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How The Gabelli Utility Trust stacks up
GUT · against 354 other Financial Services companies
Profitability
27/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #258 of 355 · scores higher than 27% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score35 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 · 353 reported | 2.1% | 6.3% | 26% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 209 reported | Not reported | 23.5% | — | — | 33% |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 382 reported | 1.4% | 2.6% | 34% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 374 reported | 17.0% | 9.5% | 72% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 433 reported | 100.0% | 80.0% | 66% | 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 | |
| 1 | 1.05T INR (≈$12.6B) | 100 | 65 | |
| 3 | 1.49T INR (≈$17.9B) | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 566M AUD (≈$374M) | 99 | 84 | |
| 3 | 566.9B USD | 99 | 48 | |
| 255 | 90M CHF (≈$103M) | 28 | 35 | |
| 255 |
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