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PERFORMANCE AND POSITIONING

The Edinburgh Investment Trust has two objectives: to exceed the total return on the FTSE All-Share Index and grow its dividend faster than UK inflation.

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Share Price Performance

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Discrete Share Price Performance (%)

12 months to end ofMar 2026Mar 2025Mar 2024Mar 2023Mar 2022
Edinburgh Investment Tst plc8.511.38.98.410.6
IT UK Equity Income14.713.31.1-1.68.2
FTSE All Share21.510.58.42.913.0
Net Asset Value7.28.313.47.914.0
Quartile Ranking33112

Source: FE fundinfo as at 08/06/2026. Performance figures are shown in GBX and in total return terms, with net dividends reinvested.

Cumulative Share Price Performance (%)

As at previous day end1 month3 months6 monthsYTD1 year3 years5 years10 yearsSince Inception
Edinburgh Investment Tst plc2.92.12.3-0.52.835.853.176.1771.3
IT UK Equity Income2.03.26.93.613.639.538.6101.9670.1
FTSE All Share1.72.39.16.020.149.564.4131.2963.5
Net Asset Value2.20.93.31.03.935.057.183.0348.5
Quartile Ranking13434324

Source: FE fundinfo as at 08/06/2026. Performance figures are shown in GBX and in total return terms, with net dividends reinvested.

Premium/Discount history

If a trust’s share price is higher than its net asset value (NAV) then it is said to be trading at a ‘premium’; if the share price is below the NAV then it is trading at a ‘discount’. A figure above 0 is a premium and one below 0 is a discount. 
Edinburgh Investment Trust premium-discount chart

Source: Bloomberg as at 30/04/2026. Cumulative income net asset value (debt at fair value).
 

Current positioning

Top 10 Holdings (% of assets)

SHELL PLC
6.44
NATWEST GROUP PLC
5.80
ANGLO AMERICAN PLC
5.54
HALEON PLC
5.36
GSK PLC
5.26
UNILEVER PLC
5.00
NATIONAL GRID PLC
4.66
ASTRAZENECA PLC
4.48
COMPASS GROUP PLC
4.04
RENTOKIL INITIAL PLC
3.74

Liontrust as at 29/05/2026

Sector Breakdown (% of assets)

Financials
18.03
Health Care
15.10
Industrials
14.01
Technology
12.47
Consumer Discretionary
10.01
Consumer Staples
8.64
Energy
6.44
Basic Materials
5.54
Utilities
4.66
Real Estate
4.10

Liontrust as at 29/05/2026

Geographic Breakdown (% of assets)

UK
96.82
USA
1.16
Finland
1.03
Cash & Cash Equivalents
0.99

Liontrust as at 29/05/2026

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