Overview
The Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust plc seeks to invest predominantly in listed and unlisted US companies which the Company believes have the potential to grow substantially faster than the average company, and to hold onto them for long periods of time, in order to produce long-term capital growth.
Baillie Gifford believes that exceptional growth companies are the major drivers of market wealth creation.
Performance & Portfolio
Periodic Performance
All figures to 30/11/2024 1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
Since Inception
Share Price 66.7% -19.6% 96.0% 169.7% NAV 39.1% -22.2% 99.0% 175.6% Index* 33.4% 44.0% 111.6% 190.5% Performance figures appear in GBP. The value of your investment may go down as well as up, and you may not get back the amount you invested.
NAV is calculated with borrowings deducted at fair value for 1, 3 and 5 years and par value for 10 years.
*S&P 500 Index (GBP) TR.
Performance source: Morningstar and relevant underlying index provider, total return.
Please bear in mind that past performance is not a guide to future performance.
Discrete Performance
Annual Performance to 30 September each year 30/09/2019
30/09/202030/09/2020
30/09/202130/09/2021
30/09/202230/09/2022
30/09/202330/09/2023
30/09/2024Share Price 101.5% 20.9% -44.7% -15.5% 35.4% NAV 91.9% 33.4% -39.0% -5.3% 18.7% Index* 9.8% 24.7% 2.1% 11.2% 24.1% Performance figures appear in GBP. The value of your investment may go down as well as up, and you may not get back the amount you invested. NAV is calculated with borrowings deducted at fair value for 1, 3 and 5 years and par value for 10 years.
*S&P 500 Index (GBP) TR.
Performance source: Morningstar and relevant underlying index provider, total return.
Please bear in mind that past performance is not a guide to future performance.Performance - 30/11/2024Performance figures appear in GBP. The value of your investment may go down as well as up, and you may not get back the amount you invested.
Benchmark data is limited to a 5 year period from the current date.
The graph has been rebased to 100.
Please bear in mind that past performance is not a guide to future performance.Holdings - 30/11/2024
Fund % 1 Space Exploration Technologies 7.6% 2 The Trade Desk 5.5% 3 Shopify 4.9% 4 Amazon.com 4.9% 5 NVIDIA 4.6% 6 Stripe 4.2% 7 Netflix 3.7% 8 Meta Platforms 3.6% 9 DoorDash 3.4% 10 Cloudflare 2.6% Total 45.0% Sector Analysis of Total Assets - 30/11/2024Fund %
- 1 Information Technology 31.10
- 2 Consumer Discretionary 20.20
- 3 Communication Services 16.18
- 4 Industrials 12.13
- 5 Health Care 9.53
- 6 Financials 5.87
- 7 Real Estate 1.94
- 8 Consumer Staples 1.08
- 9 Materials 1.03
- 10 Net Liquid Assets 0.96
- Total 100.00
As the Fund invests in overseas securities, changes in the rates of exchange may also cause the value of your investment (and any income it may pay) to go down or up.
The information contained on this page is intended as a guide only and should not be relied upon when making investment decisions. All holdings information is unaudited. Source Baillie Gifford & Co.
Please note that totals may not add due to rounding.Insights
View all Insights.Meet the Managers
Gary Robinson
Gary is an investment manager in the US Equity Growth Team. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2003 and became a partner in 2019. He worked on our Japanese, UK and European Equity teams before joining the US Equity Growth Team in 2008. Gary is a generalist investor but retains a special interest in the healthcare sector, dating back to his undergraduate degree. He graduated MBiochem in Biochemistry from Oxford University in 2003.
Kirsty Gibson
Kirsty joined Baillie Gifford in 2012 and is an investment manager in the US Equity Growth Team. She has been involved in running the North American portfolio of the Managed Fund and Global Core Fund since 2021. Prior to joining the US Equity Growth Team, Kirsty also spent several years in the small and large-cap global equities departments. She graduated MA (Hons) in Economics in 2011 and MSc in Carbon Management in 2012, both from the University of Edinburgh.
Documents
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Annual reports
Corporate governance
Factsheets
Interim reports
Investor disclosure document
Other fund literature
Portfolio valuation
Portfolio voting disclosure
RNS announcements
Sustainability-related disclosures and climate reports
PRIIPs key information document
Disclaimers
S&P Dow Jones Disclaimer
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