GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC
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GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC (NYSE:GAB) is a publicly traded company in the Unknown sector. Wiseek has independently scored 5 items for GAB at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-05-07, rated 8/10. Across its 5 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 3 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for GAB spans 8-K, 424B4, 497AD.
Recent high-impact activity:
- Gabelli Equity Trust Provides Update on Founder Mario Gabelli's Health and Leadership Transition
- Gabelli Equity Trust's $155M Rights Offering Oversubscribed by $117M
- Gabelli Equity Trust Finalizes Rights Offering with Reduced Subscription Price and Extended Period
- Rights Offering Price Cut to $5.00, Expiration Extended for Gabelli Equity Trust
- Gabelli Equity Trust Announces Transferable Rights Offering at $5.50 per Share
Short Interest & Short Volume
1.00 days to coverFINRA reported short interest of 494,182 shares in GAB as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 29.8% increase from the prior period — about 1.0 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 60.2% of GAB volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.
Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.