profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund
$11.44-0.87% today
-3.9% in 1 year
1-year low $10.781-year high $13.76
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $3.18 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -$50.2 million in 2022 to $49.2 million in 2025, with $48.7 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund vs. similar companies
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund grows the fastest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund | 3.2× · Cheap | ||
 Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund | 36.9× · Expensive | ||
 Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund | 6.9× · Cheap | ||
 Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund | 6.7× · Cheap | ||
 PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund | 8.6× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -50 | 7 | 26 | 49 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -51 | 6 | 26 | 49 | |
| -3.65 | – | 1.88 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 101.1% | 91.2% | 97.3% | 98.8% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 182 | 166 | 185 | 210 |
| Cash | – | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total debt | – | – | – | – |
| Total liabilities | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 182 | 166 | 176 | 208 | |
| 14 | – | 13 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -27.9% | 3.8% | 14.6% | 23.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 3.2×
- –
- –
- 0.9×
- 3.1×
- –
- –
- 0.0%
- 31.5%
- 7.0%
Profitability
- 10.2%
- 326.8%
- 98.8%
- 326.8%
- 23.3%
- 6.2%
- 25.2%
- 23.2%
- 23.3%
- –
Growth
- +166.6%
- –
- –
- −8.4%
- +0.2%
Financial health
- -0.0×
- 0.00
- 0.0%
- –
- 1.70
- 1.70
- 0.07
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 7%of 754
Top 2%of 883
Top 1%of 880
Bottom 28%of 929
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.07 | – | – |
| May 13, 2025 | 0.50 | – | – |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.89 | – | – |
| May 13, 2024 | 0.99 | – | – |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -0.26 | – | – |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.72 | – | – |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -2.55 | – | – |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -1.14 | – | – |
7.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$70a year at today's yield, before tax
−8.4%2020 to 2025
Raised2 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.79 in 2015 → $0.86 in 2025
How safe it looks
0.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earnsNews
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
Not enough data
Questions about Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund
Is Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund AI analysis
What does Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund do?
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 is in Asset Management - Income.
Does Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 7.0% a year.
Is Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund stock halal?
No. Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund does not pass our halal screen: its main business, interest-based asset management, is not permitted. How we check
How has Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund stock done over the past year?
Down 3.9% over the past twelve months, to $11.44. It traded between $10.78 and $13.76 and is 16.9% below its high.
Who are Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund, Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund and PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.