Pantheon International underperforms versus benchmarks but NAV rises

Thu, 26th Mar 2026 12:04

(Alliance News) - Pantheon International PLC on Thursday reported an increased asset value for its latest three months.

The investment trust, which provides exposure to a global portfolio of private equity-backed companies, reported a net asset value per share of 519.1 pence at February 28, up 4.6% from 496.5p at May 31 and up 3.1% from 503.5p at January 31.

Shares in Pantheon International were down 0.8% at 360.00p on Thursday in London.

For its annualised performance, Pantheon reported an NAV return of plus 3.1% for the 12 months ended February 28, against a plus 27.3% total return from the FTSE All-Share and plus 14.1% from the MSCI World index.

Pantheon reported GBP2.45 billion in private equity assets as of February 28, and a GBP23 million net available cash balance. Its portfolio generated GBP14.5 million in net cash during February, receiving distributions of GBP22.1 million relative to GBP7.6 million of calls from existing commitments to private equity funds.

It also made two new co-investments in February, one of GBP4.8 million alongside Arbor Partners in bakery Furlani, the other of GBP6.9 million alongside Hg in financial planning & analysis software provider OneStream.

Pantheon said it made 11 new investments during the nine months ended February 28, amounting to GBP125.2 million in new commitments.

Additionally, Pantheon reported an annualised distribution rate of 15% during the period, with GBP263.9 million of distributions and GBP130.2 million of calls for a net portfolio cash flow of GBP133.7 million.

By Emma Curzon, Alliance News reporter

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