Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (LON:BGS) Reaches New 12-Month High – Here’s What Happened

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC (LON:BGS) reached a new 52-week high during trading on Wednesday. The stock traded as high as GBX 182 and last traded at GBX 178.20, with a volume of 645385 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 178.40.

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Stock Down 0.1%

The firm’s fifty day moving average is GBX 170.76 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 159.45. The firm has a market cap of £337.51 million, a P/E ratio of 5.01 and a beta of 0.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.84, a quick ratio of 3.66 and a current ratio of 0.16.

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon (LON:BGS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 17th. The company reported GBX 0.53 EPS for the quarter. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon had a net margin of 251.87% and a return on equity of 21.47%.

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.