GLU vs PPIH Comparison

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.

Perma-Pipe International Holdings Inc is engaged in the manufacture and sale of products in the reportable segment of Piping Systems. The company engineers, designs, manufactures and sells specialty piping systems and leak detection systems. Specialty piping systems include insulated and jacketed district heating and cooling piping systems for efficient energy distribution from central energy plants to multiple locations, primary and secondary containment piping systems for transporting chemicals, hazardous fluids and petroleum products, and the coating and insulation of oil and gas gathering and transmission pipelines. It operates in the United States, Canada, Middle East, Europe, India and other countries.