The Label · The Season, Not the Day
This name holds its markdown label.
Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc holds its Markdown at $4.66. The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 271 days.
As held on the ledger · 2026-06-14
| Phase | Markdown · caution |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 271 days |
| Price at the screen | $4.66 |
| Valuation | 4.61 trailing · N/A forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 30.0 |
| Beta | 0.79 |
The Workings
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Financial sector: Financial
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|
| Business activity |
Excluded |
Core business clean |
Financial sector: Financial |
Fail |
| Debt load |
Excluded |
Below 33% |
Interest-bearing debt is of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. |
Fail |
| Interest-bearing cash |
Excluded |
Below 33% |
Interest-bearing cash and securities are of assets, above the one-third limit. |
Fail |
| Receivables |
Excluded |
Below 49% |
Money owed to the company is of assets, above the 49% limit. |
Fail |
| Revenue purity |
Excluded |
Below 5% |
of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, over the 5% line. |
Fail |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
The Business, in Plain Words
The fundamentals · plain-English read
| Trailing P/E | 4.6xvery cheap relative to earnings |
| EPS, trailing | 1.01 |
| Revenue growth | -39.8%revenue is shrinking |
| Profit margin | 1,016.1%highly profitable on every dollar of sales |
| Return on equity | 24.1%an exceptional return on shareholder capital |
| Dividend yield | 1,030.00% |
| Beta | 0.79steadier than the market |
| 52-week range | 3.67 - 4.77 |
| Moat | NONE |
| Market cap | $94M |
The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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