Gabelli Global Small and Mid Cap Value Trust (The) Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (GGZ)

FairStock Score: 45/100 — MIXED

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AI Analysis

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

I view GGZ as a closed-end fund, not an operating company, so I begin with what it owns and what I pay. It is managed by Gabelli Funds and invests globally in small- and mid-cap value stocks, generally companies with market caps of $12 billion or less. At the close on 2026-10-13, the shares were $15.25, the market cap was $123.6 million, and FairStock’s P/E was 4.78. The dividend yield is 5.51%. FairStock calculates a Graham Number of $39.50, implying a 61.39% margin of safety. That looks statistically cheap. But I do not take those figures at face value. The Piotroski F-Score is only 1/9, the FairStock Score is 45/100, and no Lynch category is assigned because there are 0 years of filed results where 3 are needed. ROE, ROCE, debt-to-equity, revenue growth, and profit growth are all unavailable, making business quality and financial health hard to judge. The Altman Z-Score of 42.93 looks strong, though for a fund it may not carry the same meaning as for an industrial. Any moat rests on the manager’s value discipline and the closed-end structure. Growth is not measurable from the data. Valuation appears cheap on earnings and asset-based measures, but closed-end funds can trade at discounts or premiums to net asset value, and that NAV is not given. I would want to see the discount, distribution coverage, expenses, and a multi-year record before trusting the apparent cheapness.

In plain English: This is a closed-end fund that owns shares of smaller value companies around the world. Its price looks low compared with its stated earnings, and it pays a 5.51% dividend yield, but the data gives only a very short financial history and weak financial-strength signals. So it may be cheap, but the cheapness comes with real uncertainty.

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

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