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Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund Ltd

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In the last 90 days, Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund Ltd insiders filed 18 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

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

More in the glossary.

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
9.91K
Shares, settlement Oct 15, 2026
Change
+2.37K
+31.4% vs. Sep 30, 2026
Days to cover
1.00
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
65.8K
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 15, 2024: 27,970 sharesOct 31, 2024: 18,077 sharesNov 15, 2024: 7,040 sharesNov 29, 2024: 8,094 sharesDec 13, 2024: 7,261 sharesDec 31, 2024: 22,974 sharesJan 15, 2025: 18,494 sharesJan 31, 2025: 22,084 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 5,211 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 8,770 sharesMar 14, 2025: 17,700 sharesMar 31, 2025: 8,473 sharesApr 15, 2025: 7,822 sharesApr 30, 2025: 475 sharesMay 15, 2025: 27,084 sharesMay 30, 2025: 42,487 sharesJun 13, 2025: 30,830 sharesJun 30, 2025: 20,314 sharesJul 15, 2025: 17,679 sharesJul 31, 2025: 14,596 sharesAug 15, 2025: 17,231 sharesAug 29, 2025: 12,492 sharesSep 15, 2025: 25,576 sharesSep 30, 2025: 5,985 sharesOct 15, 2025: 13,395 sharesOct 31, 2025: 9,557 sharesNov 14, 2025: 11,055 sharesNov 28, 2025: 28,363 sharesDec 15, 2025: 35,217 sharesDec 31, 2025: 45,926 sharesJan 15, 2026: 55,114 sharesJan 30, 2026: 40,781 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 35,777 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 16,864 sharesMar 13, 2026: 12,973 sharesMar 31, 2026: 12,241 sharesApr 15, 2026: 11,393 sharesApr 30, 2026: 3,461 sharesMay 15, 2026: 1,307 sharesMay 29, 2026: 7,888 sharesJun 15, 2026: 8,601 sharesJun 30, 2026: 3,995 sharesJul 15, 2026: 6,261 sharesJul 31, 2026: 3,904 sharesAug 14, 2026: 683 sharesAug 31, 2026: 1,829 sharesSep 15, 2026: 8,752 sharesSep 30, 2026: 7,543 sharesOct 15, 2026: 9,912 shares
Short interest in ECF by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 15, 20269.91K+2.37K+31.4%65.8K1.00
Sep 30, 20267.54K−1.21K−13.8%38.9K1.00
Sep 15, 20268.75K+6.92K+378.5%25.7K1.00
Aug 31, 20261.83K+1.15K+167.8%24.7K1.00
Aug 14, 2026683−3.22K−82.5%17.1K1.00
Jul 31, 20263.90K−2.36K−37.7%14.6K1.00
Jul 15, 20266.26K+2.27K+56.7%20.2K1.00
Jun 30, 20264.00K−4.61K−53.6%25.7K1.00
Jun 15, 20268.60K+713+9.0%30.5K1.00
May 29, 20267.89K+6.58K+503.5%38.7K1.00
May 15, 20261.31K−2.15K−62.2%41.0K1.00
Apr 30, 20263.46K−7.93K−69.6%23.1K1.00
Apr 15, 202611.4K−848−6.9%34.0K1.00
Mar 31, 202612.2K−732−5.6%30.6K1.00
Mar 13, 202613.0K−3.89K−23.1%35.3K1.00
Feb 27, 202616.9K−18.9K−52.9%35.4K1.00
Feb 13, 202635.8K−5.00K−12.3%39.0K1.00
Jan 30, 202640.8K−14.3K−26.0%39.4K1.03
Jan 15, 202655.1K+9.19K+20.0%51.3K1.07
Dec 31, 202545.9K+10.7K+30.4%34.4K1.33
Dec 15, 202535.2K+6.85K+24.2%23.3K1.51
Nov 28, 202528.4K+17.3K+156.6%50.7K1.00
Nov 14, 202511.1K+1.50K+15.7%36.6K1.00
Oct 31, 20259.56K−3.84K−28.7%40.5K1.00
Oct 15, 202513.4K+7.41K+123.8%55.7K1.00
Sep 30, 20255.99K−19.6K−76.6%28.2K1.00
Sep 15, 202525.6K+13.1K+104.7%37.4K1.00
Aug 29, 202512.5K−4.74K−27.5%30.2K1.00
Aug 15, 202517.2K+2.63K+18.1%35.3K1.00
Jul 31, 202514.6K−3.08K−17.4%41.0K1.00
Jul 15, 202517.7K−2.63K−13.0%25.7K1.00
Jun 30, 202520.3K−10.5K−34.1%25.1K1.00
Jun 13, 202530.8K−11.7K−27.4%34.4K1.00
May 30, 202542.5K+15.4K+56.9%31.3K1.36
May 15, 202527.1K+26.6K+5,601.9%36.2K1.00
Apr 30, 2025475−7.35K−93.9%30.4K1.00
Apr 15, 20257.82K−651−7.7%98.1K1.00
Mar 31, 20258.47K−9.23K−52.1%51.3K1.00
Mar 14, 202517.7K+8.93K+101.8%49.3K1.00
Feb 28, 20258.77K+3.56K+68.3%32.9K1.00
Feb 14, 20255.21K−16.9K−76.4%33.6K1.00
Jan 31, 202522.1K+3.59K+19.4%23.0K1.00
Jan 15, 202518.5K−4.48K−19.5%28.7K1.00
Dec 31, 202423.0K+15.7K+216.4%32.5K1.00
Dec 13, 20247.26K−833−10.3%50.8K1.00
Nov 29, 20248.09K+1.05K+15.0%47.4K1.00
Nov 15, 20247.04K−11.0K−61.1%36.5K1.00
Oct 31, 202418.1K−9.89K−35.4%23.1K1.00
Oct 15, 202428.0K+19.6K+232.4%47.6K1.00

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in ECF by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Sep 28, 2026158$11.92$1.88K
Sep 25, 2026575$12.02$6.91K
Sep 24, 20261$12.35$12.35
Sep 23, 202668$12.48$848.64
Sep 16, 20265,092$12.16$61.9K
Sep 15, 20262,371$12.37$29.3K
Sep 1, 2026972$12.31$12.0K
Aug 24, 2026103$12.52$1.29K
Jul 16, 202622$12.59$276.98
Jun 15, 20267$13.18$92.26
Mar 17, 20266,859$11.60$79.6K
Mar 16, 20267,698$11.44$88.1K
Mar 13, 2026816$11.43$9.33K
Mar 11, 2026840$11.40$9.58K
Feb 2, 2026101$12.44$1.26K
Jan 16, 2026198$12.46$2.47K
Jan 13, 202611$12.13$133.43
Jan 12, 2026177$12.06$2.13K
Jan 9, 2026233$11.99$2.79K
Jan 7, 20264$11.91$47.64
Jan 6, 20261$11.85$11.85
Jan 2, 202630$11.63$348.9
Dec 31, 202593$11.83$1.10K
Dec 23, 202565$11.82$768.3
Dec 2, 20251,361$11.79$16.0K
Nov 25, 202595$11.27$1.07K
Nov 20, 2025100$11.72$1.17K
Oct 14, 20252,114$12.20$25.8K
Oct 7, 20252,000$11.83$23.7K
Jun 13, 20251,939$9.94$19.3K

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in ECF by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 9, 20262,004019,85510.1%
Nov 6, 202676207,36610.3%
Nov 5, 20264,313020,64920.9%
Nov 4, 20261,708756,74025.3%
Nov 3, 20263,10309,71032.0%
Nov 2, 20262,25007,89928.5%
Oct 30, 202612,046027,82343.3%
Oct 29, 20264,90606,81572.0%
Oct 28, 202676403,76220.3%
Oct 27, 202671004,08917.4%
Oct 26, 20263,347014,93122.4%
Oct 23, 202632302,54212.7%
Oct 22, 20262,04507,94425.7%
Oct 21, 20263,80208,75243.4%
Oct 20, 20265,4132719,80427.3%
Oct 19, 20264,336021,77819.9%
Oct 16, 20267,0725032,00922.1%
Oct 15, 202622,977053,87542.6%
Oct 14, 202612,792094,26513.6%
Oct 13, 20266,222016,21938.4%
Oct 12, 20269,586028,84033.2%
Oct 9, 20265,070030,12816.8%
Oct 8, 20267,830053,22714.7%
Oct 7, 202611,702028,07341.7%
Oct 6, 20266,508018,14935.9%
Oct 5, 202612,48630039,40731.7%
Oct 2, 202613,656035,11138.9%
Oct 1, 202617,386044,16339.4%
Sep 30, 202610,315025,24040.9%
Sep 29, 20265,372030,53917.6%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in ECF
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 5, 2026T273,93450097,66240043.1%
Sep 28, 2026T260,646495108,48657635.9%
Sep 21, 2026T230,96136150,63439337.9%
Sep 14, 2026T26,84711946,34139812.9%
Sep 7, 2026T27,9228141,16028216.1%
Aug 31, 2026T210,49319561,11735014.7%
Aug 24, 2026T29,61710551,02836015.9%
Aug 17, 2026T214,66239377,30235315.9%
Aug 10, 2026T23,8074139,4462978.8%
Aug 3, 2026T29,61811943,75230818.0%
Jul 27, 2026T23,5103965,3353515.1%
Jul 20, 2026T23,9515822,08725915.2%