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James Andrew Dinsmore bought $4,784 of ECF

President at ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD. 600 shares at an average of $7.97, traded Jan 23, 2024, filed Jan 25, 2024.

Conviction score
23
Value
$4,784
600 shares
Holdings after
10,907
+6% from before
From 52-week low
+11%
low $5.91, close $6.56
From 52-week high
-7%
high $7.08, as of Jan 23, 2024

Score components

  • Role
    President
    +20
  • Trade size
    $5k at market
    0
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 6%
    +3
  • Price context
    Near the top of the 52-week range
    0
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (2 with prices)
    0

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.

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 Jan 25, 2024: +83.4%SPY +64.7% · excess +18.7%

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 0001271163-24-000004, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Jan 23, 2024POpen-market purchase
Common Shares
+600$7.97$4,78410,907Jan 25, 2024

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
22Weak
ECFbuy
ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
owner
$334k
27,937 shares
+2%
19Weak
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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