Insider / GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC
Ball John Chester
President & Treasurer at GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC
- Company
- GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC
- Ticker
- GAB
- First filing on record
- April 29, 2026
- Latest trade on record
- April 28, 2026
- SEC filings
- EDGAR ↗
Ball John Chester, President & Treasurer at GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC, has disclosed 1 transaction in GAB since April 29, 2026: 0 purchases (0 open-market buys) and 0 sales, worth about $85 at the reported prices. The latest was filed April 29, 2026, 1 day after the trade.
Trading in charts
Trade timeline
When does this person trade, how big, and in which direction? Every trade in the last 12 months.
In the last 12 months Ball John Chester reported 1 transaction that was neither a purchase nor a sale, such as stock awards, option exercises or shares withheld for tax.
What kind of transactions
Most Form 4 rows are pay arriving or tax being withheld, not a decision to buy or sell. Only code P is an open-market purchase and code S an open-market sale. What each code means: Form 4 transaction codes.
| Code | Meaning | Rows | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J | Other acquisition or disposal | 1 | 17 | $85 |
| Year | Rows | Bought | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Transactions
| Security | Side | Trade date | Disclosed | Lag | Shares | Price | Value | Flags | Source | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAB | Other J | April 28, 2026 | April 29, 2026 | 1d | 17 | $5 | $85 | Form 4 ↗ |
Filings
| Filed | Form | Accession | Rows | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 29, 2026 | Form 4 | 0001619773-26-000001 | 1 | published | EDGAR ↗ |
Other insiders at GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC
- UBS Group AG Insider 34 rows
- GABELLI MARIO J Director 23 rows
- VANEKRIS ANTHONIE C Director 6 rows
- ZIZZA SALVATORE J Director 3 rows
- Mullady Agnes Director 2 rows
- HEITMANN WILLIAM F Director 1 row
- Nakamura Eileen Cheigh Director 1 row
Everyone on file, with contracts and lobbying under the company's name: GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC.
Guides for this page
- What is SEC Form 4? Who files: officers, directors and owners of more than 10% of a class of the company's shares.
- Form 4 transaction codes P = purchase. S = sale. These are the two market trades.
- Insider buying vs insider selling Selling outweighs buying by a wide margin in normal times.
- What disclosure data cannot tell you Filings are late by design: up to 45 days for Congress, two business days for insiders.
Sources and method
| Source | Filings | Rows | First filed | Newest filed | Read the originals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC EDGAR, Form 4 | 1 | 1 | April 29, 2026 | April 29, 2026 | Form 4 list on EDGAR |
Site built October 22, 2026. Every row in the tables above links to its own filing. To quote a figure, use the Cite button at the top of the page; see how to cite and reuse.
Every row comes from the reporting owner's Form 4 as filed with the SEC (EDGAR ownership XML), read daily. "Value" is shares × the reported price; code P is an open-market purchase, S a sale, M an option exercise, A a grant. The lag is the filing date minus the trade date; Form 4 is due within two business days. Amendments (4/A) are not merged. Details on the methodology page; report an error on corrections.
Not investment advice. Figures are public disclosures shown as filed; they may lag the trade and may be amended later. No recommendation is made or implied.