
Baillie Gifford Long Term Global Growth ETF
$31.93+0.36 (+1.14%)
- 0.70%
- $255M
- 42.5K sh
- low $31.32high $37.40
The ETF.net BGGG Grade
Score 50 out of 100
- 5 of 9
Score 50 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.B68 out of 100Rank 3 of 9Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.F19 out of 100Rank 7 of 8Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B57 out of 100Rank 4 of 9Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D38 out of 100Rank 8 of 9Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C42 out of 100Rank 7 of 9
Our read on BGGG
In short
CBaillie Gifford's flagship concentrated global growth strategy in an ETF wrapper: roughly 40 businesses picked by bottom-up research, index weights ignored. The firm's long-running mutual fund version was reorganized into this ETF in 2026.
Stated mandate
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by actively managing a global portfolio of common stocks and other equity securities. Its managers use bottom-up company research to select businesses with attractive long-term growth prospects without regard to index geographic, industry, sector, or issuer weights.
Why people hold it
Worth knowing
BGGG Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Nov 2, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | BGGG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | |
| 1 month | −9.4% |
| 3 months | −9.4% |
| 1 year | |
| 3 years | |
| 5 years | |
| 10 years |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | BGGG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −13.8% |
BGGG in the news
BGGG Dividends
Listed Jun 2026. No distributions yet.
BGGG Risk
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.34
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.
BGGG Cost
Overpaying vs CGGO, cheapest in Global Active Growth
$4,188
On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.
BGGG 0.70%
$13,606
CGGO 0.47% Cheapest
$9,418
Cost over time
Year by year
| Year | BGGG | CGGO | Overpaying |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | $1,250 | $847 | $403 |
| 20 | $4,760 | $3,261 | $1,499 |
| 30 | $13,606 | $9,418 | $4,188 |
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