Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC Declares Dividend of GBX 0.60 (LON:BGS)

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC (LON:BGS - Get Free Report) declared a dividend on Thursday, April 3rd, DividendData.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 17th will be given a dividend of GBX 0.60 ($0.01) per share on Thursday, May 29th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.57%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 17th. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon Price Performance

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon stock traded down GBX 2.15 ($0.03) during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching GBX 101.25 ($1.29). 1,531,318 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 954,335. The stock has a market cap of £282.66 million, a P/E ratio of -5.12 and a beta of 0.60. Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon has a 12 month low of GBX 91.41 ($1.17) and a 12 month high of GBX 122 ($1.56). The stock's fifty day moving average is GBX 114.28 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 113.71. The company has a quick ratio of 3.66, a current ratio of 0.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 20.31.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Kevin Troup acquired 10,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, April 7th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 95 ($1.21) per share, for a total transaction of £9,500 ($12,139.02). 0.94% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon

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.