Bancroft Fund Ltd
BCV- Exchange
- NYSE
- SEC CIK
- 0000009521
No open-market purchases or sales by Bancroft Fund Ltd insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 41 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $59.1M in total; no superinvestor holds it.
Other share classesBCV.PA
13F holders, Q4 2023
Institutional positions in Bancroft Fund Ltd as of Dec 31, 2023. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works
- Institutional holders
- 38
- +3 vs. Q3 2023
- Shares held
- 1.31M
- +236.6K (+22.1%) vs. Q3 2023
- Total value
- $20.9M
- +$3.98M (+23.5%) vs. Q3 2023
- New holders
- 7
- 13 more added
- Sold out
- 4
- 14 more reduced
1 institution that held it in Q3 2023 haven't filed for Q4 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 2023: new holders, sold out and not filed yet
Holders and value by quarter
Institutions reporting BCV on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 41 | $59.1M |
| Q1 2026 | 38 | $47.2M |
| Q4 2025 | 34 | $48.6M |
| Q3 2025 | 37 | $47.8M |
| Q2 2025 | 37 | $37.1M |
| Q1 2025 | 40 | $32.7M |
| Q4 2024 | 43 | $29.5M |
| Q3 2024 | 38 | $24.8M |
| Q2 2024 | 38 | $20.7M |
| Q1 2024 | 42 | $22.4M |
| Q4 2023 | 38 | $20.9M |
| Q3 2023 | 36 | $17.1M |
| Q2 2023 | 37 | $18.2M |
| Q1 2023 | 30 | $17.8M |
| Q4 2022 | 31 | $17.8M |
| Q3 2022 | 31 | $18.5M |
| Q2 2022 | 37 | $20.6M |
| Q1 2022 | 35 | $24.1M |
| Q4 2021 | 38 | $33.6M |
| Q3 2021 | 33 | $39.3M |
| Q2 2021 | 36 | $44.4M |
| Q1 2021 | 35 | $40.1M |
Institutions, Q4 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bancroft Fund Ltd; share changes are against Q3 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 209,025 | $3.34M | 0.00% | +9,156+4.6% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 94,957 | $1.52M | 0.00% | −64,818−40.6% | Reduced |
| John G Ullman & Associates Inc | 92,772 | $1.48M | 0.24% | +74,558+409.3% | Added |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | 75,548 | $1.21M | 0.02% | +75,548 | New |
| Cornerstone Advisors, LLC | 74,803 | $1.20M | 0.05% | +35,246+89.1% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 72,098 | $1.15M | 0.00% | +21,176+41.6% | Added |
| Shaker Financial Services, LLC | 66,966 | $1.07M | 0.44% | −7,329−9.9% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 66,209 | $1.06M | 0.00% | −3,027−4.4% | Reduced |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 58,932 | $942.0K | 0.00% | −3,671−5.9% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 49,632 | $793.0K | 0.00% | −4,584−8.5% | Reduced |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 44,545 | $711.8K | 0.00% | +44,545 | New |
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 44,005 | $703.2K | 0.02% | +33,814+331.8% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 37,643 | $601.5K | 0.00% | −3,379−8.2% | Reduced |
| Gabelli & Co Investment Advisers, Inc. | 35,000 | $559.3K | 0.10% | −5,000−12.5% | Reduced |
| Koshinski Asset Management, Inc. | 34,211 | $546.7K | 0.08% | +14,306+71.9% | Added |
| Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp | 28,804 | $460.3K | 0.11% | +28,804 | New |
| Invesco Ltd. | 23,972 | $383.1K | 0.00% | −16,853−41.3% | Reduced |
| Raymond James & Associates | 23,505 | $375.6K | 0.00% | −5,059−17.7% | Reduced |
| CNH Partners LLC | 22,484 | $359.3K | 0.01% | −664−2.9% | Reduced |
| Bulldog Investors, LLP | 22,345 | $357.1K | 0.12% | +7,202+47.6% | Added |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 20,900 | $322.7K | 0.00% | +1,600+8.3% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 19,584 | $313.0K | 0.00% | +2,940+17.7% | Added |
| Landscape Capital Management, L.L.C. | 16,446 | $262.8K | 0.02% | +16,446 | New |
| Round Rock Advisors, LLC | 16,115 | $257.5K | 0.06% | −7,538−31.9% | Reduced |
| Blue Bell Private Wealth Management, LLC | 14,295 | $228.4K | 0.05% | +2,696+23.2% | Added |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 11,896 | $190.1K | 0.00% | +55+0.5% | Added |
| RMB Capital Management, LLC | 10,000 | $159.8K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| McIlrath & Eck, LLC | 6,747 | $107.8K | 0.02% | +131+2.0% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 3,653 | $58.4K | 0.00% | −4−0.1% | Reduced |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | 3,073 | $49.1K | 0.00% | −433−12.4% | Reduced |
| Huntington National Bank | 1,900 | $30.4K | 0.00% | +1,900 | New |
| Western Pacific Wealth Management, LP | 1,844 | $29.5K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| MeadowBrook Investment Advisors LLC | 1,400 | $22.4K | 0.02% | +1,400 | New |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 1,000 | $16.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank of America Corp | 892 | $14.3K | 0.00% | +16+1.8% | Added |
| Trust Co of Vermont | 752 | $12.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 208 | $3.32K | 0.00% | −196−48.5% | Reduced |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 1,458 | – | – | +1,458 | New |
| Oak Harbor Wealth Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,896−100.0% | Sold out |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,002−100.0% | Sold out |
| Wolverine Asset Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −800−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −125−100.0% | Sold out |
| Advisor Partners II, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |