Baillie Gifford
Our archive holds 12 letters from Baillie Gifford, behind 28 investment theses and positions in 60 companies. Every quote below is copied verbatim from the letter it came from.
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12 strategies
Baillie Gifford publishes a letter per strategy. Each one has its own page — what it holds, what it bought, what it wrote.
- Baillie Gifford China Strategy1
8 companies
- Baillie Gifford Discovery1
6 companies
- Baillie Gifford Emerging Markets1
Emerging markets · 3 companies
- Baillie Gifford Global Alpha1
Global · 5 companies
- Baillie Gifford Global Durable Growth1
Global Large-cap Growth · 17 companies
- Baillie Gifford Global Income Growth1
Global Large-cap Income · 15 companies
- Baillie Gifford International Alpha1
International Large-cap · 13 companies
- Baillie Gifford International Concentrated Growth1
International Mega-cap Growth · 10 companies
- Baillie Gifford International Growth1
International Growth · 1 companies
- Baillie Gifford Positive Change1
Global Mega-cap · 12 companies
- Baillie Gifford UK Core Strategy1
1 companies
- Baillie Gifford US Equity Growth1
US Mega-cap Growth · 12 companies
What they bought and sold · 29 moves
- TrimmedTSMCJune 2026
“These new additions were funded by the reduction of holdings that have continued to perform strongly, TSMC and ASML in particular, as well as Delivery Hero and French luxury business Kering, which has been improving following some difficult years.”
Read the letter - TrimmedSamsung ElectronicsJune 2026
“we took some profits from Samsung and TSMC to fund positions in less obvious AI beneficiaries.”
Read the letter - New positionWärtsiläJune 2026
“One of them is Wärtsilä, a Finnish specialist in highly efficient multi-fuel engines.”
Read the letter - New positionArgenxJune 2026
“This quarter's new buys are a case in point: MTU Aero Engines is a German provider of aircraft engine maintenance, repair and overhaul services, and Argenx is a Belgian specialist in antibody-based drugs for rare autoimmune diseases.”
Read the letter - TrimmedASMLJune 2026
“These new additions were funded by the reduction of holdings that have continued to perform strongly, TSMC and ASML in particular, as well as Delivery Hero and French luxury business Kering, which has been improving following some difficult years.”
Read the letter - New positionEdwards LifesciencesJune 2026
“during the quarter, we took a position in Edwards Lifesciences .”
Read the letter - New positionCullen/Frost BankersJune 2026
“This quarter, that included the addition of a second bank to the portfolio, Cullen/Frost Bankers.”
Read the letter - TrimmedKeringJune 2026
“These new additions were funded by the reduction of holdings that have continued to perform strongly, TSMC and ASML in particular, as well as Delivery Hero and French luxury business Kering, which has been improving following some difficult years.”
Read the letter - ExitedBioNTechJune 2026
“We also sold our holding in the German biotechnology company BioNTech, where the abrupt announcement of the founders' departure, including the CEO, raised governance concerns we were unable to resolve.”
Read the letter - New positionCATLJune 2026
“We added three new holdings to the portfolio during the quarter: SK Hynix, Lonza and CATL.”
Read the letter - New positionLonzaJune 2026
“We added three new holdings to the portfolio during the quarter: SK Hynix, Lonza and CATL.”
Read the letter - ExitedT. Rowe PriceJune 2026
“We sold the position and have reinvested the proceeds elsewhere.”
Read the letter - ExitedCME GroupJune 2026
“we have moved quickly to sell the holding.”
Read the letter - New positionSpaceXJune 2026
“For most clients, we initiated a small position in SpaceX this quarter at IPO, funded mainly by reducing Tesla to manage aggregate exposure to Elon Musk-led companies.”
Read the letter - New positionMastercardJune 2026
“We have continued to broaden the portfolio's enduring growth exposure with new purchases in IDEXX and Mastercard.”
Read the letter - New positionIDEXX LaboratoriesJune 2026
“We have continued to broaden the portfolio's enduring growth exposure with new purchases in IDEXX and Mastercard.”
Read the letter - TrimmedTeslaJune 2026
“For most clients, we initiated a small position in SpaceX this quarter at IPO, funded mainly by reducing Tesla to manage aggregate exposure to Elon Musk-led companies.”
Read the letter - TrimmedDelivery HeroJune 2026
“These new additions were funded by the reduction of holdings that have continued to perform strongly, TSMC and ASML in particular, as well as Delivery Hero and French luxury business Kering, which has been improving following some difficult years.”
Read the letter - TrimmedCME GroupJune 2026
“we have moved quickly to sell the holding.”
Read the letter - New positionSoftBank GroupJune 2026
“Shortly after we initiated our position in SoftBank, it announced record profits boosted by outstanding operational performance from separately listed chip designer, Arm, and continued upward revisions in OpenAI's private valuation.”
Read the letter - TrimmedArmJune 2026
“we trimmed the position, halving it to a more moderate 3 percent.”
Read the letter - New positionMTU Aero EnginesJune 2026
“This quarter's new buys are a case in point: MTU Aero Engines is a German provider of aircraft engine maintenance, repair and overhaul services, and Argenx is a Belgian specialist in antibody-based drugs for rare autoimmune diseases.”
Read the letter - New positionKLAJune 2026
“New holding KLA provides process control equipment and services that help chip manufacturers improve production efficiency and reduce waste, water and energy intensity during semiconductor manufacturing.”
Read the letter - TrimmedAlnylamJune 2026
“This company has been a long-term positive contributor, and we trimmed it three times last year following strong performance.”
Read the letter - New positionSK HynixJune 2026
“We added three new holdings to the portfolio during the quarter: SK Hynix, Lonza and CATL.”
Read the letter - TrimmedAehr Test SystemsJune 2026
“we materially reduced the position.”
Read the letter - New positionBESIJune 2026
“that thinking has led us to new holdings, including BESI,”
Read the letter - AddedRubrikJune 2026
“adding to Rubrik,”
Read the letter - AddedPDD HoldingsJune 2026
“During the quarter, we recycled some outperformance from selected semiconductor holdings and added to positions in attractively valued consumer names such as PDD.”
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Companies held · 60
Every company Baillie Gifford has disclosed a position in across our archive, with the letter that last mentioned it.
- AccentureJun 2026
- Aehr Test SystemsJun 2026
- AeroVironmentJun 2026
- AlnylamJun 2026
- AlphabetJun 2026
- ArgenxJun 2026
- ArmJun 2026
- ASMLJun 2026
- Astera LabsJun 2026
- AxonJun 2026
- Babcock InternationalJun 2026
- BESIJun 2026
- BioNTechJun 2026
- BroadcomJun 2026
- CATLJun 2026
- CME GroupJun 2026
- CNOOCJun 2026
- Cullen/Frost BankersJun 2026
- Delivery HeroJun 2026
- DiageoJun 2026
- DSVJun 2026
- EdenredJun 2026
- Edwards LifesciencesJun 2026
- ExperianJun 2026
- H World GroupJun 2026
- IDEXX LaboratoriesJun 2026
- InsuletJun 2026
- IntuitJun 2026
- KeringJun 2026
- KLAJun 2026
- LonzaJun 2026
- Luckin CoffeeJun 2026
- MastercardJun 2026
- MediaTekJun 2026
- MercadoLibreJun 2026
- MTU Aero EnginesJun 2026
- Naura Technology GroupJun 2026
- NetflixJun 2026
- Novo NordiskJun 2026
- Novo NordiskJun 2026
- PDD HoldingsJun 2026
- Recruit HoldingsJun 2026
- RichemontJun 2026
- RubrikJun 2026
- Samsung ElectronicsJun 2026
- ShopifyJun 2026
- SK HynixJun 2026
- SnowflakeJun 2026
- SoftBank GroupJun 2026
- T. Rowe PriceJun 2026
- TencentJun 2026
- TeslaJun 2026
- TSMCJun 2026
- Twist BioscienceJun 2026
- UOBJun 2026
- WärtsiläJun 2026
- Wolters KluwerJun 2026
- XometryJun 2026
- Zhongji InnolightJun 2026
- ZillowJun 2026
Theses · 28
- June 2026
Arm designs low-power processor architectures that should benefit from AI-driven demand and expanding use cases beyond smartphones.
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TSMC operates foundries that enable semiconductor efficiency and performance gains, with strong growth and rising profitability.
Read the full thesis - June 2026
Edwards Lifesciences sells minimally invasive heart therapy devices and is the leading player in a large growing market.
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Schneider Electric provides energy management products and services that benefit from structural demand growth in electrification and data centres.
Read the full thesis - June 2026
Intuit is a software company added at an attractive valuation and viewed as a long-term sustainable opportunity.
Read the full thesis - June 2026
Spotify is continuing to compound revenue and operating profit while AI may deepen its personalisation moat and create new monetisation opportunities.
Read the full thesis - June 2026
SK Hynix is a leading high-bandwidth memory supplier positioned to benefit from AI infrastructure bottlenecks and tight supply.
Read the full thesis - June 2026
ASML is the sole maker of EUV lithography machines and captures a royalty-like benefit from rising AI chip demand.
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Lonza is a biologics-focused CDMO offering exposure to long-term growth in complex medicines with hard-to-replicate manufacturing capabilities.
Read the full thesis - June 2026
Contemporary Amperex Technology is a leading battery company with a cost and performance position built on scale, discipline and technology choices.
Read the full thesis - June 2026
Cullen/Frost Bankers is a relationship-led Texas bank with a strong deposit moat, conservative management and high-single-digit book value compounding potential.
Read the full thesis - June 2026
MediaTek is a semiconductor company with a nascent custom AI chip business that is now expected to scale rapidly through Google TPU exposure.
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- WärtsiläJun 2026
- BroadcomJun 2026
- SpaceXJun 2026
- MastercardJun 2026
- SK HynixJun 2026
- MediaTekJun 2026
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing CompanyJun 2026
- RocheJun 2026
- Axon EnterpriseJun 2026
- LasertecJun 2026
- CloudflareJun 2026
- BesiJun 2026
- LindeJun 2026
- SoftcatJun 2026
- Scottish and Southern EnergyJun 2026
- Helios TowersJun 2026
Letter archive · 12
2026
- Jun 2026Baillie Gifford Positive Change
- Jun 2026Baillie Gifford International Concentrated Growth
- Jun 2026Baillie Gifford Global Income Growth
- Jun 2026Baillie Gifford Global Durable Growth
- Jun 2026Baillie Gifford International Alpha
- Jun 2026Baillie Gifford US Equity Growth
- Jun 2026Baillie Gifford Emerging Markets
- Jun 2026Baillie Gifford International Growth
- Jun 2026Baillie Gifford Global Alpha
- Jun 2026Baillie Gifford Discovery
- Jun 2026Baillie Gifford China Strategy
- Jun 2026Baillie Gifford UK Core Strategy
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