| Period | Completed events | Price coverage | Hit rate | Median excess return | Average excess return | Worst excess return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5D | 3Small sample | 100.0% (3/3) | 66.7% (2/3) | +0.1% | +0.0% | -1.7% |
| 20D | 3Small sample | 100.0% (3/3) | 33.3% (1/3) | -1.0% | -0.1% | -1.9% |
| 60D | 3Small sample | 100.0% (3/3) | 100.0% (3/3) | +1.0% | +2.3% | +0.1% |
| 120D | 3Small sample | 100.0% (3/3) | 100.0% (3/3) | +8.7% | +9.7% | +5.3% |
COMPANY RESEARCH
Schroder Japan Trust plc
SJG.L · United Kingdom · Closed-End Funds · Asset Management
INSIDER SIGNAL
Insider activity score：57.2 / 100
3 insiders · 6 purchase events · €588 net purchases
Europe #376 · United Kingdom #106
WHY THIS SIGNAL?
Score anatomy
Each bar shows the contribution to the current score; the weights and formula stay unchanged.
Cluster+29.8 / 35
How many distinct insiders bought in the cluster
Purchase size+10.3 / 25
Purchase value relative to company size and liquidity
Role+13.0 / 20
The seniority and relevance of participating insiders
Recency+0.1 / 10
How recently the purchases occurred
Conviction+10.0 / 10
How clearly buying stands out from other activity
What is holding the score back?
- ⚠ Purchase size is modest relative to the model scale
- ⚠ Insider role contributes less on the current role scale
- ⚠ Purchase activity is becoming less recent
- ✓ Broad buyer cluster · 4+ distinct filers
The role contribution uses the inverted role input of the current European model.
Buying concentration
58%
Largest buyer：Ms Helena Coles · 289 GBP
Gross qualified purchase transaction-line value：496 GBP
The headline € total is net buying for the screen; this module uses gross qualified purchase transaction-line values in the filing currency, so the amounts can differ. The current 15-day buyer-breadth input counts distinct buyers; value concentration is disclosed separately here.
This is a ranking under the current European screening rules—not a probability of gain, return forecast, or buy recommendation.
Key purchase quotes (filing currency)
| Filer | Price per unit | Trade date |
|---|---|---|
| Ms Helena Coles | 3.958 GBP | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Miss B Coles Gazolli (PCA of Helena Coles) | 3.958 GBP | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Ms Helena Coles | 3.7328 GBP | May 18, 2026 |
Model details
Cluster breakdown (does not change the score)
- 15-day buyer breadth (count)
- 3 distinct reported filers
- Peak time window
- 2026-05-18 to 2026-05-18
- Current breadth input
- 0.850 (capped at 4+ buyers)
- Buyer independence
- Not yet measured; related-party fields are not cross-market comparable
What the filings show
- 🟢 Recent eligible purchase
Ms Helena Coles · 150 GBP · Price 3.958 GBP · Aug 17, 2026 - 🟢 PDMR purchase
Miss B Coles Gazolli (PCA of Helena Coles) · 55 GBP · Price 3.958 GBP · Aug 17, 2026 - 🟢 PDMR purchase
Ms Helena Coles · 138 GBP · Price 3.7328 GBP · May 18, 2026 - 🟡 3 remaining qualified transaction line(s) across 3 disclosure(s)
Insider vs stock price
2 purchase day(s), 6 purchase line(s) in the 180-day window.
Daily close (GBp)Day with an insider purchaseTwo or more insiders the same day
Markers sit on the closing price of the transaction day. They show when insiders traded, not the price they paid or received. "Since" compares that day's close with the last close shown; it is what happened at this company, not a forecast.
If you had followed the purchase
Each row starts on the first close on or after the day a purchase was made public, the earliest a reader could have acted, and ends on the last close shown above.
| Made public | Insiders | In this stock, now | In the median peer stock, now | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | 3 | 1,063 +6.3% | 1,036 +3.6% | +27 +2.7 pts |
| 2026-08-17 | 3 | 987 −1.3% | 974 −2.6% | +13 +1.3 pts |
2 of 2 disclosure day(s) ended ahead of the median peer stock.
Close to close, before costs, taxes, dividends and currency moves. The peer is the median of the other stocks on the same exchange for which this site holds prices (453 here), not an index. This is what happened, not a forecast: across all purchases on this site the typical gap is close to zero.
Insider timeline
3 insiders bought on the same day, 18 May: 2 Associated person, 1 Board member. 3 of them bought again later. The share closed at 367.00 that day and at 390.00 most recently (+6.3%). That week 244 companies across Europe disclosed insider purchases, more than in 96% of the last 26 weeks: insiders often buy together when a closed period ends, so the timing alone says less than it seems.
Tap an item for what it means.
●A purchase: the bigger the dot, the more was bought
Each dot is one insider's purchases on one day. The dot's area follows the amount: the largest purchase here gets the largest dot. Hold the pointer over a dot to see the date and the amount.
▮Purple band: several insiders bought within 15 days
The band marks the stretch with the most different buyers: at most 15 days long and at least two people. Here it is 18 May, with 3 insiders. Only the strongest stretch is marked. Several people deciding the same thing is harder to explain by one person's private reasons, but insiders often buy together just after a closed period ends, so compare it with the grey weekly bars.
Blue line: this share's price, +14.7% over these six months
The closing price of each day, from 340.00 on 2026-04-21 to 390.00 on 2026-10-07. The line has no scale; read it for high and low: a dot on a low stretch was bought cheaply, a dot on a high stretch was not.
Dashed line: the typical stock on the same exchange, +2.3%
Taken from the 491 other stocks on the same exchange that this site holds prices for. Each is measured from the first day of the window, and every day the middle one is drawn. It starts where the blue line starts, so the gap between the two is the difference: this share +14.7%, the typical one +2.3%, 12.4 points ahead. It is not an index and not a comparison within one industry.
▂Grey bars: companies across Europe disclosing purchases each week
A taller bar is a week in which more companies disclosed insider purchases. The purple bar is the week of the band above: 244 companies, number 1 of the last 26 weeks. If that week was a peak anyway, buying together is less special than it looks.
This company: insiders buying per month, last 12 months
2Nov
Dec
Jan
3Feb
Mar
Apr
3May
Jun
Jul
3Aug
Sep
Oct
Darker bars are inside the 180-day window above.
Who traded
| Insider | Role | Purchases | Sales | Bought | First purchase | Share price since | Earlier purchases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Helena Coles | Board member | 2 | — | 289 GBP | 2026-05-18 | +6.3% | fewer than 5 completed |
| Miss B Coles Gazolli (PCA of Helena Coles) | Associated person | 2 | — | 111 GBP | 2026-05-18 | +6.3% | fewer than 5 completed |
| Mr G Coles Gazzoli (PCA of Ms Coles) | Associated person | 2 | — | 96 GBP | 2026-05-18 | +6.3% | fewer than 5 completed |
Why this score? · Model details
Priority = 100 × Σ(fixed weight × 0–1 rule-based input)
| Factor | Weight | This company input | Point contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15-day buyer breadth (count) | 35% | 0.850 | 29.8 |
| Qualified-buy size | 25% | 0.413 | 10.3 |
| Role informativeness (inverted) | 20% | 0.350 | 7.0 |
| Recency | 10% | 0.015 | 0.1 |
| Buy/sell conviction | 10% | 1.000 | 10.0 |
This is a heuristic ordering under the current rules, not a calibrated return forecast. It explains why candidates rank differently; the public-filing evidence and data limits are shown below.
BULL VS BEAR
Two readings of this buying
The same filings, read two ways. Each line is a fact stored for this company with the number behind it, and appears only when that number crosses a fixed threshold. Neither side is a forecast and no winner is declared.
Since 2026-10-13, neither column has changed. All bull and bear lists, and what followed each line in the past →
Where the evidence comes from
- The insider purchases themselvesBearplan, dividend or pay wording, usual level for this company3 checked, under the threshold · 3 missing
- Share price and trading2 checked, under the threshold
- Short sellers1 checked, under the threshold
- Company results1 missing
- Company actions1 checked, under the threshold
Bull case · the buying is informative
Every purchase line here follows a plan, a dividend or pay terms, so nothing held supports reading the buying as a decision.
Bear case · discount it
- 6 of 6 purchase lines are worded as dividend reinvestment or scrip, for example “Share purchase via dividend re-investment”. Purchases of that kind follow a schedule or an entitlement, not a decision made now.
- Buying at this level is normal here: 5 insiders bought in the previous 180 days and 3 in this one.Record: after 2,869 earlier disclosures like this, the median 60-session excess return was −2.6%, within 1 percentage point of all comparable disclosures (−2.7%).
Evidence still missing
- The recorded purchase value is under €1,000, which usually means a price or unit was not captured from the source. Check the amounts against the filing before weighing size.
- No buyer here has 5 or more completed earlier purchases on record, so there is no track record to weigh.
- No earnings, margin or cash-flow figures are captured for this company. The latest annual and interim reports are where to check whether the business is improving or deteriorating.
- The filings give the size of each trade, not what the buyer already held. Whether a purchase added 1% to a personal stake or doubled it is not known.
Checked and under the threshold: 7
- BearThe largest buyer accounts for 58% of the value bought. Counted for the bear side from 80%.
- Bear0 of 3 buyers filed as a person closely associated with a manager. Counted for the bear side from half.
- EitherThe latest purchase is 61 days old. Bull up to 14 days, bear from 90.
- BearThe share price changed +16% over six months (three months +2.4%, one month +1.6%). Counted for the bear side from a fall of 20%.
- BearOver three months the share price changed +2.4% and the median of 159 Closed-End Funds companies changed +1.0%: ahead by 1 points. Counted for the bear side from 20 points behind.
- BearThe register of FCA shows no published net short position in this company.
- BullThe company announced 12 transactions in its own shares in the last 30 days (latest 2026-10-12); the 5 read are all purchases. For a closed-end fund a buyback is routine: it is how the board narrows the discount to net asset value. Not counted for the bull side.
Both columns arrange stored facts only. They do not change the insider score or the ranking and are not investment advice.
Signal history
57.2 / 100
Latest recorded score
↓ -1.3 ptsversus the comparable snapshot on 2026-09-14 (34 calendar days apart)
- Recorded snapshots
- 35
- First snapshot
- 2026-08-26
Only scores captured when the scoring run completed are compared. These are raw signal scores saved when each full scoring run completed. They describe changes in research ranking, not price performance or returns.
Why did it change?
Decomposition across the five score factors between comparable snapshots; historical scores are not recalculated.
- Recency-1.3 pts
Signal score history
Fixed 0–100 scale; dates are spaced by calendar time.
Recent recorded points
- 57.1
- 59.4
- 57.6
- 57.4
- 57.2
View all recorded scores
| Snapshot date | Signal score |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | 57.1 |
| 2026-08-27 | 57.1 |
| 2026-08-28 | 61.7 |
| 2026-08-31 | 60.9 |
| 2026-09-01 | 60.6 |
| 2026-09-02 | 60.4 |
| 2026-09-03 | 60.1 |
| 2026-09-04 | 59.9 |
| 2026-09-07 | 59.4 |
| 2026-09-08 | 59.2 |
| 2026-09-09 | 59.1 |
| 2026-09-10 | 59.0 |
| 2026-09-11 | 58.8 |
| 2026-09-14 | 58.5 |
| 2026-09-23 | 57.8 |
| 2026-09-24 | 57.8 |
| 2026-09-25 | 57.7 |
| 2026-09-28 | 57.6 |
| 2026-09-29 | 57.6 |
| 2026-09-30 | 57.5 |
| 2026-10-01 | 57.5 |
| 2026-10-02 | 57.5 |
| 2026-10-03 | 57.5 |
| 2026-10-04 | 57.5 |
| 2026-10-05 | 57.4 |
| 2026-10-06 | 57.4 |
| 2026-10-07 | 57.4 |
| 2026-10-08 | 57.4 |
| 2026-10-09 | 57.3 |
| 2026-10-12 | 57.3 |
| 2026-10-13 | 57.3 |
| 2026-10-14 | 57.3 |
| 2026-10-15 | 57.3 |
| 2026-10-16 | 57.2 |
| 2026-10-18 | 57.2 |
Sector context
- Buying breadth
- 9.7% (21 / 216 issuers)
- Sector rank
- #4 / 12
- 7D breadth change
- +0.0 pp · vs 2026-10-12 (6d)
- 30D breadth change
- History building
This is sector-level research context. It does not affect the Insider Signal or ranking.
Insider profile outcomes
Historical performance following insider filings. The company role is translated below each name while preserving the original title.
- Excess return = stock return − FTSE 100 return over the same period.
- Hit rate = completed events with positive excess return ÷ total completed events.
- Price coverage = valid point-in-time prices ÷ events mature enough for that period.
- Returns start on the first shared trading session on or after publication.
- Small-sample rule: n<5 is shown for transparency and is not scored.
Events are disclosure-level observations; related disclosures published on the same date may share a return path and may not be statistically independent. This research enrichment does not affect the insider score or ranking.
| Period | Completed events | Price coverage | Hit rate | Median excess return | Average excess return | Worst excess return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5D | 3Small sample | 100.0% (3/3) | 33.3% (1/3) | -2.3% | -1.9% | -5.8% |
| 20D | 3Small sample | 100.0% (3/3) | 33.3% (1/3) | -2.2% | -2.9% | -7.1% |
| 60D | 2Small sample | 100.0% (2/2) | 100.0% (2/2) | +3.6% | +3.6% | +1.2% |
| 120D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 100.0% (1/1) | +4.3% | +4.3% | +4.3% |
| Period | Completed events | Price coverage | Hit rate | Median excess return | Average excess return | Worst excess return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5D | 3Small sample | 100.0% (3/3) | 100.0% (3/3) | +1.7% | +1.3% | +0.1% |
| 20D | 3Small sample | 100.0% (3/3) | 33.3% (1/3) | -0.4% | +0.1% | -1.9% |
| 60D | 3Small sample | 100.0% (3/3) | 100.0% (3/3) | +1.0% | +3.1% | +0.1% |
| 120D | 3Small sample | 100.0% (3/3) | 100.0% (3/3) | +8.7% | +9.6% | +5.3% |
Market context
PRICE PERFORMANCE
VOLATILITY & LIQUIDITY
- Volatility
- 22.9%
- Beta
- —
- Avg daily volume
- £849,813.9
VALUATION
- Market cap
- £429.9M
- P/E
- 3.2×
FUNDAMENTALS
- Profit margin
- —
- ROE
- —
- Industry
- —
Prices to 07 Oct 2026: price cache (Eulerpool). From OpenBB/yfinance, captured 16 Oct 2026: Market cap, P/E. It does not affect the insider score or rank.
Disclosed net short positions
The FCA register, read 18 Oct 2026, publishes no aggregate net short position for this issuer.
Short-position disclosures are external context; they do not affect the insider score, ranking, or filing eligibility.
Insiders' buying price vs the latest close
The latest close in the price history is more than a week old.
Buying size vs market trading
Market history is too old for this snapshot; ratios are withheld.
Market-data coverage: 251 verified sessions · Latest session: 2026-10-07 · Ratio status: Unavailable
Traded value is estimated as close × shares traded, in major currency units. Includes disclosed qualifying purchases; disclosures may lag. Contractual or planned acquisitions are not necessarily discretionary. Ratios describe relative trading size, not market participation or score contributions.
Latest news
No news has been captured for this company.
Regulatory filings
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-08-17 · trade date 2026-08-17
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-08-17 · trade date 2026-08-17
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-08-17 · trade date 2026-08-17
Unfold all 11 filings
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-08-17 · trade date 2026-08-17
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-08-17 · trade date 2026-08-17
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-08-17 · trade date 2026-08-17
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-05-18 · trade date 2026-05-18
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-05-18 · trade date 2026-05-18
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-05-18 · trade date 2026-05-18
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-02-13 · trade date 2026-02-13
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-02-13 · trade date 2026-02-13
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-02-13 · trade date 2026-02-13
- Insider filing announcement · published 2025-11-28 · trade date 2025-11-28
- Insider filing announcement · published 2025-11-21 · trade date 2025-11-21
Filing evidence
These are underlying national-feed records from the 365-day window ending on the saved ranking snapshot. The score uses only the latest 180 days; older qualifying equity purchases remain visible for audit but do not enter the current score. The original filer, role, transaction classification, instrument, price, volume, value and source fields are retained. The first three rows are shown; remaining records can be unfolded for audit. Other transaction types are retained but excluded from the score.
Excluded transactions & classification
11 qualifying purchase disclosure(s) · 11 transaction line(s)
Aug 17, 2026Share purchase via dividend re-investment
Miss B Coles Gazolli (PCA of Helena Coles) · PCA of Helena Coles (Director)
Ordinary shares of £0.10 each ISIN: GB0008022849 · 14 shares × 3.95800000 GBP · —
Open filingAug 17, 2026Share purchase via dividend re-investment
Ms Helena Coles · Director
Ordinary shares of £0.10 each ISIN: GB0008022849 · 38 shares × 3.95800000 GBP · —
Open filingAug 17, 2026Share purchase via dividend re-investment
Mr G Coles Gazzoli (PCA of Ms Coles) · PCA of Ms Helena Coles (Director)
Ordinary shares of £0.10 each ISIN: GB0008022849 · 12 shares × 3.95800000 GBP · —
Open filingUnfold all 8 remaining filing row(s)
| Transaction date | Published | Filer | Role | Transaction | Instrument | Price (local currency) | Quote currency | Volume | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | 2026-05-18 | Ms Helena Coles | Director | Share purchase via dividend re-investment | Ordinary shares of £0.10 each ISIN: GB0008022849 | 3.7328 GBP | GBP | 37 | Open filing |
| 2026-05-18 | 2026-05-18 | Mr G Coles Gazzoli (PCA of Ms Coles) | PCA of Ms Helena Coles (Director) | Share purchase via dividend re-investment | Ordinary shares of £0.10 each ISIN: GB0008022849 | 3.7328 GBP | GBP | 13 | Open filing |
| 2026-05-18 | 2026-05-18 | Miss B Coles Gazolli (PCA of Helena Coles) | PCA of Helena Coles (Director) | Share purchase via dividend re-investment | Ordinary shares of £0.10 each ISIN: GB0008022849 | 3.7328 GBP | GBP | 15 | Open filing |
| 2026-02-13 | 2026-02-13 | Mr G Coles Gazzoli (PCA of Ms Coles) | PCA of Ms Helena Coles (Director) | Share purchase via dividend re-investment | Ordinary shares of £0.10 each ISIN: GB0008022849 | 3.606 GBP | GBP | 15 | Open filing |
| 2026-02-13 | 2026-02-13 | Ms Helena Coles | Director | Share purchase via dividend re-investment | Ordinary shares of £0.10 each ISIN: GB0008022849 | 3.606 GBP | GBP | 39 | Open filing |
| 2026-02-13 | 2026-02-13 | Miss B Coles Gazolli (PCA of Helena Coles) | PCA of Helena Coles (Director) | Share purchase via dividend re-investment | Ordinary shares of £0.10 each ISIN: GB0008022849 | 3.606 GBP | GBP | 16 | Open filing |
| 2025-11-28 | 2025-11-28 | Master G. Coles Gazzoli | PCA of Helena Coles (Director) | Acquisition of Ordinary Shares | Ordinary shares of £0.10 each ISIN: GB0008022849 | 3.07267 GBP | GBP | 708 | Open filing |
| 2025-11-21 | 2025-11-21 | Miss B. Coles Gazzoli | PCA of Helena Coles (Director) | Share purchase via dividend re-investment | Ordinary shares of £0.10 each ISIN: GB0008022849 | 3.09069000 GBP | GBP | 19 | Open filing |
Showing 11 of 11 matching raw-feed row(s) from the current 365-day research window. Prices and reported values remain in the filing currency and its major unit (for example, UK pence are parsed as GBP). The screen-level € aggregate is separately FX-normalised for research ranking, not a trade-date conversion.
Other disclosed transactions · excluded from score
The underlying filing feed is unavailable in this snapshot; this is not a claim that no filings exist.
Snapshot & identity
- Snapshot date
- 2026-10-18
- Ticker
- SJG.L
- ISIN
- GB0008022849
- Sector
- Closed-End Funds
- Industry
- Asset Management
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