Ellsworth Convertible Growth & IF

ECF · AMEX · Financial Services / Asset Management

11.44USD-0.10 (-0.87%)

Price History

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Market Stats

Previous Close11.54

Open11.63

Day Range11.44 – 11.70

52-Week Range10.36 – 13.40

Volume23.20K

Market Cap164.17M

P/E (TTM)3.80

Forward P/E0.00

EPS3.16

Dividend Yield7.13%

Beta1.08

50-Day Avg12.46

200-Day Avg12.31

About

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.

Company Details

SectorFinancial Services
IndustryAsset Management
CEOMr. Thomas Hall Dinsmore C.F.A.
Employees0
HeadquartersOne Corporate Center, Rye, NY, United States, 10580-1422, USA
Websitehttps://www.gabelli.com/Template/fundinfo.cfm?tid=

Leadership

Mr. Thomas Hall Dinsmore C.F.A.Portfolio Manager · b. 1953
Ms. Jane Dinsmore O'KeeffePortfolio Manager · b. 1955
Mr. James A. Dinsmore C.F.A.Portfolio Manager · b. 1982

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: USD	1986-09-30	1987-09-30	1988-09-30	1989-09-30	1990-09-30	1991-09-30	1992-09-30	1993-09-30	1994-09-30	1995-09-30	1996-09-30	1997-09-30	1998-09-30	1999-09-30	2000-09-30	2001-09-30	2002-09-30	2003-09-30	2004-09-30	2005-09-30	2006-09-30	2007-09-30	2008-09-30	2009-09-30	2010-09-30	2011-09-30	2012-09-30	2013-09-30	2014-09-30	2015-09-30	2016-09-30	2017-09-30	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30

Currency: USD	1986-09-30	1987-09-30	1988-09-30	1989-09-30	1990-09-30	1991-09-30	1992-09-30	1993-09-30	1994-09-30	1995-09-30	1996-09-30	1997-09-30	1998-09-30	1999-09-30	2000-09-30	2001-09-30	2002-09-30	2003-09-30	2004-09-30	2005-09-30	2006-09-30	2007-09-30	2008-09-30	2009-09-30	2010-09-30	2011-09-30	2012-09-30	2013-09-30	2014-09-30	2015-09-30	2016-09-30	2017-09-30	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30
Total Revenue	880.00K	3.93M	4.09M	4.66M	4.23M	3.92M	3.98M	4.02M	3.95M	3.90M	3.74M	3.81M	3.76M	3.85M	5.12M	5.95M	4.54M	4.42M	4.90M	5.00M	5.52M	5.57M	5.39M	5.37M	15.15M	-2.78M	17.58M	18.20M	13.17M	-1.92M	12.85M	14.71M	19.83M	13.20M	35.69M	38.86M	-50.19M	6.93M	26.44M	14.89M
Growth (%)	-	+346.59%	+4.07%	+13.94%	-9.23%	-7.33%	+1.53%	+1.01%	-1.74%	-1.27%	-4.10%	+1.87%	-1.31%	+2.39%	+32.99%	+16.21%	-23.70%	-2.64%	+10.86%	+2.04%	+10.40%	+0.91%	-3.23%	-0.37%	+182.20%	-118.33%	+733.05%	+3.52%	-27.65%	-114.57%	+769.63%	+14.45%	+34.82%	-33.42%	+170.33%	+8.87%	-229.17%	+113.80%	+281.70%	-43.67%
Cost of Revenue	100.00K	430.00K	370.00K	390.00K	380.00K	370.00K	410.00K	450.00K	460.00K	480.00K	560.00K	630.00K	700.00K	780.00K	830.00K	770.00K	720.00K	700.00K	840.00K	830.00K	870.00K	1.03M	960.00K	740.00K	-	-	-	-	0	1.07M	1.02M	1.09M	1.31M	1.33M	1.42M	1.68M	1.70M	1.62M	434	1.59M
Gross Profit	780.00K	3.50M	3.72M	4.27M	3.85M	3.55M	3.57M	3.57M	3.49M	3.42M	3.18M	3.18M	3.06M	3.07M	4.29M	5.18M	3.82M	3.72M	4.06M	4.17M	4.65M	4.54M	4.43M	4.63M	15.15M	-2.78M	17.58M	18.20M	13.17M	-1.92M	12.85M	14.71M	19.83M	13.20M	35.69M	38.86M	-50.19M	6.93M	26.44M	13.30M
Gross Margin	88.64%	89.06%	90.95%	91.63%	91.02%	90.56%	89.70%	88.81%	88.35%	87.69%	85.03%	83.46%	81.38%	79.74%	83.79%	87.06%	84.14%	84.16%	82.86%	83.40%	84.24%	81.51%	82.19%	86.22%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	89.30%
Operating Expense	70.00K	340.00K	340.00K	330.00K	300.00K	320.00K	250.00K	250.00K	250.00K	260.00K	340.00K	370.00K	330.00K	270.00K	380.00K	360.00K	330.00K	350.00K	410.00K	460.00K	520.00K	330.00K	290.00K	250.00K	392.48K	388.35K	390.11K	436.06K	496.41K	513.41K	422.82K	410.79K	439.86K	503.56K	651.57K	488.14K	545.64K	608.11K	707.37K	-35.37M
Operating Income	710.00K	3.16M	3.38M	3.94M	3.55M	3.23M	3.32M	3.32M	3.24M	3.16M	2.84M	2.81M	2.73M	2.80M	3.91M	4.82M	3.49M	3.37M	3.65M	3.71M	4.13M	4.21M	4.14M	4.38M	14.76M	-3.17M	17.19M	17.77M	12.67M	-2.43M	12.43M	14.30M	19.39M	12.70M	35.04M	38.37M	-50.74M	6.32M	25.73M	48.67M
Operating Margin	80.68%	80.41%	82.64%	84.55%	83.92%	82.40%	83.42%	82.59%	82.03%	81.03%	75.94%	73.75%	72.61%	72.73%	76.37%	81.01%	76.87%	76.24%	74.49%	74.20%	74.82%	75.58%	76.81%	81.56%	97.41%	113.98%	97.78%	97.60%	96.23%	126.75%	96.71%	97.21%	97.78%	96.19%	98.17%	98.74%	101.09%	91.22%	97.32%	326.77%
EBITDA	510.00K	9.42M	5.70M	9.22M	-11.75M	15.50M	13.38M	17.56M	-3.72M	20.41M	21.46M	32.18M	9.38M	25.43M	33.15M	-13.39M	-11.10M	10.86M	10.54M	12.77M	14.17M	27.46M	-28.12M	-10.81M	14.76M	-3.17M	17.19M	17.77M	12.67M	-2.43M	12.43M	14.30M	19.39M	12.70M	35.04M	38.37M	-50.74M	6.32M	25.73M	48.67M
EBITDA Margin	57.95%	239.69%	139.36%	197.85%	-277.78%	395.41%	336.18%	436.82%	-94.18%	523.33%	573.80%	844.62%	249.47%	660.52%	647.46%	-225.04%	-244.49%	245.70%	215.10%	255.40%	256.70%	493.00%	-521.71%	-201.30%	97.41%	113.98%	97.78%	97.60%	96.23%	126.75%	96.71%	97.21%	97.78%	96.19%	98.17%	98.74%	101.09%	91.22%	97.32%	326.77%
Net Income	610.00K	6.29M	4.54M	6.58M	-4.10M	9.37M	8.35M	10.44M	-240.00K	11.79M	12.15M	21.64M	-1.28M	14.90M	21.03M	-12.33M	-4.44M	11.30M	7.30M	10.85M	7.75M	17.00M	-24.70M	4.16M	14.76M	-3.17M	17.19M	17.77M	12.67M	-2.43M	12.43M	14.30M	19.39M	12.70M	35.04M	38.37M	-50.74M	6.32M	25.73M	48.67M
Net Income Margin	69.32%	160.05%	111.00%	141.20%	-96.93%	239.03%	209.80%	259.70%	-6.08%	302.31%	324.87%	567.98%	-34.04%	387.01%	410.74%	-207.23%	-97.80%	255.66%	148.98%	217.00%	140.40%	305.21%	-458.26%	77.47%	97.41%	113.98%	97.78%	97.60%	96.23%	126.75%	96.71%	97.21%	97.78%	96.19%	98.17%	98.74%	101.09%	91.22%	97.32%	326.77%
R&D	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.66	1.96	1.82	0.98	-	1.65	6.36	0.51	-	-
R&D as % of Total Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	-	0.00%	-0.00%	0.00%	-	-
Interest Expense	100.00K	3.13M	1.16M	2.64M	7.65M	6.13M	5.03M	7.12M	3.48M	8.62M	9.31M	10.54M	10.66M	10.53M	12.12M	1.06M	6.66M	440.00K	3.24M	1.92M	6.42M	10.46M	3.42M	14.97M	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75	260	224	946	683	1.36K	434	947
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue	11.36%	79.64%	28.36%	56.65%	180.85%	156.38%	126.38%	177.11%	88.10%	221.03%	248.93%	276.64%	283.51%	273.51%	236.72%	17.82%	146.70%	9.95%	66.12%	38.40%	116.30%	187.79%	63.45%	278.77%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	-0.00%	0.02%	0.00%	0.01%

Balance Sheet

Currency: USD	1986-09-30	1987-09-30	1988-09-30	1989-09-30	1990-09-30	1991-09-30	1992-09-30	1993-09-30	1994-09-30	1995-09-30	1996-09-30	1997-09-30	1998-09-30	1999-09-30	2000-09-30	2001-09-30	2002-09-30	2003-09-30	2004-09-30	2005-09-30	2006-09-30	2007-09-30	2008-09-30	2009-09-30	2010-09-30	2011-09-30	2012-09-30	2013-09-30	2014-09-30	2015-09-30	2016-09-30	2017-09-30	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30

Currency: USD	1986-09-30	1987-09-30	1988-09-30	1989-09-30	1990-09-30	1991-09-30	1992-09-30	1993-09-30	1994-09-30	1995-09-30	1996-09-30	1997-09-30	1998-09-30	1999-09-30	2000-09-30	2001-09-30	2002-09-30	2003-09-30	2004-09-30	2005-09-30	2006-09-30	2007-09-30	2008-09-30	2009-09-30	2010-09-30	2011-09-30	2012-09-30	2013-09-30	2014-09-30	2015-09-30	2016-09-30	2017-09-30	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30
Total Assets	-	57.10M	51.90M	54.10M	47.00M	51.80M	58.30M	64.50M	62.30M	71.60M	81.50M	97.40M	87.40M	96.60M	111.60M	90.90M	81.10M	91.50M	108.20M	116.90M	119.40M	131.60M	96.00M	95.50M	107.66M	101.65M	115.28M	129.99M	135.60M	121.00M	128.29M	161.95M	173.83M	178.96M	203.96M	229.35M	182.27M	166.42M	184.52M	209.51M
Total Liabilities	-	100.00K	100.00K	300.00K	1.10M	100.00K	1.40M	-	1.00M	1.90M	3.10M	2.60M	-	600.00K	2.40M	2.00M	-	1.70M	1.10M	2.10M	100.00K	1.70M	1.50M	500.00K	1.42M	1.64M	1.13M	1.18M	332.93K	51.39K	4.38M	932.33K	637.04K	21.88K	21.88K	2.62M	552.42K	42.62M	8.75M	1.19M
Total Equity	-	57.00M	51.80M	53.80M	45.90M	51.70M	56.90M	64.50M	61.30M	69.80M	78.40M	94.80M	87.40M	96.00M	109.20M	88.90M	81.10M	89.80M	107.10M	114.80M	119.30M	130.00M	94.50M	95.00M	106.23M	100.01M	114.15M	128.81M	135.27M	120.95M	123.91M	161.02M	173.19M	178.69M	203.60M	226.73M	181.71M	166.01M	175.77M	208.32M
Cash	-	200.00K	700.00K	2.10M	1.10M	100.00K	500.00K	-	100.00K	-	1.90M	1.90M	100.00K	700.00K	4.40M	1.90M	100.00K	1.30M	1.50M	200.00K	400.00K	1.40M	9.60M	2.00M	4.37M	3.25M	3.19M	4.27M	30.04K	867.74K	7.77M	339.76K	9.12K	1.21K	298	64.98K	-	43.93K	32.15K	883.89K
Net Debt	-	-200.00K	-700.00K	-2.10M	-1.10M	-100.00K	-500.00K	-	-100.00K	-	-1.90M	-1.90M	-100.00K	-700.00K	-4.40M	-1.90M	-100.00K	-1.30M	-1.50M	-200.00K	-400.00K	-1.40M	-9.60M	-2.00M	-4.37M	-3.25M	-3.19M	-4.27M	-30.04K	-867.74K	-7.77M	-339.76K	-9.12K	-1.21K	-298	-64.98K	15.23K	-43.93K	-32.15K	-883.89K

Cash Flow

Currency: USD	1995-09-30	1996-09-30	1997-09-30	1998-09-30	1999-09-30	2000-09-30	2001-09-30	2002-09-30	2003-09-30	2004-09-30	2005-09-30	2006-09-30	2007-09-30	2008-09-30	2009-09-30	2010-09-30	2011-09-30	2012-09-30	2013-09-30	2014-09-30	2015-09-30	2016-09-30	2017-09-30	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30

Currency: USD	1995-09-30	1996-09-30	1997-09-30	1998-09-30	1999-09-30	2000-09-30	2001-09-30	2002-09-30	2003-09-30	2004-09-30	2005-09-30	2006-09-30	2007-09-30	2008-09-30	2009-09-30	2010-09-30	2011-09-30	2012-09-30	2013-09-30	2014-09-30	2015-09-30	2016-09-30	2017-09-30	2018-09-30	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30
Operating Cash Flow	11.79M	12.15M	21.64M	-1.28M	14.90M	21.03M	-12.33M	-4.45M	11.30M	7.30M	10.85M	7.75M	17.00M	-24.70M	4.16M	14.76M	-3.17M	17.19M	17.77M	12.67M	-2.43M	12.43M	14.24M	19.39M	12.70M	35.04M	38.37M	-	-	-	-
Financing Cash Flow	-3.33M	-3.52M	-5.21M	-6.10M	-6.30M	-7.89M	-7.95M	-3.33M	-2.63M	10.00M	-3.13M	-3.31M	-6.31M	-10.76M	-3.68M	-3.50M	-3.06M	-3.05M	-3.11M	-6.22M	-11.89M	-9.47M	-7.13M	-7.21M	-7.20M	-10.14M	-15.24M	-	-	-	-
Capital Expenditure	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Free Cash Flow	11.79M	12.15M	21.64M	-1.28M	14.90M	21.03M	-12.33M	-4.45M	11.30M	7.30M	10.85M	7.75M	17.00M	-24.70M	4.16M	14.76M	-3.17M	17.19M	17.77M	12.67M	-2.43M	12.43M	14.24M	19.39M	12.70M	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dividends Paid	4.74M	4.99M	9.85M	13.37M	13.34M	13.72M	16.32M	4.55M	3.14M	3.68M	3.64M	3.82M	8.20M	14.78M	4.21M	4.01M	3.40M	3.34M	3.48M	3.18M	8.81M	10.29M	5.67M	7.78M	7.94M	12.19M	19.25M	-	-	-	-
FCF to OCF	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dividend Paid to FCF	40.20%	41.07%	45.52%	-1044.53%	89.53%	65.24%	-132.36%	-102.25%	27.79%	50.41%	33.55%	49.29%	48.24%	-59.84%	101.20%	27.17%	-107.26%	19.43%	19.58%	25.10%	-362.29%	82.76%	39.79%	40.11%	62.56%	-	-	-	-	-	-

Earnings

Report Date	Dec 31, 2010	Mar 31, 2011	Jun 30, 2011	Sep 30, 2011	Dec 31, 2011	Mar 31, 2012	Jun 30, 2012	Sep 30, 2012	Dec 31, 2012	Mar 31, 2013	Jun 30, 2013	Sep 30, 2013	Dec 31, 2013	Mar 31, 2014	Jun 30, 2014	Sep 30, 2014	Dec 31, 2014	Mar 31, 2015	Jun 30, 2015	Sep 30, 2015	Dec 31, 2015	Mar 31, 2016	Jun 6, 2016	Sep 30, 2016	Nov 16, 2016	Mar 31, 2017	May 3, 2017	Sep 30, 2017	Nov 14, 2017	Mar 31, 2018	Apr 24, 2018	Jul 17, 2018	Nov 7, 2018	Jan 31, 2019	Apr 23, 2019	Jul 16, 2019	Nov 6, 2019	Jan 30, 2020	Apr 21, 2020	Jul 14, 2020	Nov 4, 2020	Jan 28, 2021	Apr 20, 2021	Jul 13, 2021	Nov 3, 2021	Jan 27, 2022	Apr 19, 2022	Jul 12, 2022	Nov 2, 2022	Jan 26, 2023	Apr 18, 2023	Jul 11, 2023	Nov 1, 2023	Jan 25, 2024	May 13, 2024	Jul 16, 2024	Dec 5, 2024	Jan 30, 2025	Jun 6, 2025	Dec 8, 2025
EPS Estimate	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
EPS Actual	0.45	0.45	-0.57	-0.57	0.56	0.56	0.08	0.08	0.32	0.32	0.34	0.34	0.36	0.36	0.12	0.12	0.21	0.21	-0.31	-0.31	0.07	0.07	0.13	0.41	0.84	0.30	0.60	0.25	0.51	0.18	0.36	0.51	1.02	0.07	0.13	0.36	0.72	-0.47	-0.95	1.74	3.48	1.06	2.12	0.30	0.61	0.00	-1.19	0.00	-2.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.82	0.82	0.43	3.02
Surprise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Timing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pre-market	-	-	-	-	-

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap164.17M

Enterprise Value206.43M

Trailing P/E3.80

Forward P/E0.00

PEG Ratio0.00

Price / Sales34.24

Price / Book0.99

EPS3.16

Book Value12.51

Revenue (TTM)4.79M

Gross Profit (TTM)4.79M

Profit Margin897.92%

Operating Margin50.07%

Return on Equity22.68%

Return on Assets0.93%

Shares Outstanding13.66M

Shares Float0

Beta1.08

Dividend Yield7.13%

Dividend Rate0.88

Payout Ratio33.44%

Dividends

20263×

0.22Sep 16, 20260.19Jun 15, 20260.19Mar 17, 2026

20254×

0.41Nov 24, 20250.16Sep 16, 20250.16Jun 13, 20250.13Mar 17, 2025

20244×

0.14Nov 22, 20240.13Sep 16, 20240.13Jun 13, 20240.13Mar 13, 2024

20234×

0.13Nov 21, 20230.13Sep 14, 20230.13Jun 14, 20230.13Mar 16, 2023

20224×

0.13Nov 22, 20220.13Sep 15, 20220.13Jun 14, 20220.13Mar 16, 2022

20214×

1.11Nov 23, 20210.13Sep 15, 20210.13Jun 15, 20210.13Mar 16, 2021

20201×

0.94Nov 24, 2020