Gabelli Multi-Media Trust Inc. (The) Common Stock (GGT)

FairStock Score: 54/100 — MIXED

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I look at Gabelli Multi-Media Trust as a closed-end fund, not an operating business. It invests in telecom, media, publishing, and entertainment securities, so its quality depends on the manager and the underlying portfolio. From the supplied data, I cannot identify a durable competitive moat; FairStock's Lynch category is none because only 0 years of filed results are available and three are needed. At the 2026-10-13 close of $4.00, the market cap is $175.6M. FairStock calculates a P/E of 4.08, P/B of 1.05, and a Graham Number of $11.11, implying a 64% margin of safety. That is a large quantitative discount, and the 24.00% dividend yield is eye-catching. But Graham would ask whether the earnings and assets are real and repeatable. The supplied numbers are mixed: ROE is 15.57%, yet ROCE is only 0.61% and the Piotroski F-Score is 0/9. The Altman Z-Score is 139.41, though that ratio is not very meaningful for a fund. Growth cannot be judged because revenue and profit growth are N/A and no filed annual results are available. A 24% yield often signals doubt about sustainability rather than safety. Beta is 0.89, and the 52-week range is $3.76 to $4.37, so the price is not at an extreme. On the numbers, this looks cheap, but I would want a longer filed record and evidence that distributions are covered before treating the discount as a margin of safety.

In plain English: It is a managed fund that owns stocks in media, telecom, and entertainment. The few numbers available show a cheap price compared with earnings and assets, but a very high payout and little history make the business hard to judge. At $4.00, it looks inexpensive on those measures, though the quality signals are mixed.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

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