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Royce Value Trust (NYSE: RVT) as of January 31, 2009


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Published in Business and Finance on Thursday, February 19th 2009 at 13:26 GMT, Last Modified on 2009-02-19 13:27:13 by Market Wire   Print publication without navigation


NEW YORK--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Royce Value Trust (NYSE: RVT)

  • Oldest and largest small-cap closed-end fund
  • Average weekly trading volume of approximately 341,000 shares
  • Fund's adviser has more than 30 years of small- and micro-cap investment experience

Closing Prices – January 31, 2009

   
 
NAV

$8.31

MKT

$7.75

 

Total Return Performance

Periods ended January 31, 2009

NAV

MKT

 
1 Month* -11.31% -7.63%
Year to Date* -11.31 -7.63
One-Year -46.78 -47.15
Three-Year Average Annual -17.76 -19.90
Five-Year Average Annual -5.33 -6.65
10-Year Average Annual 3.79 4.48
 
*Not Annualized
 

Portfolio Diagnostics

 
Wtd. Average Market Cap:

$1110 million

Wtd. Average P/E Ratio:

10.6*

Wtd. Average P/B Ratio:

0.6x

Wtd. Average Portfolio Yield: 1.9%
Net Assets Attributable to Common Stock:

$754 million

Net Leverage: 23%
 

*The Fund's P/E ratio calculation excludes companies with zero or negative earnings.

 
Net leverage is the percentage, in excess of 100%, of the total value of equity type investments, divided by net assets, applicable to common stock.
 

Portfolio Composition

 

Top 10 Positions

% of Net Assets

1. Ash Grove Cement 1.9%
2. SEACOR Holdings 1.5
3. Ritchie Bros. 1.4
4. Adaptec 1.2
5. Alleghany Corp. 1.2
6. HEICO Corp. 1.1
7. Hewitt Associates Cl. A 1.1
8. Landauer 1.1
9. AllianceBernstein Holding 1.1
10. Simpson Manufacturing 1.1
 

Top Five Industries

% of Net Assets

1. Industrial Products 23%
2. Technology 20
3. Industrial Services 18
4. Financial Intermediaries 16
5. Financial Services 15

Recent Developments

Royce Value Trust is a closed-end diversified management investment company whose shares of Common (RVT) and 5.90% Cumulative Preferred Stock (RVTprb) are listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Its primary investment goal is long-term capital growth, which it seeks by investing at least 75% of its assets in equity securities primarily of small- and micro-cap companies.

Daily net asset values (NAVs) for Royce Value Trust are now available on our website and online through most ticker symbol lookup services and on broker terminals under the symbol XRVTX. For more information, please call The Royce Funds at (800) 221-4268 or visit our website at [ www.roycefunds.com ].


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