GCV vs. CEV, EEA, DTF, CEE, JEQ, NXC, SSSS, BCV, NMI, and NMT
Should you be buying The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund include Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (CEV), The European Equity Fund (EEA), DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund (DTF), The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (CEE), Abrdn Japan Equity Fund (JEQ), Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXC), SuRo Capital (SSSS), Bancroft Fund (BCV), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI), and Nuveen Massachusetts Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMT). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:CEV) and The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund (NYSE:GCV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund received 86 more outperform votes than Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
35.9% of Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.4% of The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund and 0 mentions for Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust. Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund beats Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GCV and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
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