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United States · SEC Form 4 · Snapshot date: 2026-10-18 · Built: 2026-10-18 · 中文

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US · SEC FORM 4

ELLSWORTH GROWTH & INCOME FUND LTD

ECF · NYSE · CIK 0000793040 · Closed-End Funds · Asset Management

INSIDER SIGNAL

No active buy signal

10 qualifying P purchase groups
in the current 180-day scoring window

10 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
0 sales · 0 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines

Last qualifying purchase2026-10-14 · Saba Capital Management, L.P. · $658.4K

WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?

Purchase activityPresent
Recent buying10 qualifying line group(s)
Recent salesNone
Buy signal statusInactive
Score anatomy

No score is calculated because there is no qualifying purchase in the active window. Unavailable inputs are not treated as zero or as a bearish signal.

ClusterNot calculated
Purchase sizeNot calculated
RoleNot calculated
RecencyNot calculated
ConvictionNot calculated

Why is there no score?

  • No qualifying open-market purchase supplies cluster, size, role, recency or conviction inputs.
  • Sales and other Form 4 activity remain visible as context and do not create a negative score.

Sales and other Form 4 activity are shown separately and do not create a negative buy signal. Absence of buying is not scored as bearish.

Insider activity timeline

Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.

AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Saba Capital Management, L.P.TenPercentOwner
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● Purchase▼ Sale○ Other

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Purchase breadth & concentration

QUALIFYING BUYERS1
PURCHASE CONCENTRATION100%Largest buyer: Saba Capital Management, L.P. · $1.7M
CLUSTER BUYING · 15D1 insiderPeak activity: 2026-08-20–2026-09-04

Roles in the peak window: TenPercentOwner. Concentration uses priced qualifying P lines only and does not change the saved score.

SIGNAL HISTORY

No recorded active-signal snapshot

Scores are archived only when the company qualifies for a published US buy-signal snapshot. Last qualifying purchase: 2026-10-14 · Saba Capital Management, L.P..

Recent Form 4 activity

13Purchases
6Sales
0Other Form 4 lines
15SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING10 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING0 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER0 exercise / withholding / award / gift / other lines
10b5-1 / PLANNEDNot assessed

P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.

Market context

Market context provides additional background on recent price performance and risk. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Price performance

1M
-4.1%
3M
-6.4%
6M
-4.1%
12M
-5.7%

Volatility & liquidity

Volatility
18.4%
Beta
—
Avg daily value
USD 334,063

Valuation

Market cap
—
P/E
—

Fundamentals

Profit margin
—
ROE
—
Industry
Asset Management

Market data

Price data up to: 2026-10-18 · Price source: OpenBB/yfinance; volume from price cache (yfinance) · Status: PASS

Short interest

Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Shares short
7,543
Previous report
8,752
Avg daily volume
38,937
Days to cover
≤ 1.0

FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.

Historical equity purchases

Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.

Transaction dateReporting ownerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-10-14Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock56,083USD 11.74USD 658,414SEC filing ↗
2026-10-12Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock14,600USD 12.03USD 175,638SEC filing ↗
2026-10-08Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock27,937USD 11.95USD 333,847SEC filing ↗
2026-10-07Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock17,548USD 11.97USD 210,050SEC filing ↗
2026-09-04Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock6,800USD 12.36USD 84,048SEC filing ↗
2026-09-03Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock5,000USD 12.25USD 61,250SEC filing ↗
2026-08-28Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock1,200USD 12.47USD 14,964SEC filing ↗
2026-08-27Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock3,900USD 12.49USD 48,711SEC filing ↗
2026-08-21Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock5,742USD 12.53USD 71,947SEC filing ↗
2026-08-20Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock1,547USD 12.52USD 19,368SEC filing ↗
2025-12-17Dinsmore James AndrewPurchase (P)Common Shares200USD 11.60USD 2,320SEC filing ↗
2025-11-07Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock33,764USD 12.15USD 410,233SEC filing ↗
2025-10-28Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock11,604USD 12.28USD 142,497SEC filing ↗
2025-08-19Saba Capital Management, L.P.; Weinstein BoazPurchase (P)Common Stock8,031USD 10.69USD 85,851SEC filing ↗
2025-05-19Saba Capital Management, L.P.; Weinstein BoazPurchase (P)Common Stock856USD 9.60USD 8,218SEC filing ↗

Form 4 evidence

19 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 50 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-10-14Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock56,083USD 11.74USD 658,414SEC filing ↗
2026-10-12Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock14,600USD 12.03USD 175,638SEC filing ↗
2026-10-08Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock27,937USD 11.95USD 333,847SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (19 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-10-14Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock56,083USD 11.74USD 658,414SEC filing ↗
2026-10-12Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock14,600USD 12.03USD 175,638SEC filing ↗
2026-10-08Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock27,937USD 11.95USD 333,847SEC filing ↗
2026-10-07Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock17,548USD 11.97USD 210,050SEC filing ↗
2026-09-04Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock6,800USD 12.36USD 84,048SEC filing ↗
2026-09-03Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock5,000USD 12.25USD 61,250SEC filing ↗
2026-08-28Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock1,200USD 12.47USD 14,964SEC filing ↗
2026-08-27Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock3,900USD 12.49USD 48,711SEC filing ↗
2026-08-21Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock5,742USD 12.53USD 71,947SEC filing ↗
2026-08-20Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock1,547USD 12.52USD 19,368SEC filing ↗
2026-02-18Saba Capital Management, L.P.Sale (S)Common Stock14,591USD 12.16USD 177,427SEC filing ↗
2026-02-17Saba Capital Management, L.P.Sale (S)Common Stock6,072USD 12.20USD 74,078SEC filing ↗
2026-02-13Saba Capital Management, L.P.Sale (S)Common Stock7,532USD 12.25USD 92,267SEC filing ↗
2026-02-11Saba Capital Management, L.P.Sale (S)Common Stock14,110USD 12.24USD 172,706SEC filing ↗
2026-02-06Saba Capital Management, L.P.Sale (S)Common Stock26,218USD 11.95USD 313,305SEC filing ↗
2026-02-05Saba Capital Management, L.P.Sale (S)Common Stock7,824USD 12.02USD 94,044SEC filing ↗
2025-12-17Dinsmore James AndrewPurchase (P)Common Shares200USD 11.60USD 2,320SEC filing ↗
2025-11-07Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock33,764USD 12.15USD 410,233SEC filing ↗
2025-10-28Saba Capital Management, L.P.Purchase (P)Common Stock11,604USD 12.28USD 142,497SEC filing ↗

Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.

Snapshot & identity

Snapshot date2026-10-18
Ranking versionUS-v1.2
Data qualityPASS ELIGIBLE · —
TickerECF
CIK0000793040
SectorClosed-End Funds
IndustryAsset Management Yahoo Finance
SEC SICInvestment company (SEC forms N-2, N-2/A, N-30D)
ExchangeNYSE

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history50 transaction lines from 2022-07-01 to 2026-10-14
37 P purchase lines · 7 S sale lines · 6 other lines
SEC company submissionsOpen SEC filings ↗

Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.