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, Q3 2025
Institutional positions in Bancroft Fund Ltd as of Sep 30, 2025. 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
- 37
- 0 vs. Q2 2025
- Shares held
- 2.19M
- +224.7K (+11.5%) vs. Q2 2025
- Total value
- $47.8M
- +$10.8M (+29.0%) vs. Q2 2025
- New holders
- 5
- 13 more added
- Sold out
- 5
- 11 more reduced
Compare with Q2 2025: 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, Q3 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bancroft Fund Ltd; share changes are against Q2 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoreCap Advisors, LLC | 14 | $317 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| LRI Investments, LLC | 305 | $6.68K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ancora Advisors, LLC | 1,000 | $21.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Noble Wealth Management PBC | 1,000 | $21.9K | 0.01% | +1,000 | New |
| Allworth Financial LP | 1,000 | $21.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wolverine Asset Management LLC | 3,760 | $82.3K | 0.00% | −8,889−70.3% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 6,660 | $145.7K | 0.00% | +500+8.1% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 8,164 | $177.0K | 0.00% | −251−3.0% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 9,416 | $206.0K | 0.00% | +9,416 | New |
| RMB Capital Management, LLC | 15,000 | $328.2K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 15,987 | $350.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 17,000 | $372.0K | 0.00% | −800−4.5% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 19,416 | $424.9K | 0.00% | −357−1.8% | Reduced |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 21,075 | $461.2K | 0.00% | +2,129+11.2% | Added |
| Uhlmann Price Securities, LLC | 23,152 | $506.6K | 0.31% | +856+3.8% | Added |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 26,295 | $575.4K | 0.00% | +14,326+119.7% | Added |
| Gabelli & Co Investment Advisers, Inc. | 28,000 | $612.7K | 0.10% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | 31,929 | $698.7K | 0.00% | +31,929 | New |
| Shaker Financial Services, LLC | 35,042 | $766.8K | 0.26% | +35,042 | New |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 35,942 | $786.5K | 0.00% | +15,388+74.9% | Added |
| Mezzasalma Advisors, LLC | 38,832 | $849.7K | 0.22% | −2,010−4.9% | Reduced |
| Bulldog Investors, LLP | 39,448 | $863.2K | 0.20% | +39,448 | New |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 42,244 | $924.0K | 0.00% | +551+1.3% | Added |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 49,158 | $1.08M | 0.00% | −409−0.8% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 53,596 | $1.17M | 0.00% | +21,978+69.5% | Added |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | 56,498 | $1.24M | 0.02% | −88,509−61.0% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 64,856 | $1.42M | 0.00% | −337−0.5% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 66,531 | $1.46M | 0.00% | −1,076−1.6% | Reduced |
| Guggenheim Capital LLC | 74,584 | $1.63M | 0.01% | −4,226−5.4% | Reduced |
| Beckerman Institutional, LLC | 74,919 | $1.64M | 0.97% | −860−1.1% | Reduced |
| Blue Bell Private Wealth Management, LLC | 80,279 | $1.76M | 0.27% | +15,029+23.0% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 99,628 | $2.18M | 0.00% | +99,242+25,710.4% | Added |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 99,665 | $2.18M | 0.01% | +70,776+245.0% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 140,233 | $3.07M | 0.00% | +35,169+33.5% | Added |
| Sit Investment Associates Inc | 284,438 | $6.22M | 0.13% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 306,950 | $6.72M | 0.00% | +21,151+7.4% | Added |
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 314,539 | $6.88M | 0.23% | +62,394+24.7% | Added |
| John G Ullman & Associates Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −82,913−100.0% | Sold out |
| Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −33,898−100.0% | Sold out |
| Koshinski Asset Management, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −12,335−100.0% | Sold out |
| McIlrath & Eck, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,558−100.0% | Sold out |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,174−100.0% | Sold out |