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Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust (GMP) Competitors

GBX 8.80 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 10/22/2025

GMP vs. AT, PAM, UTL, BHI, CTP, ET, PVR, CEG, CLP, and EUSP

Should you be buying Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust include Ashtead Technology (AT), Premier Asset Management Group (PAM), UIL (UTL), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHI), Castleton Technology (CTP), Establishment Investment Trust (ET), Providence Resources (PVR), Challenger Energy Group (CEG), Clear Leisure (CLP), and EU supply (EUSP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust vs. Its Competitors

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ashtead Technology£139.68M1.86£24.26M£30.9810.59
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust£540.33M0.17£300.49M£0.2930.26

Ashtead Technology presently has a consensus target price of GBX 646.25, suggesting a potential upside of 97.03%. Given Ashtead Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research 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
Ashtead Technology
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
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 pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Ashtead Technology pays out 3.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

In the previous week, Ashtead Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

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

75.9% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Ashtead Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 86.7% of Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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
Ashtead Technology17.37% 23.56% 13.14%
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust 55.61%2.87%N/A

Summary

Ashtead Technology beats Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GMP vs. The Competition

MetricGabelli Merger Plus+ TrustAsset Management IndustryTransportation SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£90.94M£1.45B£7.22B£2.59B
Dividend Yield6.50%4.73%471.63%5.38%
P/E Ratio30.2647.3015.13414.66
Price / Sales0.171,979.83495.8997,398.97
Price / CashN/A60.477.9027.90
Price / Book0.011.362.327.57
Net Income£300.49M£264.59M£558.42M£5.89B
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.30%-1.00%-0.69%
1 Month PerformanceN/A0.09%-2.43%0.83%
1 Year PerformanceN/A7.90%3.05%118.76%

Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GMP
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust
N/AGBX 8.80
flat
N/AN/A£90.94M£540.33M30.26N/A
AT
Ashtead Technology
3.4115 of 5 stars
GBX 345
-4.7%
GBX 646.25
+87.3%
-42.4%£273.61M£139.68M11.14559News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PAM
Premier Asset Management Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£194.15M£53.26M16.386,286Gap Down
UTL
UIL
N/AGBX 145
-1.7%
N/A+40.4%£133.95M£22.15M1,296.96520Negative News
Dividend Announcement
BHI
BMO UK High Income Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£99.66M£3.93M40.952,980Gap Up
CTP
Castleton Technology
N/AN/AN/AN/A£77.42M£25.08M20.60169
ET
Establishment Investment Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£43.40M-£2.92M-10.9612,600News Coverage
Gap Up
PVR
Providence Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/A£34.84MN/A-3.192Gap Down
CEG
Challenger Energy Group
N/AGBX 13
flat
N/A+102.6%£32.41M£1.63M-792.6813,400News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CLP
Clear Leisure
N/AN/AN/AN/A£24.23M£39K-13.504Gap Up
EUSP
EU supply
N/AGBX 13.48
-0.4%
N/A-26.6%£11.55M£5.14M22.467

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This page (LON:GMP) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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