GDL Fund (GDL Fund) Quality Rank

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What is GDL Fund Quality Rank?

The Quality Rank measures the business quality of a company relative to other companies. It is ranked based on the strength of the balance sheet, as well as the profitability and growth of the business. The ranked companies are split in equal numbers and then ranked from 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest.

The rank of balance sheet (30%)

The rank of balance sheet is done through the ranking of:

Interest coverage
Zscore
Debt to revenue
Equity to asset
Cash to debt

The rank of Profitability (70%)

The ranking of Profitability is done by ranking:

Operating margin mean rank (10-year mean average profit margine)
Operating margin growth rank
Fscore
Predictability rank
Revenue growth rank (5 year), when the growth is higher than 25%, set it as 25%
Num of year profit (number of years that is profitable within the last 10 years)
ROIC median (10-year median of ROIC)

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GDL Fund (GDL Fund) Business Description

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GDLpC.PFD:USA GDL:USA

Address

One Corporate Center, Rye, NY, USA, 10580-1422

Website

https://www.gabelli.com

GDL Fund is a diversified closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to achieve absolute returns in various market conditions without excessive risk of capital. The fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in merger arbitrage transactions and, to a lesser extent, in corporate reorganizations involving stubs, spin-offs, and liquidations.