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Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $8,218 of ECF

owner at ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD. 856 shares at an average of $9.60, traded May 19, 2025, filed May 20, 2025.

Conviction score
2
Value
$8,218
856 shares
Holdings after
1,627,221
+0% from before
From 52-week low
+18%
low $7.36, close $8.68
From 52-week high
-2%
high $8.85, as of May 19, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    10% owner
    +12
  • Trade size
    $8k at market
    0
  • Relative to holdings
    Under 1% of holdings (0.1%)
    -5
  • Price context
    Near the top of the 52-week range
    0
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    12 buys in 90 days
    +5
  • Track record
    Median 6-month excess return -2% over 8 past buys
    -5
  • Outside holder
    A 10% owner who is not an officer or director
    -5

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +3.0%, 3m +11.4%, 6m +22.3%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

ECFOct 9, 2026 · close 12.11
Since filing May 20, 2025: +39.4%SPY +33.4% · excess +6.0%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001510281-25-000321, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
May 19, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: -
+856$9.60$8,2181,627,221May 20, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
24Weak
ECFbuy
ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$210k
17,548 shares
+1%
13Weak
ECFbuy
ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$145k
11,800 shares
+1%
2Weak
ECFbuy
ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$15k
1,200 shares
+0%
9Weak
ECFbuy
ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$49k
3,900 shares
+0%
6Weak
ECFbuy
ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$91k
7,289 shares
+0%
41Moderate
ECFsell
ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD
Anthonie C Vanekris
director
$41k
3,309 shares
-110%
25Weak
ECFsell
ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$252k
20,663 shares
-1%
21Weak
ECFsell
ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$92k
7,532 shares
-0%
23Weak
ECFsell
ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$173k
14,110 shares
-1%
28Weak
ECFsell
ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$407k
34,042 shares
-2%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $8,218 of ECF | InsiderTell