The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB) Competitors

The Gabelli Equity Trust (NYSE:GAB) and DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is GAB or DNP a better dividend stock?

The Gabelli Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GAB or DNP?

7.2% of The Gabelli Equity Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of The Gabelli Equity Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, GAB or DNP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The Gabelli Equity Trust	$147.98M	11.23	N/A	N/A	N/A
DNP Select Income Fund	-$131.43M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is GAB or DNP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Gabelli Equity Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GAB or DNP?

DNP Select Income Fund received 37 more outperform votes than The Gabelli Equity Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote while only 63.82% of users gave The Gabelli Equity Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Gabelli Equity Trust	Outperform Votes 157 63.82%	Underperform Votes 89 36.18%
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%

Does the media favor GAB or DNP?

In the previous week, DNP Select Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than The Gabelli Equity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund and 3 mentions for The Gabelli Equity Trust. The Gabelli Equity Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 0.80 indicating that The Gabelli Equity Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
The Gabelli Equity Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, GAB or DNP?

The Gabelli Equity Trust has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

The Gabelli Equity Trust beats DNP Select Income Fund on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.