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Saba Capital Management, L.P. bought $410k of ECF

owner at ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD. 33,764 shares at an average of $12.15, traded Nov 7, 2025, filed Nov 10, 2025.

Conviction score
23
Value
$410k
33,764 shares
Holdings after
1,680,620
+2% from before
From 52-week low
+52%
low $7.36, close $11.15
From 52-week high
-3%
high $11.50, as of Nov 7, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    10% owner
    +12
  • Trade size
    $410k at market
    +16
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 2.1%
    0
  • Price context
    Near the top of the 52-week range
    0
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    3 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 +0.6%, 3m +1.2%, 6m +11.4%.

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 12, 2026 · close 12.05
Since filing Nov 10, 2025: +6.3%SPY +15.4% · excess -9.1%

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 0001510281-25-000567, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Nov 7, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: -
+33,764$12.15$410k1,680,620Nov 10, 2025

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
Pro nowfree Oct 20, 2026
ECFbuy
ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$334k
27,937 shares
+2%
Pro nowfree Oct 16, 2026
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%

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.

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