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ECF Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund (ECF) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Funds & Trusts · Registered investment company · CIK 0000793040
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SEC filings
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
0
13F, latest reported quarter

What the filings say about ECF

Insiders, 180 days
+$2.2M net bought
1 buyer

Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

Over the last 180 days, ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD insiders bought a net $2.2M of stock across 47 Form 4 purchases and sales, with 1 insider buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
BUY
2026-10-27 SECtraded 2026-10-26
2,618
$29.9K
n/a
Context
  • 31 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (25 buys, 6 sales), the last on Oct 21, 2026.
  • +16.6% median (+14.9% mean) 90-day return after 10 previous buys.
  • The trade is 0.1% of the 1,795,073 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: Insider Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought about $29.9K of ECF on Oct 26, 2026.
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
BUY
2026-10-22 SECtraded 2026-10-21
2,600
$30.1K
+2.5%
Context
  • 30 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (24 buys, 6 sales), the last on Oct 20, 2026.
  • +16.6% median (+14.9% mean) 90-day return after 10 previous buys.
  • The trade is 0.1% of the 1,792,455 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: Insider Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought about $30.1K of ECF on Oct 21, 2026.
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
BUY
2026-10-21 SECtraded 2026-10-20
1,830
$20.8K
+2.2%
Context
  • 29 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (23 buys, 6 sales), the last on Oct 19, 2026.
  • +16.6% median (+14.9% mean) 90-day return after 10 previous buys.
  • The trade is 0.1% of the 1,789,855 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: Insider Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought about $20.8K of ECF on Oct 20, 2026.
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
BUY
2026-10-20 SECtraded 2026-10-19
17,079
$195.9K
-0.9%
Context
  • 28 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (22 buys, 6 sales), the last on Oct 16, 2026.
  • +16.6% median (+14.9% mean) 90-day return after 10 previous buys.
  • The trade is 1.0% of the 1,788,025 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: Insider Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought about $195.9K of ECF on Oct 19, 2026.
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
BUY
2026-10-20 SECtraded 2026-10-16
16,347
$190.4K
-0.9%
Context
  • 27 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (21 buys, 6 sales), the last on Oct 15, 2026.
  • +16.6% median (+14.9% mean) 90-day return after 10 previous buys.
  • The trade is 0.9% of the 1,770,946 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: Insider Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought about $190.4K of ECF on Oct 16, 2026.
47 transactions on record
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
net +$2.2M over 180 days
+$2.2M over 90 days · +$2.2M of it by a 10%+ holder
more than 89% of Funds & Trusts
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
under five funds report holding it
Revenue
no revenue reported in any filing
Margin
no margin: no revenue reported
Buybacks
no share repurchases reported
Short interest
1.0 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
What changed in the last 30 days
Oct 27Insider Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $2.0M (10 trades, Oct 7 to Oct 26)

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
+5.2%12M
-4%+4%+13%+22%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10 2026-10-14 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $658.4K2025-11-07 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $410.2K2026-10-08 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $333.8K2026-02-06 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. sold $313.3K2026-10-07 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $210.0K2026-10-19 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $195.9K2026-10-16 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $190.4K2026-02-18 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. sold $177.4K2026-10-12 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $175.6K2026-02-11 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. sold $172.7K2025-10-28 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $142.5K2026-10-15 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $115.8K2026-02-05 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. sold $94.0K2026-02-13 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. sold $92.3K2026-09-04 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $84.0K2026-02-17 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. sold $74.1K2026-08-21 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $71.9K2026-09-03 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $61.2K2026-08-27 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $48.7K2026-10-21 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $30.1K2026-10-26 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $29.9K2026-10-20 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $20.8K2026-08-20 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $19.4K2026-08-28 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $15.0K2025-12-17 · Dinsmore James Andrew bought $2.3K
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Who owns ECF: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
SEC 13F
No reported 13F holders

No fund above the reporting threshold listed this stock last quarter. That is a fact, not missing data.

Congress trades in ECF

No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

ECF planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.
Live price
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Why this name is on the desk
Insiders are net buyers of their own stock.
The record shows a net $2.2M bought by insiders over 180 days. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
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Inputs
  • Net Form 4 buying (codes P and S), 180d$2.2M · 89 pct, sector of 142
  • Insider buyers, 180d1 · 14 pct, sector of 142
6 not measured: Profitability, Financial health, Growth, Institutional and government, Risk and compliance, US patents
  • Profitability needs 2 of 4 inputs, 0 present: not filed
  • Financial health needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: not filed
  • Growth needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog; no revenue for this year and the year before
  • Institutional and government needs 1 of 4 inputs, 0 present: fewer than five funds report holding it; no Congress trades in 365 days; no federal contracts in 180 days; no lobbying filings in the last four quarters
  • Risk and compliance needs 1 of 4 inputs, 0 present: needs two 10-Ks with a Risk Factors section (not 20-F filers or stubs); no short interest or no free float on file; revenue under $50M or not filed, so a count cannot be scaled to size
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

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Are Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund insiders buying or selling ECF?

In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund insiders were net buyers, a net $2.2M across purchases and sales reported on Form 4, by 1 buyer.

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In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund insiders were net buyers of ECF, a net $2.2M across purchases and sales reported on Form 4 by 1 buyer. Most of that figure, $2.2M, came from a holder of 10% or more rather than an officer or director. Each figure is counted from SEC and House filings as of 2026-10-28, dated the day the filing was made public.

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