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Baillie Gifford Japan Trust

Baillie Gifford Japan Trust

BGFD · LSE · Financial Services / Asset Management

1,054.00GBX-4.00 (-0.38%)

Price History

Full chart

Market Stats

Previous Close1,058.00
Open1,050.00
Day Range1,046.00 – 1,062.00
52-Week Range811.10 – 1,108.00
Volume358.41K
Market Cap703.52M
P/E (TTM)5.80
Forward P/E0.00
EPS1.89
Dividend Yield0.94%
Beta0.81
50-Day Avg1,067.36
200-Day Avg966.39

About

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Baillie Gifford & Co Ltd. It is co-managed by Baillie Gifford & Co. The fund invests in the public equity markets of Japan. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund primarily invests in growth stocks of small and mid cap companies. It employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the TOPIX Total Return Index. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC was formed in 1981 and is domiciled in the United Kingdom.

Company Details

Leadership

  • Ms. Sarah Jane Mackay WhitleyPortfolio Manager · b. 1958

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: GBP2004-08-312005-08-312006-08-312007-08-312008-08-312009-08-312010-08-312011-08-312012-08-312013-08-312014-08-312015-08-312016-08-312017-08-312018-08-312019-08-312020-08-312021-08-312022-08-312023-08-312024-08-312025-08-31
Total Revenue18.77M21.03M26.90M-9.34M-22.83M5.79M3.00M20.00M3.46M64.05M22.55M49.39M109.36M119.64M135.86M-37.03M50.01M164.99M-154.28M-51.38M67.37M74.42M
Growth (%)-+12.07%+27.93%-134.71%-144.44%+125.35%-48.22%+567.33%-82.69%+1750.09%-64.80%+119.04%+121.43%+9.40%+13.55%-127.26%+235.06%+229.89%-193.51%+66.70%+231.13%+10.47%
Cost of Revenue-----------02.57M3.18M4.35M6.74M4.38M5.45M4.80M4.45M1.32M4.38M
Gross Profit18.77M21.03M26.90M-9.34M-22.83M5.79M3.00M20.00M3.46M64.05M22.55M49.39M106.78M116.46M131.50M-37.03M45.63M159.54M-159.08M-55.82M66.05M70.05M
Gross Margin100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%97.65%97.34%96.80%100.00%91.24%96.70%103.11%108.66%98.05%94.12%
Operating Expense1.45M1.35M2.22M2.06M1.82M1.73M1.99M2.24M1.60M1.98M2.08M2.64M523.00K592.00K678.00K654.00K590.00K668.00K742.00K688.00K3.70M-54.22M
Operating Income17.31M19.68M24.68M-11.39M-24.64M4.05M1.01M17.76M1.86M62.07M20.47M46.74M106.26M115.87M130.82M-37.68M45.04M158.87M-159.83M-56.51M62.36M124.27M
Operating Margin92.27%93.58%91.76%122.02%107.96%70.04%33.77%88.80%53.67%96.90%90.78%94.65%97.17%96.85%96.30%101.77%90.06%96.29%103.59%110.00%92.56%166.98%
EBITDA17.31M19.68M25.10M-11.01M378.00K685.00K620.00K2.10M750.00K62.07M20.47M45.70M104.80M114.24M128.30M-11.40M45.04M158.87M-153.47M-41.38M62.36M124.27M
EBITDA Margin92.27%93.58%93.29%117.89%-1.66%11.83%20.69%10.48%21.66%96.90%90.78%92.54%95.83%95.49%94.44%30.80%90.06%96.29%99.47%80.54%92.56%166.98%
Net Income17.24M19.27M24.58M-11.51M-24.78M3.90M839.00K17.57M880.00K65.72M23.05M47.97M85.81M116.39M127.80M-39.03M46.95M160.66M-155.47M-43.24M63.76M123.43M
Net Income Margin91.88%91.66%91.37%123.24%108.54%67.40%27.99%87.87%25.42%102.62%102.23%97.13%78.47%97.29%94.07%105.41%93.87%97.38%100.77%84.18%94.64%165.85%
R&D------------6.075.831.670.550.372.783.950.98--
R&D as % of Total Revenue------------0.00%0.00%0.00%-0.00%0.00%0.00%-0.00%-0.00%--
Interest Expense0315.00K412.00K385.00K513.00K500.00K530.00K596.00K642.00K826.00K1.00M1.04M1.46M1.63M2.52M2.59M2.79M2.05M1.87M1.87M1.79M2.51M
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue0.00%1.50%1.53%-4.12%-2.25%8.64%17.68%2.98%18.54%1.29%4.45%2.11%1.34%1.36%1.86%-6.99%5.57%1.24%-1.21%-3.64%2.66%3.37%

Balance Sheet

Currency: GBP2000-08-312001-08-312002-08-312003-08-312004-08-312005-08-312006-08-312007-08-312008-08-312009-08-312010-08-312011-08-312012-08-312013-08-312014-08-312015-08-312016-08-312017-08-312018-08-312019-08-312020-08-312021-08-312022-08-312023-08-312024-08-312025-08-31
Total Assets192.21M107.75M93.27M106.88M124.59M148.61M175.53M163.60M138.59M140.10M144.06M162.64M164.97M248.00M291.88M378.65M502.82M663.97M874.53M861.46M925.41M1.10B943.56M866.33M894.51M907.76M
Total Liabilities26.90M12.20M14.77M20.30M20.77M25.52M27.86M27.43M27.20M24.81M27.92M28.93M30.39M37.63M43.16M55.50M77.83M88.75M118.43M129.35M153.02M144.67M152.55M133.36M146.13M119.61M
Total Equity165.31M95.55M78.50M86.58M103.82M123.10M147.68M136.17M111.39M115.29M116.13M133.71M134.59M210.38M248.71M323.15M425.00M575.22M756.10M732.11M772.39M955.40M791.01M732.96M748.38M788.15M
Cash11.87M8.23M3.41M493.00K10.72M832.00K4.72M2.44M10.51M5.78M6.09M4.16M2.52M1.86M5.23M8.74M2.47M10.59M27.79M40.30M118.74M44.29M11.02M6.03M5.30M15.52M
Total Debt----20.77M25.52M--24.25M23.48M13.56M28.51M28.54M17.13M41.73M38.63M53.15M50.77M118.43M127.64M151.42M142.20M149.41M131.72M140.57M115.95M
Net Debt----10.05M24.68M-4.72M-2.44M13.74M17.70M7.47M24.35M26.03M15.27M36.50M29.89M50.68M40.18M90.64M87.34M32.68M97.91M138.39M125.69M-5.30M100.43M

Cash Flow

Currency: GBP2011-08-312012-08-312013-08-312014-08-312015-08-312016-08-312017-08-312018-08-312019-08-312020-08-312021-08-312022-08-312023-08-312024-08-312025-08-31
Operating Cash Flow262.00K622.00K285.00K438.00K297.00K1.76M2.26M2.42M4.38M6.12M6.69M10.42M10.07M7.20M6.38M
Investing Cash Flow-2.24M-2.46M-23.02M-22.49M-39.06M-25.74M-38.23M-70.08M-10.73M48.41M-99.51M-50.65M1.97M24.13M109.76M
Financing Cash Flow113.00K-22.31M26.31M42.62M16.03M44.19M85.56M15.04M28.90M22.37M8.82M-15.36M-31.80M-104.08M
Capital Expenditure00000000000007.20M0
Free Cash Flow262.00K622.00K285.00K438.00K297.00K1.76M2.26M2.42M4.38M6.12M6.69M10.42M10.07M7.20M6.38M
Dividends Paid-----547.00K547.00K547.00K72.00K3.23M4.13M5.66M8.43M9.16M8.48M
FCF to OCF100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%100.00%
Dividend Paid to FCF-----31.08%24.19%22.58%1.64%52.82%61.81%54.30%83.67%127.18%133.04%

Earnings

Report DateApr 1, 2016Nov 2, 2016Mar 20, 2017Oct 4, 2017Mar 22, 2018Oct 2, 2018Mar 21, 2019Oct 9, 2019May 18, 2020Oct 7, 2020Mar 29, 2021Oct 27, 2021Mar 22, 2022Oct 28, 2022Mar 31, 2023Mar 28, 2025Nov 6, 2025
EPS Estimate0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00-0.000.00----0.000.00
EPS Actual0.001.090.700.751.200.27-1.330.90-0.591.101.700.04-1.49-0.16-0.110.031.54
Surprise-----------------
Timing-------------After-hoursPre-market--

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap703.52M
Enterprise Value897.68M
Trailing P/E5.80
Forward P/E0.00
Price / Sales5.44
Price / Book0.89
EPS1.89
Book Value10.52
Revenue (TTM)150.77M
Gross Profit (TTM)150.77M
Profit Margin100.84%
Operating Margin91.05%
Return on Equity20.55%
Return on Assets10.46%
Shares Outstanding65.41M
Shares Float42.42M
Beta0.81
Dividend Yield0.94%
Dividend Rate0.10
Payout Ratio0.00%

Dividends

20251×
0.10Nov 13, 2025
20241×
0.10Nov 14, 2024
20231×
0.10Nov 16, 2023
20221×
0.09Nov 10, 2022
20211×
0.06Nov 11, 2021
20201×
0.04Nov 12, 2020
20191×
0.04Nov 14, 2019
20181×
0.01Nov 29, 2018
19911×
0.00Nov 20, 1991
19872×
0.00Oct 30, 19870.00Oct 26, 1987
19861×
0.00Oct 31, 1986

Stock Splits

  • Nov 27, 20005:1