GAB Gabelli Equity Trust, Inc. (The
Financial Services · Asset Management
5.77
+0.52%
About the company
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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Dividend deep dive
Gabelli Equity Trust, Inc. (GAB) operates in the Asset Management industry within Financial Services. The company currently offers a dividend yield of 10.63%. This yield is considered "fair" when compared to its 5-year average yield of 10.14%, which ranged from a low of 8.8% to a high of 11.04%. The dividend safety status is rated as "safe". The current price of 5.645 USD is estimated to be 24.9% below its fair value of 7.05 USD.
Dividend history
Gabelli Equity Trust, Inc. has not recorded a streak of consecutive dividend increases, showing a 3-year dividend CAGR of 0.0% and a 5-year dividend CAGR of 0.46%. The company distributes dividends quarterly in March, June, September, and December. Annual dividends per share have been 0.5631 USD in 2014, 0.5761 USD from 2015-2017, 0.5807 USD from 2018-2020, and 0.5941 USD from 2021 through 2025, based on the provided history.
Dividend safety
The dividend appears well-covered with a payout ratio of 61.22% against earnings per share of 0.98 USD, contributing to its "safe" dividend safety status.
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