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Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF) Competitors

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$9.23
-0.01 (-0.11%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

ECF vs. RMT, ASA, MVF, MUA, NQP, BBH, TYG, MCI, HQL, and MYN

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 Royce Micro-Cap Trust (RMT), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), VanEck Biotech ETF (BBH), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), and BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund vs.

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

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Royce Micro-Cap TrustN/A N/A N/A
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund N/A N/A N/A

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Royce Micro-Cap Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

35.0% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.9% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Royce Micro-Cap Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are owned by 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
Royce Micro-Cap TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund$6.93M18.32N/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, Royce Micro-Cap Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Royce Micro-Cap Trust and 0 mentions for Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund. Royce Micro-Cap Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's score of -0.15 indicating that Royce Micro-Cap Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Royce Micro-Cap Trust Positive
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Neutral

Royce Micro-Cap Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%.

Royce Micro-Cap Trust received 86 more outperform votes than Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Royce Micro-Cap TrustOutperform Votes
86
68.25%
Underperform Votes
40
31.75%
Ellsworth Growth and Income FundN/AN/A

Royce Micro-Cap Trust has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Royce Micro-Cap Trust beats Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ECF vs. The Competition

MetricEllsworth Growth and Income FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$126.90M$7.88B$10.51B$19.27B
Dividend Yield5.63%6.37%10.00%3.54%
P/E RatioN/A0.9843.3141.53
Price / Sales18.3219.313,256.7814.66
Price / CashN/A7.1930.1320.85
Price / BookN/A0.933.985.39
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$992.99M$985.39M
7 Day Performance-0.49%-0.49%-0.36%-0.70%
1 Month Performance2.56%-2.50%0.25%-0.97%
1 Year PerformanceN/A15.55%22.86%25.06%

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$9.23
-0.1%
N/AN/A$126.90M$6.93M0.00N/A
RMT
Royce Micro-Cap Trust
N/A$9.40
+0.9%
N/A+19.3%$476.39MN/A0.00N/APositive News
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$22.06
+0.4%
N/A+63.0%$474.73MN/A0.001,100News Coverage
Positive News
MVF
BlackRock MuniVest Fund
N/A$7.32
flat
N/A+16.5%$471.41MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
MUA
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund
N/A$11.62
-0.4%
N/A+28.3%$449.23MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.91
-0.3%
N/A+19.6%$443.29MN/A0.00147,000
BBH
VanEck Biotech ETF
N/A$170.75
+0.7%
N/A+16.5%$435.41MN/A0.00N/ANegative News
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$40.36
+0.1%
N/A+42.3%$434.48M$108.65M0.00N/APositive News
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$19.88
-0.4%
N/A+24.1%$403.56MN/A0.00N/APositive News
HQL
Abrdn Life Sciences Investors
N/A$14.69
+0.9%
N/A+23.7%$401.79M$39.95M0.00N/APositive News
MYN
BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund
N/A$10.33
flat
N/A+18.0%$395.77M$19.20M0.00N/APositive News

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This page (NYSE:ECF) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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