Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust (GMP) Competitors

Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust (LON:GMP) and Ashtead Technology (LON:AT) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability and community ranking.

Do analysts prefer GMP or AT?

Ashtead Technology has a consensus target price of GBX 830, indicating a potential upside of 83.83%. Given Ashtead Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ashtead Technology is more favorable than Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ashtead Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GMP or AT?

Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Ashtead Technology. Ashtead Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust	£540.33M	0.17	£300.49M	£0.29	31.12
Ashtead Technology	£139.68M	2.56	£24.26M	£30.98	14.58

Does the media refer more to GMP or AT?

In the previous week, Ashtead Technology had 1 more articles in the media than Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ashtead Technology and 0 mentions for Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust. Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ashtead Technology'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust	Neutral
Ashtead Technology	Neutral

Is GMP or AT more profitable?

Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust has a net margin of 55.61% compared to Ashtead Technology's net margin of 17.37%. Ashtead Technology's return on equity of 23.56% beat Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust	55.61%	2.87%	N/A
Ashtead Technology	17.37%	23.56%	13.14%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GMP or AT?

Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust received 13 more outperform votes than Ashtead Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Ashtead Technology an outperform vote while only 63.16% of users gave Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust	Outperform Votes 24 63.16%	Underperform Votes 14 36.84%
Ashtead Technology	Outperform Votes 11 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Is GMP or AT a better dividend stock?

Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Ashtead Technology pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust pays out 165.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ashtead Technology pays out 3.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GMP or AT?

4.3% of Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by institutional investors. 86.7% of Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ashtead Technology beats Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.