GAB
The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc.
Financial Services · Asset Management · NYQ
$5.53
Data: 2026-05-28
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

Unknown MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 85.7%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$1.8B
Total market value of the company
5.76
Very cheap relative to earnings
N/A
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+19.4%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
847.5%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
15.8%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
N/A
Recommendation
NONE
Consensus view from ? analysts covering this stock
About The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc.

The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched by GAMCO Investors, Inc. The fund is managed by Gabelli Funds, LLC. It invests in public equity markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It invests in preferred stock, convertible or exchangeable securities, and warrants and rights. The fund primarily invests in value stocks of companies across market capitalizations. It employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to create its portfolio. The fund seeks to benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P 500 Index, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Nasdaq Composite Index. The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. was formed on August 21, 1986 and is domiciled in the United States.

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Country: United States Industry: Asset Management
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
FAIL
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
0.0% N/A
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0% N/A
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0% N/A
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% N/A
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
0.878
Good returns relative to risk taken
-0.0111
No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out
1.087
Returns exceed worst-case losses — strong risk profile
Annual Return
14.0%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-12.9%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
264
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.74
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$6.31
12% below the year high
52W Low
$5.28
5% above the year low
Avg Volume
1,223,826
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
0.0
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
N/A
1,064.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$0.98
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

5.17
Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline
1.73
Healthy liquidity position
Quick Ratio
1.72
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
100.0%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
39.0%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$6M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$36M
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$291M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-28

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