Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. (ECF) Stock

About Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd.

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by GAMCO Investors, Inc. The fund is managed by Gabelli Funds, LLC. It invests in the public equity markets. The fund primarily invests in convertible securities. It invests in stocks of companies across market capitalizations. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Bank of America Merrill Lynch All U.S. Convertibles Index, Barclays Balanced U.S. Convertibles Index, and S&P 500 Index. It was formerly known as Ellsworth Fund Ltd. Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. was formed on June 27, 1986 and is domiciled in the United States.

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. is headquartered in US.

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. (ECF) stock trades at $12.70 with a market capitalization of $173.61M. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 4.17, price-to-book of 0.86, price-to-sales of 6.92. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $10.33 and $13.85, and currently trades 8.3% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 5.98%.

On profitability, Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 21.03% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 21.28%, an operating margin of 171.70%, a net profit margin of 171.70%.

Official website: www.gabelli.com/Template/fundinfo.cfm?tid=NGI1MzE=&bid=NGVkNg==&mid=NmZkYmY=&num=MTk0Mzg=&kid=NWNkODQ=&fid=MzIxZTY=&rid=421-=edoc_dnuf