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Lowland Investment Company - Value-orientated portfolio with 4.5% dividend yield

Lowland Investment Company (LWI) has suffered a period of poor performance recently, with both its share price and NAV close to 12-month lows, as its value investment style has remained out of favour in a market where investors have preferred highly rated growth companies. Managers James Henderson and Laura Foll continue to see opportunities in both large and smaller UK companies that are growing their dividends, and LWI’s own dividend yield has reached a cyclical high of c 4.5%, a level that has historically been followed by strong NAV returns in subsequent years. Although underperformance in the past 12 months has weighed on the trust’s medium-term performance record, it has generated NAV and share price total returns of c 14% pa over 10 years, well ahead of both the FTSE All-Share Index return and the AIC UK Equity Income peer group.
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Lowland Investment Co. PLC

Lowland Investment Company is an investment trust company. Co. is engaged in investing in a combination of large, medium and smaller companies listed in the U.K. Co. invests in various sectors, which include oil and gas, basic materials, industrials, consumer goods, health care, consumer services, telecommunications, utilities, financials, and technology (such as Software and Computer Services). Co.'s portfolio is managed by Co.'s portfolio is managed by Henderson Investment Funds Limited. As of Sept 30 2017, Co.'s total investments portfolio was valued at £467,488,000.

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Edison Investment Research
Edison Investment Research

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Sarah Godfrey

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