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The GDL Fund (GDL)

Financial Services | Asset Management | Rye, United States | NYSE
8.42 USD -0.02 (-0.237%) ⇩ (April 21, 2026, 3:29 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★★★☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:15 p.m. EDT

GDL offers a stable, inflation-matching dividend yield of ~5.7% backed by a consistent track record, but short-term technicals show flat momentum near the 200-day average with no significant price breakout, limiting speculative upside in the near term.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.007632
MSTL0.012358
AutoARIMA0.012875
AutoETS0.013028

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 59%
H-stat 2.10
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.633
Excess Kurtosis -0.64
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-16
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-16
Market Cap 92,279,616
Trailing P/E 12.03
Website https://www.gabelli.com/Template/fundinfo.cfm?tid=NTZiMA==&bid=YmQ2YQ==&mid=NDBmYzc=&num=MTQzNTI=&kid=NWI5MWE=&fid=Njk0NzA=&rid=711-=edoc_dnuf

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.44% 5.85% 6.45% 6.76%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-17 0.12 1.435407
2025-12-12 0.12 1.447502
2025-09-16 0.12 1.457683
2025-06-13 0.12 1.514087
2025-03-17 0.12 1.538104
2024-12-13 0.12 1.613321
2024-09-16 0.12 1.629424
2024-06-13 0.12 1.704819
2024-03-13 0.12 1.702667
2023-12-14 0.12 1.715599
2023-09-14 0.12 1.781952
2023-06-14 0.12 1.814088
2023-03-16 0.12 1.856278
2022-12-08 0.12 1.853987
2022-09-15 0.12 1.853881
2022-06-14 0.12 1.847169
2022-03-16 0.12 1.776106
2021-12-09 0.12 1.734509
2021-09-15 0.12 1.738363
2021-06-15 0.12 1.769667
2021-03-16 0.12 1.815631
2020-12-10 0.12 1.882771
2020-09-15 0.12 1.952011
2020-06-15 0.12 2.015500
2020-03-16 0.10 1.885436
2019-12-12 0.10 1.562841
2019-09-13 0.10 1.554530
2019-06-13 0.10 1.607484
2019-03-14 0.10 1.556774
2018-12-06 0.10 1.662307
2018-09-13 0.10 1.665827
2018-06-14 0.10 1.651357
2018-03-14 0.10 1.632194
2017-12-07 0.10 1.593905
2017-09-14 0.16 2.477669
2017-06-14 0.16 2.506963
2017-03-15 0.16 2.633905
2016-12-07 0.16 2.732113
2016-09-14 0.16 2.726853
2016-06-14 0.16 2.776819
2016-03-14 0.16 2.804703
2015-12-09 0.16 2.885059
2015-09-14 0.16 2.923013
2015-06-12 0.16 2.840520
2015-03-13 0.16 2.882054
2014-12-10 0.16 3.014939
2014-09-12 0.16 2.886107
2014-06-12 0.16 2.854286
2014-03-13 0.32 5.708266
2013-12-11 0.32 5.894803
2013-09-12 0.32 5.952699
2013-06-12 0.32 5.927120
2013-03-12 0.32 5.952429
2012-12-12 0.32 6.435063
2012-09-12 0.32 6.235655
2012-06-13 0.32 6.590875
2012-03-14 0.32 6.345394
2011-12-09 0.32 6.783238
2011-09-14 0.32 6.700998
2011-06-14 0.32 6.423004
2011-03-15 0.32 6.564528
2010-12-10 0.32 6.548205
2010-09-14 0.32 6.606156
2010-06-14 0.32 6.936038
2010-03-15 0.32 6.756553
2009-12-10 0.44 9.316177
2009-09-14 0.32 6.915859
2009-06-12 0.32 7.686349
2009-03-13 0.20 5.443651
2008-12-10 0.40 10.781244
2008-09-12 0.40 9.221444
2008-06-12 0.40 8.932946
2008-03-13 0.40 9.259811
2007-12-10 0.40 9.062056
2007-09-12 0.40 8.876236
2007-06-13 0.40 7.995845
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.48
dividendYield 5.7
exDividendDate 2026-03-17
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.12
lastDividendDate 2026-03-17
dividendDate 2018-12-14

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.04596269
Address1 One Corporate Center
All Time High 20.42
All Time Low 4.94
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 800
Average Daily Volume10 Day 7,300
Average Daily Volume3 Month 10,316
Average Volume 10,316
Average Volume10Days 7,300
Bid 8.42
Bid Size 200
City Rye
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,388,448,000
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 8.42
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 8.49
Day Low 8.42
Dividend Date 1,544,745,600
Dividend Rate 0.48
Dividend Yield 5.7
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.7
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,773,705,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 914 921 5118
Fifty Day Average 8.44
Fifty Day Average Change -0.019999504
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.0023696097
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 4.596269
Fifty Two Week High 8.67
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.25
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.028835064
Fifty Two Week Low 7.98
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.44000006
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.05513785
Fifty Two Week Range 7.98 - 8.67
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,177,335,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 5.39
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.0
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.25697002
Held Percent Institutions 0.4454
Implied Shares Outstanding 10,959,574
Industry Asset Management
Industry Disp Asset Management
Industry Key asset-management
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,773,705,600
Last Dividend Value 0.12
Long Business Summary The GDL Fund is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by GAMCO Investors, Inc. It is managed by Gabelli Funds, LLC. The fund invests in public equity markets across the globe. It invests in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund invests in securities of companies involved in publicly announced mergers, takeovers, tender offers, and leveraged buyouts. It also invests in companies undergoing corporate reorganizations involving stubs, spin-offs, and liquidations. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against Bank of America Merrill Lynch 3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index. It was formerly known as Gabelli Global Deal Fund. The GDL Fund was formed on October 17, 2006 and is domiciled in the United States.
Long Name The GDL Fund
Market us_market
Market Cap 92,279,616
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_29784990
Non Diluted Market Cap 92,012,134
Open 8.43
Operating Margins 0.0
Payout Ratio 0.6857
Phone 914 921 5000
Previous Close 8.44
Price Hint 2
Profit Margins 0.0
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0199995
Regular Market Change Percent -0.236961
Regular Market Day High 8.49
Regular Market Day Low 8.42
Regular Market Day Range 8.42 - 8.49
Regular Market Open 8.43
Regular Market Previous Close 8.44
Regular Market Price 8.42
Regular Market Time 1,776,799,769
Regular Market Volume 4,897
Sand P52 Week Change 0.3140242
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Shares Outstanding 10,927,807
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0008
Shares Short 8,782
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 12,961
Short Name GDL Fund, The of Beneficial In
Short Percent Of Float 0.0015
Short Ratio 1.02
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol GDL
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 0.7
Trailing P E 12.028572
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 8.4559
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.035900116
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.00424557
Type Disp Equity
Volume 4,897
Website https://www.gabelli.com/Template/fundinfo.cfm?tid=NTZiMA==&bid=YmQ2YQ==&mid=NDBmYzc=&num=MTQzNTI=&kid=NWI5MWE=&fid=Njk0NzA=&rid=711-=edoc_dnuf
Zip 10,580-1422