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GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC

GAB Net buying
CIK 0000794685 #5681 in the set updated 18 Sep 2026
Bought (120 mo)
$20.26M
out of their own pocket, the only kind of buying there is
Sold (120 mo)
$1.06M
$0.00 on a plan · $0.00 straight out of an exercise
Sold at will
$1.06M
27 of 27 sales
Net
+$19.20M
+$19.20M against sales at will

By person

12 insiders · 39 transactions
Insider
Role
Bought
Sold
Net
Holding
Worth
Change
GABELLI MARIO J
Director
$19.85M (7)
$28.66K (1)
+$19.82M
3,567,331
$274.68K
+86.3%
CONN JAMES P
Director
—
$494.20K (3)
−$494.20K
1,100
$84.70
−98.4%
ALPERT BRUCE N
President
$110.00K (2)
$427.94K (20)
−$317.94K
2,416
$186.04
−89.9%
Nakamura Kuni
Director
$300.00K (1)
—
+$300.00K
6,078
$467.98
+139.7%
ZIZZA SALVATORE J
Director
—
$108.15K (2)
−$108.15K
22,876
$1.76K
+3.2%
Mullady Agnes
Director
$1.04K (1)
—
+$1.04K
165
$12.71
—
Nakamura Eileen Cheigh
Director
—
$742.28 (1)
−$742.28
0
$0.00
−100.0%
Ball John Chester
President & Treasurer
$250.75 (1)
—
+$250.75
64
$4.93
—
HEITMANN WILLIAM F
Director
—
—
—
197,422
$15.20K
+28.0%
VANEKRIS ANTHONIE C
Director
—
—
—
7,700
$592.90
+13.2%
FERRARA ARTHUR V
Director
—
—
—
6,140
$472.78
+14.3%
COLAVITA ANTHONY J
Director
—
—
—
3,703
$285.13
+14.3%

No percentages here. GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC reports its share count only per share class, which the XBRL frames API does not carry.

Individual transactions

12
Insider
Date
Role
Action
Shares
Price
Amount
GABELLI MARIO J
26 Dec 2025
Director
Buy
167,500
$10.00
$1.68M
GABELLI MARIO J
26 Dec 2025
Director
Buy indirect
500,000
$10.00
$5.00M
GABELLI MARIO J
26 Jun 2024
Director
Buy
11,750
$100.00
$1.18M
GABELLI MARIO J
29 Feb 2024
Director
Buy
10,000
$100.00
$1.00M
GABELLI MARIO J
29 Feb 2024
Director
Buy indirect
50,000
$100.00
$5.00M
Ball John Chester
22 Feb 2024
President & Treasurer
Buy
47
$5.34
$250.75
Mullady Agnes
17 Feb 2022
Director
Buy
150
$6.95
$1.04K
Nakamura Kuni
17 Dec 2021
Director
Buy
3,000
$100.00
$300.00K
GABELLI MARIO J
17 Dec 2021
Director
Buy indirect
20,000
$100.00
$2.00M
GABELLI MARIO J
17 Dec 2021
Director
Buy indirect
40,000
$100.00
$4.00M
ALPERT BRUCE N
16 Dec 2019
President
Buy indirect
4,000
$25.00
$100.00K
ALPERT BRUCE N
16 Dec 2019
President
Buy
400
$25.00
$10.00K
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What was left out

Form 4 filings counted 59
Amendments (4/A) skipped 0
Filings about a different issuer 0
Unreadable filings 0
Joint filings 0
Sales on a Rule 10b5-1 plan 0
Sales straight out of an exercise 0
Sales at will 27
Transactions with no price 0
Shares from compensation/vesting 1,085,733
Sales filed before the plan box existed 25
History held since 19 Jun 2017