Baillie Gifford International Alpha 5 (BGIVX)

Fund Assets	2.08B
Expense Ratio	0.44%
Min. Investment	$500,000,000
Turnover	19.00%
Dividend (ttm)	0.16
Dividend Yield	1.12%
Dividend Growth	30.67%
Payout Frequency	Annual
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 29, 2025

Previous Close	13.92
YTD Return	-4.13%
1-Year Return	-4.32%
5-Year Return	-3.31%
52-Week Low	13.92
52-Week High	16.41
Beta (5Y)	0.91
Holdings	82
Inception Date	Apr 27, 2015

About BGIVX

Baillie Gifford International Alpha 5 Fund is an actively managed mutual fund focused on achieving capital appreciation by investing in a diversified portfolio of international equities. The fund primarily targets companies outside the United States, emphasizing both developed and emerging markets, and follows a growth-oriented investment strategy. It typically holds between 70 and 110 stocks, employing a bottom-up stock selection process that leverages the specialized regional knowledge of the Baillie Gifford investment team. This approach is unconstrained by benchmark composition, resulting in a high active share and a portfolio that often diverges meaningfully from standard indices. With a commitment to maintaining broad diversification across sectors and regions, the fund regularly monitors portfolio exposures to manage risk concentrations. The International Alpha 5 Fund is recognized for its competitive expense ratio relative to peers and is benchmarked against the MSCI ACWI ex US Index. Key portfolio holdings have included global leaders such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, MercadoLibre, and Tencent Holdings, reflecting its focus on high-quality growth companies from a variety of industries.

• Fund Family: Baillie Gifford Funds
• Category: Foreign Large Growth
• Performance Rating: Average
• Risk Rating: Above Average
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: BGIVX
• Share Class: Class 5
• Index: MSCI AC World ex USA TR USD

Performance

BGIVX had a total return of -4.32% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 6.62%.

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
BGIUX	Class 4	0.49%
BGIFX	Class 3	0.52%
BGITX	Class 2	0.59%
BGIKX	Class K	0.59%

Top 10 Holdings

33.55% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited	2330	7.63%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.	005930	6.40%
Cash	n/a	2.84%
Tencent Holdings Limited	0700	2.79%
ASML Holding N.V.	ASML	2.60%
Rio Tinto Group	RIO	2.52%
MediaTek Inc.	2454	2.49%
Deutsche Börse AG	DB1	2.23%
Roche Holding AG	ROP	2.09%
DSV A/S	DSV	1.95%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 29, 2025	$1.71596	Dec 29, 2025
Dec 30, 2024	$0.56482	Dec 30, 2024
Dec 28, 2023	$0.17884	Dec 28, 2023
Dec 28, 2022	$0.20639	Dec 28, 2022
Dec 30, 2020	$0.4085	Dec 30, 2020
Dec 27, 2019	$0.69719	Dec 27, 2019

Data Sources: Tiingo, Twelve Data, and more

Historical data is provided by Tiingo. Delayed stock pricing data is provided by Twelve Data. Several fund data points are also provided by Finnhub.

Last checked:

Aug 27, 2026

Data Sources Report a data error