GCV vs. JOF, AEF, MMT, MXF, BKT, IIF, NPV, MVT, TDF, and BKN
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 Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (JOF), Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (AEF), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT), The Mexico Fund (MXF), BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF), Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), and BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund vs.
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund (NYSE:JOF) and The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund (NYSE:GCV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.5%.
In the previous week, Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund and Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund both had 1 articles in the media. Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund's score of 1.27 indicating that Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
23.4% of The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund received 86 more outperform votes than Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund beats Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GCV) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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