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Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust Plc

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Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust Plc

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  • Price (GBX)148.92
  • Today's Change1.72 / 1.17%
  • Shares traded927.96k
  • 1 Year change-1.12%
  • Beta0.8297
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About the company

Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc is a United Kingdom-based investment company. The Company operates as an investment trust. Its investment objective is the achievement of long-term capital growth by investing primarily in listed companies throughout the world. The Company invests on various sectors, including biotechnology, software, aerospace and defense, healthcare equipment and supplies, life sciences tools and services, healthcare technology, technology hardware, storage and peripherals, pharmaceuticals, capital markets, electronic equipment, instruments and components, electrical equipment, food and staples retailing, real estate management and development, professional services, diversified consumer services, healthcare providers and services, Internet and direct marketing retail, insurance, semiconductors and semiconductor equipment, auto components, interactive media and services. Baillie Gifford & Co Limited is the alternative investment manager to the Company.

  • Revenue in GBP (TTM)-171.05m
  • Net income in GBP-182.57m
  • Incorporated1998
  • Employees0.00
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Profile

Management group(s)Baillie Gifford & Co Limited.
AIC sectorGlobal Smaller Companies
ISINGB00BHSRZC82
Launch date10 Jul 1998
Share typeOrdinary Share
StructureInvestment Trust
Base currencyGBP

Objective

The Company’s objective is to achieve long term capital growth by investing primarily in listed companies throughout the world. While the policy is global investment, the approach adopted is to construct a portfolio through the identification of individual companies which offer long term growth potential, normally over at least a five year horizon and which typically have a market capitalisation of less than US$5 billion at the time of initial investment.

Managed by

Douglas Brodie, Svetlana Viteva, Luke Ward

Management & contract fees

The annual management fee will be as follows: 0.75% on the first GBP 50m of NAV, 0.65% on the next GBP 200m of NAV and 0.55% on the remaining NAV. The fees are calculated on a quarterly basis. The contract is terminable on 3 month notice.

Peer analysis

Key Information
CompanyRevenue (TTM)Net income (TTM)Market capEmployeesPrice/earnings (TTM)Price/book value (MRQ)Price/cash flow (TTM)Price/sales (TTM)EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM)EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM)Revenue per share (TTM)Book value per share (MRQ)Asset turnover (TTM)Inventory turnover (TTM)Receivables turnover (TTM)Revenues per employee (TTM)Return on avg assets (TTM)Return on avg assets (5 yr avg)Return on investment (TTM)Return on investment (5 yr avg)Gross margin (TTM)Gross margin
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Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Ltd79.68m69.56m490.50m0.007.120.57--6.160.090.090.10311.120.0849--5.74--7.41--8.18--78.63--87.30------0.00--36.61--58.02------
Polar Capital Global Fincls Trust PLC-6.31m-15.53m498.63m0.00--1.03-----0.0454-0.0454-0.01981.58-0.0108-------2.651.33-2.681.41--77.66--44.38---2.940.1239194.67-156.57---384.86----1.86
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust PLC-38.36m-51.96m521.53m0.00--0.9529-----0.5705-0.5705-0.4216.03-0.0658-------8.926.19-8.946.53--90.56--84.34----0.003.9284.36--78.48------
Blackrock Throgmorton Trust PLC-40.44m-45.39m549.15m0.00--0.949-----0.4461-0.4461-0.3996.19-0.0605-------6.792.00-6.932.05--65.78--62.29----0.003777.99-224.36---232.49----4.28
Brunner Investment Trust Plc46.38m40.63m550.74m0.0013.551.04--11.870.95170.95171.0912.370.0845--21.04--7.408.657.568.8492.0393.4687.6189.72----0.045421.04424.9526.961,021.62----4.58
Asia Dragon Trust PLC-95.36m-103.74m558.00m0.00--0.8261-----0.888-0.888-0.8154.21-0.1585-------17.240.5553-18.480.5826--63.44--32.25---46.940.077187.65-77.24---71.42----10.53
Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust plc-171.05m-182.57m565.12m0.00--0.9745-----0.469-0.469-0.4391.51-0.2166-------23.12-4.46-26.84-4.84----------------67.93--66.33------
Henderson Smaller Companies Inv Trst PLC-54.04m-60.89m570.72m0.00--0.9364-----0.8152-0.8152-0.72348.16-0.0732-------8.25-0.4607-8.71-0.4891---151.85---184.25----0.1288--38.26--36.67----4.36
European Opportunities Trust PLC77.54m64.12m581.67m0.0013.580.96849.077.500.64930.64930.78379.110.0849--22.17--7.022.337.402.5285.7970.0982.6963.92----0.0016.17-6.29-18.85-13.52-21.82---11.65
Fidelity Emerging Markets Ltd78.60m58.17m590.94m0.0010.270.9345--7.520.63720.63720.86167.010.1242--42.40--9.190.04099.480.041495.2755.8274.012.22----0.003,620.90108.10-22.27102.92-33.65--0.00
Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust PLC26.82m20.74m597.41m0.0029.361.03--22.270.0680.0680.08791.940.043--24.12--3.32--3.57--87.57--77.34----11.380.00--96.84--95.17------
JLEN Environmental Assets Group Ltd20.41m10.42m606.62m0.0058.220.7659--29.720.01580.01580.03091.200.0251------1.2811.391.2811.4358.1191.4551.0490.01----0.0057.85-43.7832.98-46.8736.09--2.50
Bluefield Solar Income Fund Ltd932.00k13.14m611.02m0.0046.600.737--655.600.02150.02150.00151.360.0011--3.97--1.5411.241.5411.25-10.41-7.301,410.098,112.35----0.0044.368.635.14-73.206.10--3.01
GCP Infrastructure Investments Ltd51.71m30.91m630.03m0.0020.760.6612--12.190.0350.0350.05861.100.0477--136.07--2.855.303.015.3783.2388.2259.7777.43--4.300.0978109.08-67.17-9.98-77.98-15.89---1.63
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust plc-36.82m-44.14m632.27m0.00--0.9509-----0.9102-0.9102-0.75614.07-0.0466-------5.582.27-5.612.31--73.14--70.37----0.092383.65-283.72---326.47----9.00
Schroder Oriental Income Fund Ltd-15.55m-25.91m636.78m0.00--1.01-----0.1019-0.1019-0.06042.56-0.0213-------3.554.03-3.784.31--82.52--74.32----0.057494.94-159.50---250.76----3.64
Data as of Mar 28 2024. Currency figures normalised to Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust Plc's reporting currency: UK Pound GBX

Institutional shareholders

17.77%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Evelyn Partners Investment Management LLPas of 01 Feb 202416.03m4.17%
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.as of 01 Feb 202414.40m3.75%
JPMorgan Securities Plc (Market-Maker)as of 01 Feb 202410.27m2.67%
Rathbones Investment Management Ltd.as of 01 Feb 20248.09m2.11%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.as of 01 Feb 20245.86m1.53%
Legal & General Investment Management Ltd.as of 01 Feb 20242.92m0.76%
Close Asset Management Ltd.as of 01 Feb 20242.87m0.75%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd.as of 01 Feb 20242.76m0.72%
Waverton Investment Management Ltd.as of 30 Nov 20232.57m0.67%
Aviva Investors Global Services Ltd.as of 01 Feb 20242.51m0.65%
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