 10.49 | 0.7359 | 10.13 | 6.10 | 0.2433 | 0.2433 | 0.4046 | 3.47 | 0.1005 | -- | 6.45 | -- | 6.05 | -- | 6.25 | -- | -- | -- | 60.23 | -- | -- | 14.68 | 0.0943 | -- | 230.72 | -- | 170.90 | -- | -- | -- |
| Greencoat UK Wind PLC | 214.02m | 79.79m | 2.84bn | 0.00 | 36.41 | 0.7879 | -- | 13.26 | 0.0345 | 0.0345 | 0.0925 | 1.59 | 0.0401 | -- | 167.26 | -- | 1.49 | 8.57 | 1.58 | 8.78 | 84.87 | 93.65 | 37.28 | 82.54 | -- | 1.95 | 0.3301 | 48.87 | -77.14 | 0.184 | -86.77 | -9.02 | -- | 8.17 |
| JPMorgan Global Growth & Income PLC | 572.01m | 552.22m | 2.93bn | 0.00 | 4.63 | 1.03 | -- | 5.13 | 1.26 | 1.26 | 1.33 | 5.70 | 0.2352 | -- | 92.27 | -- | 22.70 | 15.48 | 22.88 | 15.65 | 97.74 | 96.04 | 96.54 | 94.12 | -- | -- | 0.0482 | 22.99 | 229.78 | 72.04 | 241.16 | 73.69 | -- | 7.83 |
| 3i Infrastructure PLC | 297.00m | 325.00m | 3.06bn | 0.00 | 9.42 | 0.886 | -- | 10.31 | 0.3523 | 0.3523 | 0.322 | 3.75 | 0.074 | -- | 99.00 | -- | 8.09 | 10.95 | 8.18 | 11.08 | 62.29 | 81.49 | 109.43 | 84.50 | -- | -- | 0.1469 | 29.65 | -24.75 | 2.99 | -11.93 | 6.07 | -- | 6.59 |
| IG Group Holdings plc | 998.10m | 307.70m | 3.32bn | 2.57k | 11.86 | 1.84 | 8.95 | 3.33 | 0.787 | 0.787 | 2.54 | 5.06 | 0.3363 | -- | 1.85 | 388,365.80 | 10.37 | 14.99 | 13.25 | 19.27 | 98.39 | 98.24 | 30.83 | 37.03 | -- | -- | 0.1456 | 51.75 | -3.24 | 15.06 | -15.40 | 14.22 | 4.12 | 1.35 |
| Polar Capital Technology Trust plc | 1.15bn | 1.12bn | 3.89bn | 0.00 | 3.61 | 1.04 | -- | 3.40 | 0.9083 | 0.9083 | 0.9294 | 3.15 | 0.3389 | -- | 41.53 | -- | 32.97 | 14.57 | 33.38 | 14.90 | 97.58 | 94.56 | 97.29 | 93.85 | -- | -- | 0.0126 | 0.00 | 1,563.54 | 22.85 | 1,160.48 | 23.80 | -- | -- |
| St James's Place PLC | 26.70bn | -6.60m | 4.54bn | 2.30k | -- | 4.15 | 116.34 | 0.1699 | -0.014 | -0.014 | 48.46 | 2.01 | 0.1528 | -- | -- | 11,619,760.00 | -0.0037 | 0.1589 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -0.0243 | 2.21 | -- | -- | 0.3553 | 101.78 | 259.33 | -- | -102.48 | -- | 20.50 | -13.15 |
| Alliance Witan PLC | 647.25m | 601.66m | 4.99bn | 0.00 | 5.88 | 0.985 | -- | 7.70 | 2.12 | 2.12 | 2.28 | 12.65 | 0.1795 | -- | 48.97 | -- | 16.69 | 10.12 | 17.00 | 10.50 | 95.71 | 94.26 | 92.96 | 90.58 | -- | 229.30 | 0.0692 | 16.53 | 406.33 | -- | 347.14 | -- | -- | 13.20 |
| Schroders plc | 2.89bn | 392.30m | 4.99bn | 6.19k | 12.66 | 1.15 | 8.33 | 1.72 | 0.2445 | 0.2445 | 1.80 | 2.69 | 0.1336 | -- | 2.33 | 467,501.20 | 1.81 | 2.29 | 2.47 | 2.93 | 79.52 | 81.02 | 13.55 | 18.03 | -- | -- | 0.5336 | 64.48 | 1.56 | 2.26 | -17.19 | -4.42 | -17.10 | 2.10 |
| Hargreaves Lansdown PLC | 764.90m | 293.20m | 5.16bn | 2.48k | 17.65 | 6.33 | 16.77 | 6.75 | 0.6169 | 0.6169 | 1.61 | 1.72 | 0.5493 | -- | 1.05 | 307,930.80 | 21.06 | 23.04 | 37.89 | 45.87 | -- | -- | 38.33 | 44.17 | -- | -- | 0.0104 | 75.48 | 4.05 | 9.74 | -9.45 | 3.46 | -5.34 | 5.09 |
| F&C Investment Trust PLC | 1.03bn | 976.90m | 5.30bn | 0.00 | 5.70 | 0.9913 | -- | 5.15 | 1.92 | 1.92 | 2.02 | 11.06 | 0.1778 | -- | 25.47 | -- | 16.86 | 8.48 | 17.03 | 8.59 | 96.98 | 93.57 | 94.85 | 90.80 | -- | -- | 0.095 | 15.79 | 231.80 | -- | 208.44 | -- | -- | 5.97 |
| Investec plc | 4.12bn | 600.85m | 5.72bn | 7.55k | 8.93 | 0.9576 | -- | 2.71 | 0.6795 | 1.01 | 2.39 | 6.48 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.14 | 0.8994 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 30.82 | 24.63 | -- | -- | -- | 28.86 | 29.39 | 9.35 | -14.69 | 11.09 | -27.66 | 7.09 |
| Intermediate Capital Group plc | 879.60m | 399.30m | 5.95bn | 637.00 | 15.08 | 2.61 | 14.15 | 6.77 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 2.99 | 7.84 | 0.0981 | -- | 2.52 | 1,380,848.00 | 4.50 | 4.46 | 4.86 | 4.86 | -- | -- | 45.85 | 46.91 | -- | 14.45 | 0.7319 | 63.84 | 46.33 | 16.96 | 108.85 | 21.01 | 12.81 | 11.91 |
| Holder | Shares | % Held |
|---|---|---|
| Rathbones Investment Management Ltd.as of 10 Oct 2024 | 16.64m | 4.16% |
| Evelyn Partners Investment Management LLPas of 01 Aug 2024 | 6.42m | 1.60% |
| Investec Wealth & Investment Ltd.as of 10 Oct 2024 | 4.48m | 1.12% |
| Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.as of 01 Aug 2024 | 3.99m | 1.00% |
| J. M. Finn & Co. Ltd.as of 01 Aug 2024 | 3.76m | 0.94% |
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.as of 01 Aug 2024 | 3.53m | 0.88% |
| Schroder & Co Bank AG (Private Banking)as of 01 Aug 2024 | 2.94m | 0.73% |
| Quilter Cheviot Ltd.as of 01 Aug 2024 | 2.56m | 0.64% |
| The Vanguard Group, Inc.as of 01 Aug 2024 | 2.31m | 0.58% |
| HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd.as of 01 Aug 2024 | 2.26m | 0.56% |
