The GDL Fund Stock Forecast, Price & News

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The GDL Fund saw a decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 700 shares, a decrease of 81.1% from the February 28th total of 3,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 15,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.0 days.
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The GDL Fund's stock was trading at $8.15 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GDL shares have increased by 9.7% and is now trading at $8.94.
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The GDL Fund declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 25th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 17th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Wednesday, March 24th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.37%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 16th.
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The GDL Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.05%.
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6 employees have rated The GDL Fund CEO Richard Goodfellow on Glassdoor.com. Richard Goodfellow has an approval rating of 32% among The GDL Fund's employees. This puts Richard Goodfellow in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to The GDL Fund include (BTT.AX) (BTT), (CDI.L) (CDI), (DP3D.L) (DP3D), (TBGR.L) (TBGR), (TRE.L) (TRE), (WDE.AX) (WDE), 360 Capital Digital Infrastructure Fund (TDI), 3i Group (TGOPF), 3i Group (TGOPY), 6625 (EIA), 8IP Emerging Companies (8EC), Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund (IAF), Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (AEF), Aberdeen Global Premier Properties Fund (AWP) and Absolute Equity Performance Fund (AEG).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other The GDL Fund investors own include Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), International Business Machines (IBM), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Navios Maritime Partners (NMM), Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ), Pfizer (PFE), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT) and Prospect Capital (PSEC).

The GDL Fund trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GDL."

Shares of GDL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GDL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $8.94.

The official website for The GDL Fund is www.gabelli.com.

The GDL Fund is headquartered at 1 Corporate Ctr, RYE, NY 10580-1485, United States.

The GDL Fund's mailing address is 1 Corporate Ctr, RYE, NY 10580-1485, United States. The investment management company can be reached via phone at +1-914-9215100.