GAB — GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
Technicals
Dividends
Measured signals that fired on GAB
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-03-02 | Equal lows taken out structure | -0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | GABELLI MARIO J Director | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 156.2K | 5.00 | 781.0K |
| 2026-04-28 | GABELLI MARIO J Director | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 84.2K | 5.00 | 420.8K |
| 2026-04-28 | HEITMANN WILLIAM F Director | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 17.9K | 5.00 | 89.7K |
| 2026-04-28 | ZIZZA SALVATORE J Director | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 1.6K | 5.00 | 8.2K |
| 2026-04-28 | VANEKRIS ANTHONIE C Director | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 500 | 5.50 | 2.8K |
| 2026-04-28 | ZIZZA SALVATORE J Director | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 433 | 5.00 | 2.2K |
| 2026-04-28 | VANEKRIS ANTHONIE C Director | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 200 | 5.50 | 1.1K |
| 2026-04-28 | VANEKRIS ANTHONIE C Director | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 200 | 5.50 | 1.1K |
| 2026-04-28 | Mullady Agnes Director | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 186 | 5.00 | 930 |
| 2026-04-28 | Ball John Chester President & Treasurer | Other Acquisition/Disposition | 17 | 5.00 | 85 |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| LPL Financial LLC | 25.1M | 4.5M |
| MORGAN STANLEY | 13.8M | 2.5M |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC | 8.5M | 1.5M |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL | 4.7M | 841.7K |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 4.0M | 708.5K |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC | 3.4M | 612.6K |
| INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC | 3.3M | 585.7K |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | 3.2M | 578.8K |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 3.1M | 551.9K |
| Live Oak Private Wealth LLC | 2.9M | 514.2K |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
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