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Mario J Gabelli sold $32k of BCV

director, other at BANCROFT FUND LTD. 2,000 shares at an average of $15.90, traded Mar 28, 2024, filed Apr 1, 2024.

Warning score
20
Value
$32k
2,000 shares
Holdings after
137,000
-1% from before
From 52-week low
+18%
low $11.45, close $13.48
From 52-week high
-6%
high $14.27, as of Mar 28, 2024

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $32k at market
    +5
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 1.4% 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 -6.3%, 3m -0.1%, 6m +9.3%.

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.

BCVOct 13, 2026 · close 22.79
Since filing Apr 1, 2024: +69.4%SPY +53.4% · excess +16.0%

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 0001271163-24-000025, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Mar 28, 2024SOpen-market sale
Common Shares
-2,000$15.90$32k137,000Apr 1, 2024

Related signals

Other insiders at BANCROFT FUND LTD and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
48Moderate
BCVsell 2
BANCROFT FUND LTD
Anthonie C Vanekris
director
$27k
1,150 shares
-92%
20Weak
BCVsell
BANCROFT FUND LTD
Mario J Gabelli
director, other
$29k
1,300 shares
-5%
26Weak
BCVbuy
BANCROFT FUND LTD
James Andrew Dinsmore
President
$4,730
220 shares
+29%
23Weak
BCVsell 2
BANCROFT FUND LTD
Mario J Gabelli
director, other
$23k
1,000 shares
-4%
20Weak
BCVsell
BANCROFT FUND LTD
Mario J Gabelli
director, other
$27k
1,500 shares
-5%
23Weak
BCVsell
BANCROFT FUND LTD
Mario J Gabelli
director, other
$66k
4,000 shares
-3%
15Weak
BCVsell
BANCROFT FUND LTD
Mario J Gabelli
director, other
$24k
1,500 shares
-5%
23Weak
BCVsell
BANCROFT FUND LTD
Mario J Gabelli
director, other
$64k
4,000 shares
-3%
20Weak
BCVsell
BANCROFT FUND LTD
Mario J Gabelli
director, other
$31k
2,000 shares
-6%
30Weak
BCVbuy
BANCROFT FUND LTD
John Chester Ball
Treasurer
$251
16 shares
-

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.