ETF

Gabelli Automation ETF

GAST

Sector fund

The Future of Productivity

Fund Total Net Assets as of 07/31/2025
$5M
Exchange Closing Price as of 08/25/2025
$31.53
NAV as of 08/25/2025
$31.48
YTD Return as of 08/25/2025
16.964%
Total Net Assets

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Market Price as of 08/25/2025
$31.53
1 Day NAV Change
-0.453%
30-Day Median B/A Spread
0.4237%
Closing VIIV
$31.48
52 Week High
$31.67
52 Week Low
$22.69
Dividends Paid
N/A
Investment Category
Sector fund
Index
S&P 500 Index; MSCI USA Consumer Discretionary Index; S&P 500 Industrials Index
Inception Date
1/3/2022
Minimum Initial Investment
N/A
Description of Strategy

The Gabelli Automation (GAST) ETF is an actively managed ETF that seeks to identify and invest in leading firms that design, develop, support, or manufacture automation equipment, related technology, software, or processes, and firms that use these to automate and increase productivity in their own businesses. Under normal conditions, the fund invests at least 80% in common stocks of automation companies.

Investment Objective

GAST’S investment objective is capital appreciation.

These ETFs are diff­erent from traditional ETFs. Traditional ETFs tell the public what assets they hold each day. These ETFs will not. This may create additional risks for your investment. For example:

  • You may have to pay more money to trade the ETFs’ shares. These ETFs will provide less information to traders, who tend to charge more for trades when they have less information.
  • The price you pay to buy ETF shares on an exchange may not match the value of an ETF’s portfolio. The same is true when you sell shares. These price di­fferences may be greater for these ETFs compared to other ETFs because they provide less information to traders.
  • These additional risks may be even greater in difficult or uncertain market conditions.
  • The di­fferences between these ETFs and other ETFs may also have advantages. By keeping certain information about the ETFs undisclosed, these ETFs may face less risk that other traders can predict or copy its investment strategy. This may improve the ETFs’ performance. If other traders are able to copy or predict the ETFs’ investment strategies, however, this may hurt the ETFs’ performance. For additional information regarding the unique attributes and risks of these ETFs, see the ActiveShares prospectus/registration statement.

Why Invest

Managed by Sector Experts: Our portfolio managers are embedded deeply within the sector, approaching research as an industry participant. In this dynamic and rapidly evolving space, having experienced investors is crucial to evaluating the disruptive forces reshaping the industry, while identifying both leaders and laggards in this competitive landscape.
 
Innovation and Growth: Technology is reshaping every corner of the global economy. The Fund focuses on high-growth companies driving this transformation or capitalizing on technological advancements.

How To Invest

Individuals

Buy shares of GAST through any of these platforms:

Schwab • Fidelity  • Robinhood

Working with a professional? Talk to your financial advisor about adding GCAD to your portfolio.

Financial Professionals

Call 1 (914) 921-5398 or email invest@gabelli.com

Buy shares through: Schwab • Fidelity • Interactive Brokers • Pershing

Investment Team

Portfolio Managers

Hendi Susanto

Hendi Susanto

4 years managing this fund
Research Analysts

Hendi Susanto covers the technology sector with a focus on semiconductors, electronics, equipment, cybersecurity, IT infrastructure and software. He is a research analyst and co-portfolio manager of The Gabelli Global Mini Mites Fund. He joined the firm in 2007. Hendi spent his early career in supply chain management consulting and operations roles in the technology… More

Justin Bergner

Justin Bergner

4 years managing this fund
Portfolio Manager

Justin Bergner rejoined Gabelli Funds in 2013 as a research analyst covering industrials with a focus on diversified industrial, electrical, and transportation companies. He began his investment career with the firm in 2005 as a metals and mining analyst, and subsequently spent five years at Axiom International Investors as a senior analyst focused on industrial… More

Dedicated Investment Team

Daniel Gleim, CFA

Research Analyst

Research Analysts

Supported by a centralized team of 30+ sector-focused analysts supporting Growth and Value portfolios

Historical Performance

Growth of $10,000

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Inception date to 8/25/2025

A graphical measurement of a portfolio’s net return that simulates the performance of an initial investment of $10,000 over the given time period.

Returns represent past performance and do not guarantee future results. Due to market volatility, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so, upon redemption, shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. To obtain the most recent month end performance information and a prospectus, please call 800-GABELLI or visit www.gabelli.com

Trailing Returns

As of 8/25/2025

Calendar Year Returns

Returns represent past performance and do not guarantee future results. Due to market volatility, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total return and average annual returns are historical and reflect changes in share price, reinvestment of dividends and capital gains and are net of expenses. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so, upon redemption, shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. To obtain the most recent month end performance information and a prospectus, please call 800-GABELLI or visit www.gabelli.com.

Top Ten Holdings

As of 08/25/2025
Symbol Company Sector Portfolio
EMREMERSON ELECTRIC COElectronics5.02
ROKROCKWELL AUTOMATION INCMeasuring & Controlling Devices, NEC4.92
AZZAZZ INCDiversified Industrial4.16
CHKPCHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHPrepackaged Software4.16
ALNTALLIENT INCAerospace & Defense3.74
AMEAMETEK INCEquipment & Supplies3.71
ICEINTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE INFinancial Services3.53
ITTITT INCPumps & Pumping Equipment3.23
ORCLORACLE CORPPrepackaged Software3.21
RSGREPUBLIC SERVICES INCEnvironmental Services3.1

Daily Holdings

Download daily holdings file.

Portfolio Details

Fees

Gross Expense Ratio

0.90%

Net Expense Ratio

0.00%

Maximum Sales Charge

0.00%

Geographic Exposure By Country

Geographic Exposure By Region

Disclosures

These ETFs are diff­erent from traditional ETFs. Traditional ETFs tell the public what assets they hold each day. These ETFs will not. This may create additional risks for your investment. For example:

  • You may have to pay more money to trade the ETFs’ shares. These ETFs will provide less information to traders, who tend to charge more for trades when they have less information.
  • The price you pay to buy ETF shares on an exchange may not match the value of an ETF’s portfolio. The same is true when you sell shares. These price di­fferences may be greater for these ETFs compared to other ETFs because they provide less information to traders.
  • These additional risks may be even greater in difficult or uncertain market conditions.
  • The di­fferences between these ETFs and other ETFs may also have advantages. By keeping certain information about the ETFs undisclosed, these ETFs may face less risk that other traders can predict or copy its investment strategy. This may improve the ETFs’ performance. If other traders are able to copy or predict the ETFs’ investment strategies, however, this may hurt the ETFs’ performance. For additional information regarding the unique attributes and risks of these ETFs, see the ActiveShares prospectus/registration statement.

 

The Verified Intraday Indicative Value. Information regarding the intraday value of shares of the Funds, also known as the VIIV, is calculated and disseminated every second throughout each trading day by the Listing Exchange or by market data vendors or other information providers. It is available on websites that publish updated market quotations during the trading day, like Yahoo Finance (https:// finance.yahoo.com), by searching for a Fund’s ticker plus the extension .IV, though some websites require their own unique extensions.

  • The VIIV is intended to provide investors and other market participants with a highly correlated per share value of the underlying portfolio that can be compared to the current market price.
  • Although the VIIV is intended to provide investors with enough information to allow for an effective arbitrage mechanism that will keep the market price of the Fund at or close to the underlying NAV per Share of the Fund, there is a risk (which may increase during periods of market disruption or volatility) that market prices will vary significantly from the underlying NAV of the Fund;
  • ETFs trading on the basis of a published VIIV may trade at a wider bid/ask spread than ETFs that publish their portfolios on a daily basis, especially during periods of market disruption or volatility, and therefore, may cost investors more to trade; and
  • Although the Fund seeks to benefit from keeping its portfolio information secret, market participants may attempt to use the VIIV to identify a Fund’s trading strategy, which if successful, could result in such market participants engaging in certain predatory trading practices that may have the potential to harm the Fund and its shareholders.

 

Because the Fund’s shares are traded in the secondary market, a broker may charge a commission to execute a transaction in shares, and an investor also may incur the cost of the spread between the price at which a dealer will buy shares and the somewhat higher price at which a dealer will sell shares.

 

The Fund invests primarily in the equity securities of automation companies and, as such, is particularly vulnerable to risks inherent to those types of companies. Technology companies typically face intense competition and potentially rapid product obsolescence.

 

You should consider the ETFs’ investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before you invest. The ETFs’ Prospectus is available from G.distributors, LLC, a registered broker-dealer and FINRA member firm, and contains this and other information about the ETFs, and should be read carefully before investing. To obtain a Prospectus, please call 888-GABELLI or visit https://www.gabelli.com/funds/etfs/intro.

 

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