GAB vs. USA, HTGC, GSBD, TY, RVT, PTY, ADX, NUV, STEW, and QQQX
Should you be buying The Gabelli Equity Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Gabelli Equity Trust include Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Hercules Capital (HTGC), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Tri-Continental (TY), Royce Value Trust (RVT), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), and Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
The Gabelli Equity Trust vs.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE:USA) and The Gabelli Equity Trust (NYSE:GAB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Gabelli Equity Trust has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Liberty All-Star Equity Fund had 1 more articles in the media than The Gabelli Equity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund and 0 mentions for The Gabelli Equity Trust. The Gabelli Equity Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's score of -0.21 indicating that The Gabelli Equity Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. The Gabelli Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund received 166 more outperform votes than The Gabelli Equity Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.87% of users gave Liberty All-Star Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 63.82% of users gave The Gabelli Equity Trust an outperform vote.
9.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.6% of The Gabelli Equity Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of The Gabelli Equity Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund beats The Gabelli Equity Trust on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GAB and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
The Gabelli Equity Trust Competitors List
