Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. (ECF)

About ECF

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by GAMCO Investors, Inc. The fund is managed by Gabelli Funds, LLC. It invests in the public equity markets. The fund primarily invests in convertible securities. It invests in stocks of companies across market capitalizations. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Bank of America Merrill Lynch All U.S. Conv…

Sector

Finance

Industry

Finance/Investors Services

Website

gabelli.com/ticker/ecf/

Fundamentals

1-day range

$12.35$12.63

Market cap

$—

P/E (trailing)

26.89

P/E (forward)

—

EPS (trailing)

$0.46

Dividend yield

7.54%

Beta

1.08

Avg. volume

26.2K

Ex-dividend date

June 15, 2026

Dividend pay date

December 28, 2018

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. Competitors

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P/E shows — for peers not currently carrying a live signal of their own.

Latest news

• CEF Weekly Review: XFLT Gets New Sub-Adviser Over The Line
  SeekingAlpha · 8/23/2026
• Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. Increases Quarterly Distribution 16% to $0.22 Per Share From $0.19 Per Share
  Yahoo · 8/12/2026

• Saba Capital Management, L.P. · August 27, 2026 · Buy

  3.9K @ $12.49
• Saba Capital Management, L.P. · August 21, 2026 · Buy

  5.7K @ $12.53
• Saba Capital Management, L.P. · August 20, 2026 · Buy

  1.5K @ $12.52

Institutional Ownership

March 31, 2026

Total shares held

6.28M

Total value held

$58.73M

Institutional holders

48