The Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust GDV

An entry written while the outcome is still unknown. It will be scored by what the market does next, and it will never be edited to look cleverer than it was.

In plain words · The Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched by GAMCO Investors, Inc.

The label

Accumulation

read at $29.63

The Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust holds its Accumulation at $29.63.

PHPhase · the trend structure carries the Accumulation label
INInsiders · no filings inside 60 days, left as found
POPositioning · no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
OPOptions · no verdict drawn today, left as found
SCScreen · does not pass the values gate

edge confirmed
edge broken
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The investor read · the season, not the day

As held on the ledger · 2026-07-19
Phase	Accumulation
Quantitative state	The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 264 days
Price	$29.63
Valuation	6.12 trailing · N/A forward price to earnings
Values screen	FAIL · score 30.0
Beta	1.00

The business, in plain words · what the numbers mean

The fundamentals · plain-English read
Trailing P/E	6.1x very cheap relative to earnings
Revenue growth	14.2% steady growth
Profit margin	678.9% highly profitable on every dollar of sales
Return on equity	15.5% a solid return on shareholder capital
Debt to equity	0.13 minimal debt — a conservative balance sheet
Current ratio	0.16 below 1 — short-term bills exceed liquid assets
Beta	1.00 steadier than the market
Market cap	$2.6B

The risks · The main risks here are ordinary market swings and the chance our fair-value read proves too optimistic.

Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.

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Where & how to trade · wherever in the world you are

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The trader read · the latest dated commentary

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 8% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 20%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 8%. Entered 2026-07-18 · Accumulation

The dated journal · newest first, never edited

2026-07-18 Accumulation $29.13 +0.0% Entry 3

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it A, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 8% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are up 20%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 8%.

2026-07-03 Accumulation $29.13 +0.0% Entry 2

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.

2026-07-02 Accumulation $29.13 Entry 1

The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.

Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.

The insider ledger · Form 4 filings, as filed

Most recent filings · GDV
Date	Insider	Title	Type	Shares	Value
2026-01-23	Melarkey Michael J	Dir	Purchase	2,000	$34

Public filings, recorded as found. The full tape lives at Insider Intelligence.

What holding actually paid · price plus dividends

If $1,000 had been placed · historical, not a promise
Period	Price then	Price return	Divs per share	$1,000 became	Total return
1 month	$29.05	-1.8%	$0.15	$987	-1.3%
2 months	$28.30	+0.8%	$0.30	$1,019	+1.9%
3 months	$26.89	+6.1%	$0.45	$1,077	+7.7%
6 months	$26.54	+7.4%	$0.89	$1,108	+10.8%
1 year	$23.71	+20.3%	$1.73	$1,276	+27.6%
2 years	$20.09	+41.9%	$3.20	$1,579	+57.9%
3 years	$17.17	+66.1%	$4.52	$1,924	+92.4%
5 years	$19.61	+45.5%	$7.31	$1,827	+82.7%

Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

This entry now belongs to the ledger. Whatever GDV does next, these words stay.

The Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust · GDV · Accumulation · $29.63
Recorded 2026-07-19 · before the outcome · scored mechanically

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