The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust

NYSE
GLU
Stock
Yield per half year: +11.06%
Dividend yield: 7.16%
Sector: Financials

Company Analysis The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • Price (18.2 $) is less than fair price (19.54 $)
  • Dividends (7.16%) are higher than the sector average (2.71%).
  • The stock's return over the last year (13.82%) is higher than the sector average (-2.84%).

Disadvantages

  • Current debt level 0.0248% has increased over 5 years from 0%.
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=9.62%) is lower than the sector average (ROE=89.51%)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.3. Market efficiency

The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust Financials Index
7 days 1% -5.8% 0.9%
90 days 5.1% -4.6% 6.1%
1 year 13.8% -2.8% 14.5%

GLU vs Sector: The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust has outperformed the "Financials" sector by 16.67% over the past year.

GLU vs Market: The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust has underperformed the market marginally by -0.6975% over the past year.

Stable price: GLU is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "New York Stock Exchange" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: GLU with weekly volatility of 0.2658% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 10.59
P/S: 23.77

3.2. Revenue

EPS 1.43
ROE 9.62%
ROA 6.95%
ROIC 0%
Ebitda margin 225.16%

5. Fundamental Analysis

5.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Below fair price: The current price (18.2 $) is lower than the fair price (19.54 $).

Price not significantly lower than the fair price: The current price (18.2 $) is slightly lower than the fair price by 7.4%.

5.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (10.59) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (53.3).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (10.59) is lower than that of the market as a whole (56.15).

5.2.1 P/E Similar companies

5.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (1.02) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (2.65).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (1.02) is lower than that of the market as a whole (17.65).

5.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

5.5. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (23.77) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (6.31).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (23.77) is lower than that of the market as a whole (27.91).

5.5.1 P/S Similar companies

5.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (10.55) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (15.48).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (10.55) is lower than that of the market as a whole (32.28).

6. Profitability

6.1. Profitability and revenue

6.2. Earnings per share - EPS

6.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Rising and has grown by 23.71% over the last 5 years.

Earnings Slowdown: The last year's return (0%) is below the 5-year average return (23.71%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) is lower than the return for the sector (29.49%).

6.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (9.62%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (89.51%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (9.62%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (39.03%).

6.6. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (6.95%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (24.7%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (6.95%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (11.36%).

6.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (0%) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (7.05%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (0%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (10.1%).

7. Finance

7.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (0.0248%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Increasing debt: over 5 years, the debt has increased from 0% to 0.0248%.

Debt Covering: The debt is covered by 0.3431% from net profit.

7.2. Profit growth and share price

8. Dividends

8.1. Dividend yield vs Market

High yield: The dividend yield of the company 7.16% is higher than the average for the sector '2.71%.

8.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 7.16% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=0.93.

Weak dividend growth: The company's dividend yield 7.16% has been growing weakly or stagnant over the past 5 years. Growth over only 0 years.

8.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (0%) are at an uncomfortable level.

9. Insider trades

9.1. Insider trading

Insider Buying Exceeds insider sales by 100% over the last 3 months.

9.2. Latest transactions

No insider transactions have been recorded yet

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