Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (LON:BGUK) Reaches New 12-Month High – Here’s What Happened

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust plc (LON:BGUK)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high on Tuesday . The company traded as high as GBX 192 ($2.39) and last traded at GBX 191 ($2.38), with a volume of 476307 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 182 ($2.26).

Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust Stock Performance

The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 178.70 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 177.04. The company has a market cap of £276.82 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16,950.00 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.21, a quick ratio of 0.48 and a current ratio of 0.24.

Insider Activity at Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust

In other Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust news, insider Ruary Neill purchased 8,368 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 2nd. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 179 ($2.23) per share, for a total transaction of £14,978.72 ($18,637.20). 3.18% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust

The Trust aims to achieve capital growth predominantly from investment in UK listed equities, with the aim of providing a total return in excess of the FTSE All-Share Index. Investments are made with a five year investment horizon and the portfolio is relatively concentrated with between 35 – 65 companies.