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Mario J Gabelli bought $12M of GGZ

director, owner, other at Gabelli Global Small & Mid Cap Value Trust. 1,150,000 shares at an average of $10.00, traded Sep 26, 2025, filed Sep 30, 2025.

Conviction score
53
Value
$12M
1,150,000 shares
Holdings after
100,000
change unknown
From 52-week low
+40%
low $9.83, close $13.71
From 52-week high
-2%
high $14.02, as of Sep 26, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $11.5M at market
    +25
  • Relative to holdings
    First purchase: no shares before this trade
    +8
  • Price context
    Near the top of the 52-week range
    0
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Median 6-month excess return +4% over 3 past buys
    +5

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

GGZOct 9, 2026 · close 15.25
Since filing Sep 30, 2025: +11.4%SPY +18.1% · excess -6.7%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001185533-25-000004, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Sep 26, 2025POpen-market purchase
Series E Cumulative Preferred Shares
+750,000$10.00$7.5M750,000Sep 30, 2025
Sep 26, 2025POpen-market purchase
Series E Cumulative Preferred Sharesindirect: Associated Capital Group, Inc.
+200,000$10.00$2.0M200,000Sep 30, 2025
Sep 26, 2025POpen-market purchase
Series E Cumulative Preferred Sharesindirect: GGCP, Inc.
+100,000$10.00$1.0M100,000Sep 30, 2025
Sep 26, 2025POpen-market purchase
Series E Cumulative Preferred Sharesindirect: CIBL, Inc.
+100,000$10.00$1.0M100,000Sep 30, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at Gabelli Global Small & Mid Cap Value Trust and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
32Weak
GGZbuy
Gabelli Global Small & Mid Cap Value Trust
Mario J Gabelli
director, owner, other
$163k
14,000 shares
+44%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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