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Saba Capital Management, L.P. sold $252k of ECF

owner at ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD. 20,663 shares at an average of $12.17, traded Feb 17, 2026, filed Feb 19, 2026.

Warning score
25
Value
$252k
20,663 shares
Holdings after
1,604,273
-1% from before
From 52-week low
+57%
low $7.36, close $11.58
From 52-week high
-4%
high $12.01, as of Feb 17, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    10% owner
    +12
  • Trade size
    $252k at market
    +13
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 1.3% of holdings
    0
  • Cluster
    No other insider selling within 14 days
    0

What happened after comparable sells

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 -7.2%, 3m +9.0%, 6m +7.5%.

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 Feb 19, 2026: +5.8%SPY +14.6% · excess -8.7%

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 0001510281-26-000093, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Feb 17, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: -
-6,072$12.20$74k1,618,864Feb 19, 2026
Feb 18, 2026SOpen-market sale
Common Stockindirect: -
-14,591$12.16$177k1,604,273Feb 19, 2026

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%
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%
20Weak
ECFbuy
ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD
James Andrew Dinsmore
President
$2,320
200 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.

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