Insider Buying: The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC (LON:BGFD) Insider Buys £1,559.28 in Stock

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC (LON:BGFD) insider Patricia Lewis bought 219 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 3rd. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 712 ($8.80) per share, with a total value of £1,559.28 ($1,927.42).

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust Price Performance

BGFD opened at GBX 702 ($8.68) on Thursday. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC has a 52-week low of GBX 638.54 ($7.89) and a 52-week high of GBX 766 ($9.47). The company has a 50 day moving average of GBX 712.22 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 724.67. The company has a market cap of £612.99 million, a P/E ratio of 3,342.86 and a beta of 0.73. The company has a quick ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 0.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 18.86.

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 18th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 14th were issued a GBX 10 ($0.12) dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 14th. This represents a yield of 1.43%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust’s dividend payout ratio is currently 4,761.90%.

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust Company Profile

The Trust aims to pursue long-term capital growth principally through investment in medium to smaller sized Japanese companies which are believed to have above average prospects for growth. We invest in a spread of 40–70 companies, predominantly medium and smaller sized, that we believe offer good growth opportunities.

Growth may come from innovative business models, disrupting traditional Japanese practices or market opportunities, such as growth from overseas.

We aim to take a three to five year view and the Trust is managed by looking at the underlying investments rather than the benchmark which is TOPIX total return.