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.
Research context
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC appears in PyInvesting’s London Stock catalogue. The price history above describes this recorded instrument; it does not by itself identify a company’s business or establish a continuous investment return.
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5 years, 6 months ago
Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC is currently in a long term downtrend where the price is trading 1.7% below its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 92.8% cheaper than other stocks from the Financial Services sector with a price to sales ratio of 3.8.
Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC's total revenue sank by 0.0% to $49M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has dropped by 0.0% to $41M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow grew by 68.2% to $2M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC gets an overall score of 2/5.