GMP vs. AEP, NFG, PAM, BHI, UTL, CTP, ET, PVR, CEG, and CLP
Should you be buying Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust include Anglo-Eastern Plantations (AEP), Next 15 Group (NFG), Premier Asset Management Group (PAM), BMO UK High Income Trust (BHI), UIL (UTL), Castleton Technology (CTP), Establishment Investment Trust (ET), Providence Resources (PVR), Challenger Energy Group (CEG), and Clear Leisure (CLP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust vs.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations (LON:AEP) and Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust (LON:GMP) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Anglo-Eastern Plantations. Anglo-Eastern Plantations 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.
In the previous week, Anglo-Eastern Plantations had 1 more articles in the media than Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Anglo-Eastern Plantations and 0 mentions for Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Anglo-Eastern Plantations is being referred to more favorably in the media.
6.4% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.3% of Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.5% of Anglo-Eastern Plantations shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 86.7% of Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust shares are owned by company 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.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations received 100 more outperform votes than Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.51% of users gave Anglo-Eastern Plantations an outperform vote while only 63.16% of users gave Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust an outperform vote.
Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust has a net margin of 55.61% compared to Anglo-Eastern Plantations' net margin of 17.74%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations' return on equity of 12.46% beat Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust's return on equity.
Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Anglo-Eastern Plantations pays out 18.6% 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.
Summary
Anglo-Eastern Plantations beats Gabelli Merger Plus+ Trust on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:GMP) was last updated on 3/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
