The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB) Competitors

FS KKR Capital (NYSE:FSK) and The Gabelli Equity Trust (NYSE:GAB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer FSK or GAB?

FS KKR Capital presently has a consensus price target of $20.70, indicating a potential upside of 7.28%. Given FS KKR Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FS KKR Capital is more favorable than The Gabelli Equity Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FS KKR Capital	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
The Gabelli Equity Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility & risk, FSK or GAB?

FS KKR Capital has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Gabelli Equity Trust has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FSK or GAB?

In the previous week, FS KKR Capital had 20 more articles in the media than The Gabelli Equity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for FS KKR Capital and 1 mentions for The Gabelli Equity Trust. FS KKR Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat The Gabelli Equity Trust's score of -1.00 indicating that FS KKR Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
FS KKR Capital	Positive
The Gabelli Equity Trust	Negative

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FSK or GAB?

FS KKR Capital has higher revenue and earnings than The Gabelli Equity Trust.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FS KKR Capital	$664M	8.14	$696M	$2.09	9.23
The Gabelli Equity Trust	$203.01M	8.03	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of FSK or GAB?

36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of The Gabelli Equity Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of The Gabelli Equity Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FSK or GAB?

The Gabelli Equity Trust received 78 more outperform votes than FS KKR Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.82% of users gave The Gabelli Equity Trust an outperform vote while only 47.59% of users gave FS KKR Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FS KKR Capital	Outperform Votes 79 47.59%	Underperform Votes 87 52.41%
The Gabelli Equity Trust	Outperform Votes 157 63.82%	Underperform Votes 89 36.18%

Is FSK or GAB a better dividend stock?

FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. The Gabelli Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. FS KKR Capital pays out 122.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is FSK or GAB more profitable?

FS KKR Capital has a net margin of 29.98% compared to The Gabelli Equity Trust's net margin of 0.00%. FS KKR Capital's return on equity of 12.31% beat The Gabelli Equity Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FS KKR Capital	29.98%	12.31%	5.47%
The Gabelli Equity Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

FS KKR Capital beats The Gabelli Equity Trust on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.