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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parallel Advisors, LLC | 2 | $25 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| GAMMA Investing LLC | 15 | $174 | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Bank of America Corp | 57 | $663 | 0.00% | −36−38.7% | Reduced |
| Sound Income Strategies, LLC | 62 | $771 | 0.00% | +62 | New |
| Valley National Advisers Inc | 333 | $3.00K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Medallion Wealth Advisors, LLC | 352 | $4.09K | 0.00% | +11+3.2% | Added |
| Jones Financial Companies LLLP | 455 | $5.29K | 0.00% | +455 | New |
| Basepoint Wealth LLC | 1,062 | $12.4K | 0.01% | +1,062 | New |
| Cape Investment Advisory, Inc. | 1,767 | $20.6K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| MAI Capital Management | 2,000 | $23.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Sunbelt Securities, Inc. | 2,000 | $23.3K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Global Retirement Partners, LLC | 2,052 | $23.9K | 0.00% | −5,313−72.1% | Reduced |
| AdvisorNet Financial, Inc | 3,032 | $35.3K | 0.00% | +18+0.6% | Added |
| Gilpin Wealth Management, LLC | 4,000 | $46.5K | 0.04% | +4,000 | New |
| UBS Group AG | 10,627 | $123.6K | 0.00% | +486+4.8% | Added |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 11,012 | $128.1K | 0.00% | −1,795−14.0% | Reduced |
| Meridian Investment Counsel Inc. | 11,100 | $129.1K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Beckerman Institutional, LLC | 12,794 | $148.8K | 0.08% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Old Port Advisors | 14,327 | $166.6K | 0.04% | −755−5.0% | Reduced |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 16,319 | $189.8K | 0.00% | −1,023−5.9% | Reduced |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. | 16,702 | $194.0K | 0.00% | −2,160−11.5% | Reduced |
| PMG Family Office LLC | 18,286 | $212.7K | 0.25% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ruggaard & Associates LLC | 18,772 | $218.3K | 0.09% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 22,198 | $258.2K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| LPL Financial LLC | 23,308 | $271.1K | 0.00% | +5,051+27.7% | Added |
| K2 Principal Fund, L.P. | 24,619 | $286.3K | 0.03% | +834+3.5% | Added |
| Private Advisor Group, LLC | 25,099 | $291.9K | 0.00% | +850+3.5% | Added |
| Shaker Financial Services, LLC | 29,647 | $344.8K | 0.11% | −69,554−70.1% | Reduced |
| Aviance Capital Partners, LLC | 30,580 | $355.6K | 0.04% | +352+1.2% | Added |
| Colony Group, LLC | 32,006 | $372.2K | 0.00% | +32,006 | New |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 32,592 | $379.0K | 0.00% | +13,199+68.1% | Added |
| Warren Averett Asset Management, LLC | 41,199 | $479.1K | 0.00% | +1,392+3.5% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 47,354 | $550.0K | 0.00% | +4,574+10.7% | Added |
| Institute for Wealth Management, LLC. | 53,857 | $626.4K | 0.07% | −2,027−3.6% | Reduced |
| Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC | 62,147 | $740.2K | 0.00% | −15,895−20.4% | Reduced |
| Uhlmann Price Securities, LLC | 67,718 | $787.6K | 0.47% | −119−0.2% | Reduced |
| GWM Advisors LLC | 68,987 | $802.3K | 0.00% | −5,923−7.9% | Reduced |
| Evolve Private Wealth, LLC | 69,771 | $811.4K | 0.05% | +69,771 | New |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 81,369 | $946.3K | 0.00% | +831+1.0% | Added |
| Capstone Investment Advisors, LLC | 81,490 | $947.7K | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 107,816 | $1.25M | 0.00% | −33,572−23.7% | Reduced |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | 144,880 | $1.68M | 0.00% | −1,264−0.9% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 154,779 | $1.80M | 0.00% | −11,368−6.8% | Reduced |
| Guggenheim Capital LLC | 164,329 | $1.91M | 0.01% | +22,611+16.0% | Added |
| Blue Bell Private Wealth Management, LLC | 199,783 | $2.32M | 0.34% | +13,974+7.5% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 232,215 | $2.70M | 0.00% | +34,026+17.2% | Added |
| Bulldog Investors, LLP | 267,836 | $3.11M | 0.69% | −44,627−14.3% | Reduced |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 277,902 | $3.23M | 0.01% | −112,175−28.8% | Reduced |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. | 393,918 | $4.58M | 0.08% | +166,043+72.9% | Added |
| Sit Investment Associates Inc | 932,552 | $10.8M | 0.21% | +43,839+4.9% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 946,404 | $11.0M | 0.00% | +30,142+3.3% | Added |
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 1,680,620 | $19.5M | 0.66% | +45,368+2.8% | Added |
| 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 |