Bancroft Fund Ltd. (BCV)

About BCV

Bancroft Fund Ltd. is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by GAMCO Investors, Inc. It is managed by Gabelli Funds, LLC. The fund invests in the public equity markets. It primarily invests in convertible securities including convertible debt and convertible preferred stocks. The fund invests in stocks of companies across market capitalization. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against S&P 500 Index…

Sector

Finance

Industry

Finance/Investors Services

Website

gabelli.com/ticker/bcv/

Fundamentals

1-day range

$24.75$24.94

Market cap

$—

P/E (trailing)

—

P/E (forward)

—

EPS (trailing)

$-7.83

Dividend yield

—

Beta

1.03

Avg. volume

17.4K

Ex-dividend date

September 16, 2026

Dividend pay date

December 28, 2018

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Latest news

• BCV: Deep Discount And Another Payout Lift
  SeekingAlpha · 8/22/2026

Institutional Ownership

March 31, 2026

Total shares held

2.19M

Total value held

$40.54M

Institutional holders

38