Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund Ltd
ECF- Exchange
- NYSE
- SEC CIK
- 0000793040
In the last 90 days, Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund Ltd insiders filed 4 open-market purchases and 0 sales; 51 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $85.3M in total; no superinvestor holds it.
Other share classesECF.PA
13F holders, Q4 2025
Institutional positions in Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund Ltd as of Dec 31, 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
- 52
- −3 vs. Q3 2025
- Shares held
- 6.44M
- −31.2K (−0.5%) vs. Q3 2025
- Total value
- $75.0M
- −$172.1K (−0.2%) vs. Q3 2025
- New holders
- 6
- 18 more added
- Sold out
- 9
- 16 more reduced
1 institution that held it in Q3 2025 haven't filed for Q4 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 2025: new holders, sold out and not filed yet
Holders and value by quarter
Institutions reporting ECF 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 | 51 | $85.3M |
| Q1 2026 | 48 | $70.0M |
| Q4 2025 | 52 | $75.0M |
| Q3 2025 | 56 | $75.8M |
| Q2 2025 | 57 | $65.9M |
| Q1 2025 | 54 | $55.6M |
| Q4 2024 | 54 | $60.0M |
| Q3 2024 | 58 | $53.1M |
| Q2 2024 | 52 | $46.9M |
| Q1 2024 | 63 | $45.5M |
| Q4 2023 | 54 | $41.0M |
| Q3 2023 | 47 | $38.7M |
| Q2 2023 | 48 | $36.0M |
| Q1 2023 | 53 | $31.6M |
| Q4 2022 | 56 | $30.7M |
| Q3 2022 | 49 | $31.6M |
| Q2 2022 | 50 | $36.3M |
| Q1 2022 | 51 | $45.2M |
| Q4 2021 | 50 | $50.6M |
| Q3 2021 | 43 | $57.5M |
| Q2 2021 | 38 | $65.2M |
| Q1 2021 | 39 | $59.7M |
Institutions, Q4 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund Ltd; share changes are against Q3 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 1,680,620 | $19.5M | 0.66% | +45,368+2.8% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 946,404 | $11.0M | 0.00% | +30,142+3.3% | Added |
| Sit Investment Associates Inc | 932,552 | $10.8M | 0.21% | +43,839+4.9% | Added |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | 393,918 | $4.58M | 0.08% | +166,043+72.9% | Added |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 277,902 | $3.23M | 0.01% | −112,175−28.8% | Reduced |
| Bulldog Investors, LLP | 267,836 | $3.11M | 0.69% | −44,627−14.3% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 232,215 | $2.70M | 0.00% | +34,026+17.2% | Added |
| Blue Bell Private Wealth Management, LLC | 199,783 | $2.32M | 0.34% | +13,974+7.5% | Added |
| Guggenheim Capital LLC | 164,329 | $1.91M | 0.01% | +22,611+16.0% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 154,779 | $1.80M | 0.00% | −11,368−6.8% | Reduced |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 144,880 | $1.68M | 0.00% | −1,264−0.9% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 107,816 | $1.25M | 0.00% | −33,572−23.7% | Reduced |
| Capstone Investment Advisors, LLC | 81,490 | $947.7K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 81,369 | $946.3K | 0.00% | +831+1.0% | Added |
| Evolve Private Wealth, LLC | 69,771 | $811.4K | 0.05% | +69,771 | New |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 68,987 | $802.3K | 0.00% | −5,923−7.9% | Reduced |
| Uhlmann Price Securities, LLC | 67,718 | $787.6K | 0.47% | −119−0.2% | Reduced |
| Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC | 62,147 | $740.2K | 0.00% | −15,895−20.4% | Reduced |
| Institute for Wealth Management, LLC. | 53,857 | $626.4K | 0.07% | −2,027−3.6% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 47,354 | $550.0K | 0.00% | +4,574+10.7% | Added |
| Warren Averett Asset Management, LLC | 41,199 | $479.1K | 0.00% | +1,392+3.5% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 32,592 | $379.0K | 0.00% | +13,199+68.1% | Added |
| Colony Group, LLC | 32,006 | $372.2K | 0.00% | +32,006 | New |
| Aviance Capital Partners, LLC | 30,580 | $355.6K | 0.04% | +352+1.2% | Added |
| Shaker Financial Services, LLC | 29,647 | $344.8K | 0.11% | −69,554−70.1% | Reduced |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 25,099 | $291.9K | 0.00% | +850+3.5% | Added |
| K2 Principal Fund, L.P. | 24,619 | $286.3K | 0.03% | +834+3.5% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 23,308 | $271.1K | 0.00% | +5,051+27.7% | Added |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 22,198 | $258.2K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ruggaard & Associates LLC | 18,772 | $218.3K | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| PMG Family Office LLC | 18,286 | $212.7K | 0.25% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 16,702 | $194.0K | 0.00% | −2,160−11.5% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 16,319 | $189.8K | 0.00% | −1,023−5.9% | Reduced |
| Old Port Advisors | 14,327 | $166.6K | 0.04% | −755−5.0% | Reduced |
| Beckerman Institutional, LLC | 12,794 | $148.8K | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Meridian Investment Counsel Inc. | 11,100 | $129.1K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 11,012 | $128.1K | 0.00% | −1,795−14.0% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 10,627 | $123.6K | 0.00% | +486+4.8% | Added |
| Gilpin Wealth Management, LLC | 4,000 | $46.5K | 0.04% | +4,000 | New |
| AdvisorNet Financial, Inc | 3,032 | $35.3K | 0.00% | +18+0.6% | Added |
| Global Retirement Partners, LLC | 2,052 | $23.9K | 0.00% | −5,313−72.1% | Reduced |
| MAI Capital Management | 2,000 | $23.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sunbelt Securities, Inc. | 2,000 | $23.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cape Investment Advisory, Inc. | 1,767 | $20.6K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Basepoint Wealth LLC | 1,062 | $12.4K | 0.01% | +1,062 | New |
| Jones Financial Companies LLLP | 455 | $5.29K | 0.00% | +455 | New |
| Medallion Wealth Advisors, LLC | 352 | $4.09K | 0.00% | +11+3.2% | Added |
| Valley National Advisers Inc | 333 | $3.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sound Income Strategies, LLC | 62 | $771 | 0.00% | +62 | New |
| Bank of America Corp | 57 | $663 | 0.00% | −36−38.7% | Reduced |
| GAMMA Investing LLC | 15 | $174 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Parallel Advisors, LLC | 2 | $25 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wolverine Asset Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −112,334−100.0% | Sold out |
| Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −32,006−100.0% | Sold out |
| CNH Partners LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −24,981−100.0% | Sold out |
| Altfest L J & Co Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,636−100.0% | Sold out |
| Oak Harbor Wealth Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,536−100.0% | Sold out |
| Creative Planning | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,118−100.0% | Sold out |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,514−100.0% | Sold out |
| GPS Wealth Strategies Group, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −382−100.0% | Sold out |
| Comerica Bank | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −67−100.0% | Sold out |
| WNY Asset Management, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |