All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
GAB total return snapshot: GAB returned +9.76% over the past year and −1.55% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Aug. 14, 1986, GAB is up +3,965.62% in nominal total return, or +9.73%/yr, and is currently −4.49% below its total-return high on Feb. 17, 2026.
Data ending Wed Jul. 15, 2026
| Thu 1986-08-14💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAB × |
−1.55%
2026-07-15 |
+9.76%
2026-07-15 |
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| Gabelli Equity Trust Closed Fund NYSE Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Thu 1986-08-14💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAB × |
+3,965.62%
+9.73%/yr |
+9.28%/yr
(R2=0.971) |
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| Gabelli Equity Trust Closed Fund NYSE Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Thu 1986-08-14💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAB × |
$10,000.00
1986-08-14 |
$406,562.05
2026-07-15 |
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| Gabelli Equity Trust Closed Fund NYSE Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Year | GAB |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −1.55% |
| 2025 | +27.03% |
| 2024 | +18.05% |
| 2023 | +3.37% |
| 2022 | −16.30% |
| 2021 | +28.26% |
| 2020 | +14.70% |
| 2019 | +31.62% |
| 2018 | −8.65% |
| 2017 | +24.66% |
| 2016 | +15.90% |
| 2015 | −8.54% |
| 2014 | −6.83% |
| 2013 | +51.87% |
| 2012 | +23.46% |
| 2011 | −2.40% |
| 2010 | +24.35% |
| 2009 | +62.71% |
| 2008 | −54.86% |
| 2007 | +17.38% |
| 2006 | +29.51% |
| 2005 | −2.04% |
| 2004 | +21.12% |
| 2003 | +28.31% |
| 2002 | −30.01% |
| 2001 | +4.34% |
| 2000 | +1.91% |
| 1999 | +32.40% |
| 1998 | +9.04% |
| 1997 | +37.81% |
| 1996 | +11.26% |
| 1995 | +8.10% |
| 1994 | −11.51% |
| 1993 | +30.72% |
| 1992 | +10.72% |
| 1991 | +9.27% |
| 1990 | −17.79% |
| 1989 | +56.54% |
| 1988 | +45.04% |
| 1987 | −5.79% |
| 1986 | −13.77% |
| Thu 1986-08-14💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAB × |
−4.49%
from 2026-02-17 peak |
−74.63%
2009-03-09 from 2007-07-12 peak |
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| Gabelli Equity Trust Closed Fund NYSE Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Wed 2026-07-15 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAB × | +9.76% |
+31.52% +14.68%/yr |
+37.94% +11.32%/yr |
+44.29% +7.61%/yr |
+188.78% +11.19%/yr |
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| Gabelli Equity Trust Closed Fund NYSE Mutual Fund | ||||||
