ECF — ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD

US equity
12.52 -0.08% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 10.72 · high 13.76

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Performance

1 day-0.08%
1 week-3.54%
1 month-0.48%
3 months-2.87%
6 months+4.16%
Year to date+7.32%
1 year+17.45%
3 years+44.41%
5 years-15.00%

Technicals

RSI 1454.4
vs 50-day avg-1.76%
vs 200-day avg+2.20%
Volatility 1y20.5%
Max drawdown 1y-14.58%
Avg volume 30d17.4K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)9.34%
Paid last 12m1.1700
Payments in 12m5
Paying since2016-02-09

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-02-18Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Open-market sale14.6K12.16177.4K
2026-02-17Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Open-market sale6.1K12.2074.1K
2026-02-13Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Open-market sale7.5K12.2592.3K
2026-02-11Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Open-market sale14.1K12.24172.7K
2026-02-06Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Open-market sale26.2K11.95313.3K
2026-02-05Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Open-market sale7.8K12.0294.0K
2025-12-17Dinsmore James Andrew
President
Open-market purchase20011.602.3K
2025-11-07Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Open-market purchase33.8K12.15410.2K
2025-10-28Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Open-market purchase11.6K12.28142.5K
2025-10-16VANEKRIS ANTHONIE C
Director
Open-market sale2.0K12.2524.5K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
Saba Capital Management, L.P.17.9M1.6M
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN10.6M947.6K
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.4.5M405.4K
Pathstone Holdings, LLC2.8M247.1K
Invesco Ltd.2.6M233.1K
Bulldog Investors, LLP2.5M228.6K
BLUE BELL PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC2.3M208.2K
GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC1.9M166.5K
MORGAN STANLEY1.6M144.3K
Baird Financial Group, Inc.1.5M135.2K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
N-PX2026-08-192026-06-30on EDGAR ↗
32026-08-182026-08-12on EDGAR ↗
SCHEDULE 13G/A2026-07-28on EDGAR ↗
N-CSRS2026-06-082026-03-31on EDGAR ↗
42026-06-022025-10-16on EDGAR ↗
NPORT-P2026-06-012026-03-31on EDGAR ↗
SCHEDULE 13G/A2026-05-12on EDGAR ↗
DEFA14A2026-03-19on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d28.9% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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