Gabelli Utility Trust: insider trades · United States · SEC (Form 4)

About Gabelli Utility Trust

The Gabelli Utility Trust (NYSE, United States) is a listed closed-end fund focused on utilities and essential infrastructure. It was organized on February 25, 1999 as a Delaware statutory trust and commenced investment operations on July 9, 1999. For investors, GUT should be understood not as an operating utility company but as an actively managed investment vehicle sponsored by Gabelli Funds, part of the Mario J. Gabelli investment platform. Its mandate is to seek long-term growth of capital and income while providing exposure to a diversified basket of companies tied to the utility ecosystem. ([gabelli.com](https://gabelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/GUTAnnualReport.pdf)) The fund’s investment strategy is straightforward: it primarily invests in U.S. and foreign companies involved in the generation and distribution of electricity and gas, as well as water, solar, and telecommunications-related services and equipment. That makes GUT a thematic infrastructure and utilities allocation with a defensive profile, but also one that can participate in secular trends such as electrification, grid modernization, renewable build-out, and rising power demand. In the U.S. closed-end fund universe, it sits in the specialized utilities category, where investors often look for income generation, a relatively stable end-market, and exposure to companies with durable cash flows. ([gabelli.com](https://gabelli.com/ticker/gut/?utm_source=openai)) Gabelli’s broader competitive positioning rests on bottom-up fundamental research. The firm highlights its proprietary “Private Market Value With a Catalyst™” approach and a sizable equity research team across sector specialties. GUT benefits from that platform, with Mario J. Gabelli and Timothy Winter identified among the portfolio management team. The sponsor is based in Rye, New York, United States, giving the fund a clear U.S. capital-markets anchor while also appealing to international investors who want access to American listed utilities through a single vehicle. ([gabelli.com](https://gabelli.com/about/?utm_source=openai)) Recent developments point to continuity rather than major corporate transformation. In November 2025, the fund announced ongoing fixed monthly distributions of $0.05 per share for several months in 2026, reinforcing its income-oriented proposition. The most recent annual report available on Gabelli’s site and in SEC filings confirms the fund’s NYSE listing and shows that the market price has traded above NAV, a common but important characteristic of closed-end funds that investors should monitor carefully because it can affect entry value and future total returns. The April 2026 proxy materials also confirm the trust’s governance structure and annual meeting process, underscoring that GUT is a regulated investment company rather than a conventional industrial issuer. For French-speaking investors, this is a U.S. utilities income fund with a value-tilted, actively managed approach, positioned at the intersection of yield, defensiveness, and long-duration infrastructure themes. ([gabelli.com](https://gabelli.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Jan-Mar-2026-Div_GUT.pdf?utm_source=openai))