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Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF) Competitors

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$9.72 +0.11 (+1.15%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

ECF vs. MYD, DSU, RMT, MVF, TYG, MUA, NQP, ASA, BBH, and MCI

Should you be buying Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund include BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), VanEck Biotech ETF (BBH), and Barings Corporate Investors (MCI). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund vs.

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (NYSE:ECF) and BlackRock MuniYield Fund (NYSE:MYD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.

BlackRock MuniYield Fund received 160 more outperform votes than Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ellsworth Growth and Income FundN/AN/A
BlackRock MuniYield FundOutperform Votes
160
72.40%
Underperform Votes
61
27.60%

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ellsworth Growth and Income FundN/A N/A N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Fund N/A N/A N/A

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. BlackRock MuniYield Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%.

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Fund has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund and 0 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Fund. Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat BlackRock MuniYield Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Positive
BlackRock MuniYield Fund Neutral

35.9% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ellsworth Growth and Income FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
BlackRock MuniYield FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Summary

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund beats BlackRock MuniYield Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ECF vs. The Competition

MetricEllsworth Growth and Income FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$133.58M$8.28B$10.35B$19.85B
Dividend Yield5.49%6.42%10.18%3.52%
P/E RatioN/A0.4649.6042.73
Price / SalesN/A13.913,386.8319.27
Price / CashN/A6.9730.6817.86
Price / BookN/A0.902.895.52
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$994.27M$986.45M
7 Day Performance1.94%-0.51%-0.05%0.45%
1 Month Performance5.03%-1.92%7.13%1.05%
1 Year Performance28.68%11.36%24.11%24.67%

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ECF
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund
N/A$9.72
+1.1%
N/A+27.5%$133.58MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
MYD
BlackRock MuniYield Fund
N/A$11.16
-0.2%
N/A+10.4%$521.63MN/A0.00147,000
DSU
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
N/A$10.85
+0.2%
N/A+6.6%$505.72MN/A0.00N/ANegative News
RMT
Royce Micro-Cap Trust
N/A$9.84
-0.6%
N/A+17.3%$501.75MN/A0.00N/A
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$7.29
-0.1%
N/A+8.8%$470.09MN/A0.00147,000
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$44.23
+1.5%
N/A+55.4%$468.97MN/A0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
MUA
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund
N/A$11.94
-0.3%
N/A+19.4%$463.19MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.77
+0.1%
N/A+9.3%$437.73MN/A0.00147,000
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$20.01
-0.8%
N/A+43.9%$430.62MN/A0.001,100
BBH
VanEck Biotech ETF
N/A$160.38
+1.5%
N/A+6.1%$404.15MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$19.74
-0.3%
N/A+15.5%$401.91MN/A0.00N/A

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This page (NYSE:ECF) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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