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GLU (Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.75 (As of May. 10, 2025)


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What is Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-10), Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust's current share price is $16.675. Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 was $22.38. Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.75.

The historical rank and industry rank for Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

GLU' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.49   Med: 0.7   Max: 1
Current: 0.75

During the past 13 years, Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 1.00. The lowest was 0.49. And the median was 0.70.

GLU's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
54.23% of 933 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.78 vs GLU: 0.75

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust's adjusted book value per share data of for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 was $14.798. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $22.38 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec24.

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Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.83 0.90 0.59 0.57 0.67

Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.59 - 0.57 - 0.67

Competitive Comparison of Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=16.675/22.38
=0.75

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 is calculated as:

For example, Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the fiscal year that ended in Dec24 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec24 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec24)
=14.798/133.1571*133.1571
=14.798

Current CPI (Dec24) = 133.1571.

Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust Annual Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201512 19.568 99.792 26.110
201612 19.835 101.863 25.929
201712 22.435 104.011 28.722
201812 18.747 105.998 23.550
201912 20.429 108.420 25.090
202012 19.470 109.897 23.591
202112 21.006 117.630 23.779
202212 15.887 125.222 16.894
202312 14.868 129.419 15.297
202412 14.798 133.157 14.798

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust  (AMEX:GLU) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Gabelli Global Utility &ome Trust Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
One Corporate Center, Rye, NY, USA, 10580-1422
Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's objective is to seek a consistent level of after-tax total return. It predominantly invests in stocks of companies involved to a substantial extent in providing products, services, or equipment for the generation or distribution of electricity, gas, or water and infrastructure operations, and in equity securities including preferred securities of companies in other industries, in each case in such securities that are expected to pay periodic dividends.
Executives
John Chester Ball officer: Treasurer 800 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06854
Mario J Gabelli officer: Chairman and CIO 191 MASON STREET, GREENWICH CT 06830
Kuni Nakamura director 1 MARTIN BUTLER COURT, RYE NY 10580
Calgary Avansino director C/O GAMCO INVESTORS, INC., ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
Peter D. Goldstein officer: Secretary 249 ROYAL PALM WAY, SUITE 503, PALM BEACH FL 33480
James P Conn director
Leslie Fahrenkopf Foley director C/O GAMCO INVESTORS, INC., ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
Agnes Mullady officer: Treasurer ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
Vincent D Enright director ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
Sell Richard G Jr officer: Treasurer ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
David I Schachter officer: Vice President ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
Ggcp, Inc. 10 percent owner 189 MASON STREET, GREENWICH CT 06830
Gabelli Funds Llc other: Investment Advisor ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580
Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al 10 percent owner 191 MASON STREET, GREENWICH CT 06830
Karl Otto Pohl director ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE NY 10580

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