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How The Gabelli Utility Trust stacks up
GUT · against 120 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Profitability
27/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #80 of 121 · scores higher than 33% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score15 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including GUT · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 27?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly because of its return on invested capital and return on assets, which are weaker than most Financial Services peers.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 74% of peers. Return on invested capital: 2.1% vs peer median 6.3%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 66% of peers. Return on assets: 1.4% vs peer median 2.6%
- Operating margin is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
Metric by metric
Position: dot = GUT, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | GUT | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 116 reported | 2.1% | 4.8% | 29% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 59 reported | Not reported | 19.6% | — | — | 33% |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 141 reported | 1.4% | 2.6% | 31% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 136 reported | 17.0% | 5.5% | 83% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 157 reported | 100.0% | 100.0% | 50% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around GUT| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 342M EUR (≈$376M) | 100 | 77 | |
| 2 | 566M AUD (≈$374M) | 99 | 84 | |
| 3 | 527M AUD (≈$348M) | 97 | 64 | |
| 4 | 76.5B JPY (≈$520M) | 96 | 67 | |
| 5 | 323M EUR (≈$355M) | 93 | 59 | |
| 77 | 336M USD | 31 | 29 | |
| 78 | 530M EUR (≈$583M) | 30 | 43 | |
| 79 | 579M AUD (≈$382M) | 29 | 50 | |
| 80 | 322M USD | 27 | 58 | |
| 80 | 481M USD | 27 | ||
| 82 | 848M USD | 26 | 36 | |
| 83 | 461M USD | 25 | 59 | |
| 83 | 45.4B INR (≈$545M) | 25 | 37 | |
| 83 | 519M AUD (≈$342M) | 25 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score