# The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust (GLU): Mutual Fund Facts & Distributions > Markdown mirror of https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/glu for AI agents. Same live data as the HTML page, regenerated on the same refresh cycle. Not investment advice. - Issuer: — · Asset class: Equity - Strategy: Passive Index · Inception: 2004-05-26 The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by GAMCO Investors, Inc. It is managed by Gabelli Funds, LLC. The fund invests in public equity markets across the globe. It primarily 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. T... ## Key Facts | Metric | Value | |---|---| | Price | $17.60 | | Expense Ratio | 1.35% | | Assets Under Management | $105.4M | | NAV | — | | Holdings Count | — | | Distribution Yield (TTM) | 7.39% | | Annual Distribution (TTM) | $1.30 /share | | Distribution Frequency | Monthly | | 52-Week Range | $17.20 – $21.69 | | Beta | 0.77 | ## Latest Distribution - Amount: $0.1100 /share - Ex-date: 2026-12-11 - Pay date: 2026-12-18 ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What does GLU invest in? The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by GAMCO Investors, Inc. It is managed by Gabelli Funds, LLC. The fund invests in public equity markets across the globe. It primarily 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. The fund also invests in income producing securities such as governments. It invests in stocks of companies across market capitalizations. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P 500 Utilities Index, Lipper Utility Fund Average, and S&P 500 Index. The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust was formed on May 28, 2004 and is based in United States. ### What is the expense ratio of GLU? The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust (GLU) charges an expense ratio of 1.35%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations. ### What is GLU's dividend yield? GLU's trailing-twelve-month yield is 7.39%, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price. ### How big is GLU? The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust (GLU) manages $105.4M in total assets. AUM determines bid-ask liquidity and the fund's vulnerability to closure. Funds below ~$50M are at higher risk of liquidation. ### Is GLU actively managed or an index fund? GLU is a passive index fund. It tracks a published benchmark by holding the constituents in their published weights. Index funds typically charge low expense ratios (GLU's is 1.35%) because there's no security selection cost. ### When was GLU launched? The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust (GLU) launched in May 2004 and is managed by the fund issuer. ### Does GLU pay a dividend? Yes, The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust (GLU) distributes dividends to shareholders. The trailing-twelve-month yield is 7.39%. Full dividend history is on this page. ### How often does GLU pay dividends? The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust pays dividends Monthly. Each ex-dividend date, record date, and payment date is listed in the dividend history table on this page. ### When is GLU's next ex-dividend date? The most recently announced ex-dividend date for GLU was 2026-12-11. The next ex-date typically follows Monthly; once announced it appears at the top of the dividend history table on this page. ### How much will GLU's expense ratio cost me over 30 years? On a $10,000 investment compounding at 7% gross return, a 1.35% expense ratio quietly compounds against your balance every year. The Fee Compounding Forecast card above projects the dollar drag for any holding period and assumption you pick. The typical result for a 1.0% expense ratio on a 30-year hold is roughly 25% of the final balance lost to fees. ### How does GLU charge its expense ratio? The expense ratio is deducted in tiny daily slices from GLU's net asset value (NAV). You never see a bill. The price quoted on every exchange is already net of fees. There's no "fee day" to avoid; the cost is continuous and built into the trading price. ### Why does GLU cost more than a fund like VOO? GLU is a passive index fund (current expense ratio 1.35%). Differences from broad-market ETFs like VOO usually come from index licensing fees, asset class (bond funds typically run cheaper than equity), or fund scale (smaller funds spread fixed operating costs across less AUM). ### Are there cheaper alternatives to GLU? The Lower-Fee Alternatives card above lists mutual funds following the same investment strategy as GLU (1.35%) but at a lower expense ratio. Each row shows the fee gap, the peer's AUM as a liquidity sanity-check, and a direct link to that fund's analysis page. Cheaper price doesn't automatically mean better. Verify the peer holds what you actually want. ## More on Dividend Data - Overview (HTML): https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/glu - Distribution history: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/glu/dividend - Holdings & diversification: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/glu/diversification - Fees & cheaper alternatives: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/glu/expenses - Peer comparison: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/glu/peers Data sourced from primary filings and market data providers; see https://www.dividenddata.com/methodology.