Kevin Troup Buys 10,000 Shares of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC (LON:BGS) Stock

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC (LON:BGS) insider Kevin Troup acquired 10,000 shares of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon stock in a transaction on Monday, April 7th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 95 ($1.21) per share, with a total value of £9,500 ($12,139.02).

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

• On Friday, April 4th, Kevin Troup purchased 20,000 shares of Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon stock. 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).

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Stock Performance

LON BGS opened at GBX 101.25 ($1.29) on Thursday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 113.55 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 113.51. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC has a 1 year low of GBX 91.41 ($1.17) and a 1 year high of GBX 122 ($1.56). The stock has a market capitalization of £282.66 million, a PE ratio of -5.12 and a beta of 0.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 20.31, a current ratio of 0.13 and a quick ratio of 3.66.

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

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 29th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 17th will be paid a dividend of GBX 0.60 ($0.01) per share. This represents a dividend yield of 0.57%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 17th. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -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.