ECF vs. BBH, NQP, MUA, HRZN, MYN, TYG, HQL, KTF, MCI, and SOR
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 VanEck Biotech ETF (BBH), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Horizon Technology Finance (HRZN), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Abrdn Life Sciences Investors (HQL), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), and Source Capital (SOR). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
VanEck Biotech ETF (NASDAQ:BBH) and Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (NYSE:ECF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, VanEck Biotech ETF had 3 more articles in the media than Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for VanEck Biotech ETF and 0 mentions for Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund. Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat VanEck Biotech ETF's score of -0.86 indicating that VanEck Biotech ETF is being referred to more favorably in the media.
VanEck Biotech ETF received 38 more outperform votes than Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
VanEck Biotech ETF has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
VanEck Biotech ETF pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
32.1% of VanEck Biotech ETF shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.9% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Given Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe VanEck Biotech ETF is more favorable than Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund.
Summary
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund beats VanEck Biotech ETF on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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