NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

  • Average weekly trading volume of approximately 635,205 shares
  • Fund's adviser has more than 40 years of small- and micro-cap investment experience   

Closing December 31, 2017


NAV

$ 10.48

MKT

$ 9.44

 

Total Return Performance



PERIODS ENDED December 31, 2017

NAV (%)

MKT (%)

One Month*

0.23

1.82

Year-To-Date*

17.67

25.09

One-Year

17.67

25.09

Three-Year Average Annual

8.21

8.69

Five-Year Average Annual

13.65

14.61

Ten-Year Average Annual

7.75

7.93

*Not annualized



 

Portfolio Diagnostics


Weighted Average Geometric Market Cap

$449 million

Weighted Average P/E Ratio

23.4*

Weighted Average P/B Ratio

2.0x

Net Assets

$410 million

Net Leverage

3.5%

*Excludes 21% of portfolio holdings with zero or negative earnings as of 12/31/17.

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

 

Portfolio Composition




TOP 10 POSITIONS

% OF NET ASSETS

1.     Kadant

1.2

2.     Heritage-Crystal Clean

1.2

3.     Sun Hydraulics

1.2

4.     Major Drilling Group International

1.2

5.     Orbotech

1.1

6.     Clarkson

1.0

7.     Mesa Laboratories

1.0

8.     QuinStreet

1.0

9.     Atrion Corp.

0.9

10.  IES Holdings

0.9



TOP 5 SECTORS

% OF NET ASSETS

 1. Industrials

22

 2. Information Technology

21

 3. Health Care

14

 4. Consumer Discretionary

13

 5. Financials

13

Recent Developments
Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc. is a closed-end diversified investment company whose shares of Common Stock (RMT) are listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The Fund's investment goal is long-term capital growth, which it seeks by investing primarily in equity securities of companies that, at the time of investment, have market capitalization of $1 billion or less.

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

An investor in Royce Micro-Cap Trust should consider the Fund's investment goals, risks, fees, and expenses carefully before investing.

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SOURCE Royce Micro-Cap Trust, Inc.