Kevin Troup Buys 20,000 Shares of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC (LON:BGS) Stock

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC (LON:BGS) insider Kevin Troup bought 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, April 4th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 99 ($1.27) per share, with a total value of £19,800 ($25,300.28).

Kevin Troup also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, April 7th, Kevin Troup purchased 10,000 shares of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 95 ($1.21) per share, for a total transaction of £9,500 ($12,139.02).

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Price Performance

Shares of LON:BGS opened at GBX 101.25 ($1.29) on Thursday. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC has a 12 month low of GBX 91.41 ($1.17) and a 12 month high of GBX 122 ($1.56). The company has a current ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 3.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 20.31. The stock has a market cap of £282.66 million, a P/E ratio of -5.12 and a beta of 0.60. The company has a 50 day moving average of GBX 113.55 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 113.51.

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (LON:BGS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 3rd. The company reported GBX 0.67 ($0.01) EPS for the quarter. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon had a net margin of 101.98% and a negative return on equity of 13.81%.

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 29th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 17th will be paid a GBX 0.60 ($0.01) dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 17th. This represents a yield of 0.57%. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon’s dividend payout ratio is currently -5.06%.

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Company Profile

The Trust aims to achieve long-term capital growth principally through investment in small Japanese companies which are believed to have above-average prospects for capital growth. We invest in 40–80 attractively valued smaller companies that we believe offer good growth opportunities. The Trust is actively managed and will primarily consist of listed companies although up to 10% of total assets can be invested, at the time of initial investment, in unlisted investments, including private companies.