Compare Stocks: ECF, SLRC, GAIN, and VMO

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ECF Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	$12.51 +1.5%	$12.56	$10.70 ▼ $13.85	$171.07M	1.07	30,675 shs	16,333 shs
GAIN Gladstone Investment	$16.38 -0.1%	$16.31	$13.11 ▼ $17.14	$651.42M	0.77	273,100 shs	133,463 shs
SLRC SLR Investment	$12.48 -0.8%	$12.80	$12.13 ▼ $16.81	$680.09M	0.64	377,667 shs	213,068 shs
VMO Inv Vk Mun Opp	$9.52 -0.2%	$9.74	$9.22 ▼ $10.10	$641.69M	0.67	233,607 shs	65,277 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ECF Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	0.00%	+0.08%	-2.22%	-4.27%	+11.09%
GAIN Gladstone Investment	0.00%	-0.97%	-1.15%	+7.05%	+15.41%
SLRC SLR Investment	0.00%	-1.33%	-4.05%	-2.48%	-24.73%
VMO Inv Vk Mun Opp	0.00%	-1.55%	-3.15%	-1.90%	+3.32%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ECF Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	$12.51 +1.5%	$12.56	$10.70 ▼ $13.85	$171.07M	1.07	30,675 shs	16,333 shs
GAIN Gladstone Investment	$16.38 -0.1%	$16.31	$13.11 ▼ $17.14	$651.42M	0.77	273,100 shs	133,463 shs
SLRC SLR Investment	$12.48 -0.8%	$12.80	$12.13 ▼ $16.81	$680.09M	0.64	377,667 shs	213,068 shs
VMO Inv Vk Mun Opp	$9.52 -0.2%	$9.74	$9.22 ▼ $10.10	$641.69M	0.67	233,607 shs	65,277 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ECF Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	0.00%	+0.08%	-2.22%	-4.27%	+11.09%
GAIN Gladstone Investment	0.00%	-0.97%	-1.15%	+7.05%	+15.41%
SLRC SLR Investment	0.00%	-1.33%	-4.05%	-2.48%	-24.73%
VMO Inv Vk Mun Opp	0.00%	-1.55%	-3.15%	-1.90%	+3.32%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ECF Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
GAIN Gladstone Investment	3.25	Buy	$16.75	2.27% Upside
SLRC SLR Investment	2.00	Hold	$14.10	13.03% Upside
VMO Inv Vk Mun Opp	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ECF, SLRC, GAIN, and VMO Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/1/2026	GAIN Gladstone Investment	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/17/2026	GAIN Gladstone Investment	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B+) ➝ Buy (B)
8/12/2026	GAIN Gladstone Investment	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/11/2026	SLRC SLR Investment	B. Riley Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/11/2026	SLRC SLR Investment	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold
8/3/2026	GAIN Gladstone Investment	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B+)
7/28/2026	SLRC SLR Investment	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C-)
7/15/2026	GAIN Gladstone Investment	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
7/2/2026	SLRC SLR Investment	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Underweight	$13.50 ➝ $12.00
6/12/2026	SLRC SLR Investment	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C)

(Data available from 9/8/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ECF Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GAIN Gladstone Investment	$99.08M	6.58	N/A	N/A	$16.78 per share	0.98
SLRC SLR Investment	$218.54M	3.11	$1.75 per share	7.12	$18.20 per share	0.69
VMO Inv Vk Mun Opp	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ECF Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GAIN Gladstone Investment	$184.75M	$4.18	3.91	16.38	N/A	158.95%	5.90%	2.88%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
SLRC SLR Investment	$92.54M	$1.35	9.23	9.60	N/A	35.20%	7.96%	3.09%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
VMO Inv Vk Mun Opp	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest ECF, SLRC, GAIN, and VMO Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
8/6/2026	Q1 2027	GAIN Gladstone Investment	$0.2225	$0.26	+$0.0375	-$0.30	$25.76 million	$28.36 million
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	SLRC SLR Investment	$0.3322	$0.33	-$0.0022	$0.15	$48.82 million	$20.50 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ECF Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	$0.95	7.60%	N/A	N/A	N/A
GAIN Gladstone Investment	$0.96	5.86%	+10.03%	22.97%	N/A
SLRC SLR Investment	$1.24	9.94%	N/A	91.85%	N/A
VMO Inv Vk Mun Opp	$0.31	3.26%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest ECF, SLRC, GAIN, and VMO Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/14/2026	GAIN Gladstone Investment	monthly	$0.08	5.81%	9/21/2026	9/21/2026	9/30/2026
9/1/2026	VMO Inv Vk Mun Opp	monthly	$0.0625	7.86%	9/14/2026	9/14/2026	9/30/2026
8/4/2026	SLRC SLR Investment	quarterly	$0.31	9.41%	9/11/2026	9/11/2026	9/25/2026
8/12/2026	ECF Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	quarterly	$0.22	6.77%	9/16/2026	9/16/2026	9/23/2026
7/14/2026	GAIN Gladstone Investment	monthly	$0.08	5.93%	8/18/2026	8/18/2026	8/31/2026
8/3/2026	VMO Inv Vk Mun Opp	monthly	$0.0625	7.69%	8/17/2026	8/17/2026	8/31/2026
7/14/2026	GAIN Gladstone Investment	monthly	$0.08	6.02%	7/24/2026	7/24/2026	7/31/2026
7/1/2026	VMO Inv Vk Mun Opp	monthly	$0.0625	7.6%	7/14/2026	7/14/2026	7/31/2026
1/1/2100	GAIN Gladstone Investment	Monthly	$0.08	7.56%	11/6/2023	11/7/2023	11/17/2023

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ECF Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
GAIN Gladstone Investment	N/A	0.02	0.02
SLRC SLR Investment	1.17	1.09	1.09
VMO Inv Vk Mun Opp	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ECF Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	35.88%
GAIN Gladstone Investment	11.85%
SLRC SLR Investment	35.32%
VMO Inv Vk Mun Opp	42.57%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ECF Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	0.46%
GAIN Gladstone Investment	2.25%
SLRC SLR Investment	8.80%
VMO Inv Vk Mun Opp	1.00%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ECF Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund	N/A	13.68 million	13.62 million	Not Optionable
GAIN Gladstone Investment	70	39.82 million	38.93 million	Optionable
SLRC SLR Investment	N/A	54.56 million	49.75 million	Optionable
VMO Inv Vk Mun Opp	N/A	67.44 million	66.77 million	Not Optionable

ECF, SLRC, GAIN, and VMO Headlines

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Inv Vk Mun Opp (NYSE:VMO) Plans Monthly Dividend of $0.06

September 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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Inv Vk Mun Opp $VMO Shares Purchased by Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc.

August 9, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Inv Vk Mun Opp (NYSE:VMO) Moved Above Moving Average Prints Strong Confirmation

January 29, 2026 | kalkinemedia.comK

VMO: Another Municipal Bond Fund Paying Out Capital

June 10, 2025 | seekingalpha.com

Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust declares $0.0625 dividend

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Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust declares $0.0625 dividend

May 2, 2025 | seekingalpha.com

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April 27, 2025 | morningstar.comM

Invesco California AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF declares monthly distribution of $0.0645

February 26, 2025 | msn.com

RIVERNORTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC Increases Stake in Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust

February 14, 2025 | gurufocus.com

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Saba Capital Management, L.P. Reduces Stake in Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust

December 9, 2024 | gurufocus.com

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Saba Capital Management Reduces Stake in Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust

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November 16, 2024 | news.stocktradersdaily.comN

Saba Capital Management Reduces Stake in Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust

October 9, 2024 | finance.yahoo.com

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August 30, 2024 | lse.co.uk

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August 28, 2024 | news.stocktradersdaily.comN

Invesco Closed-End Funds Announce Increased Distribution Rates for All Investment Grade Municipal Bond Closed-End Funds and Declare Dividends

May 23, 2024 | prnewswire.com

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ECF, SLRC, GAIN, and VMO Company Descriptions

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund NYSEAMERICAN:ECF

$12.50 +0.19 (+1.50%)

As of 02:18 PM Eastern

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by GAMCO Investors, Inc. The fund is managed by Gabelli Funds, LLC. It invests in the public equity markets. The fund primarily invests in convertible securities. It invests in stocks of companies across market capitalizations. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Bank of America Merrill Lynch All U.S. Convertibles Index, Barclays Balanced U.S. Convertibles Index, and S&P 500 Index. It was formerly known as Ellsworth Fund Ltd. Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. was formed on June 27, 1986 and is domiciled in the United States.

Gladstone Investment NASDAQ:GAIN

$16.38 -0.02 (-0.13%)

As of 02:24 PM Eastern

Gladstone Investment Corporation is business development company, specializes in lower middle market, mature stage, buyouts; refinancing existing debt; senior debt securities such as senior loans, senior term loans, lines of credit, and senior notes; senior subordinated debt securities such as senior subordinated loans and senior subordinated notes; junior subordinated debt securities such as subordinated notes and mezzanine loans; limited liability company interests, and warrants or options. The fund does not invest in start-ups. The fund seeks to invest in manufacturing, consumer products and business/consumer services sector. It seeks to invest in small and mid-sized companies based in the United States. The fund prefers to make debt investments between $5 million and $30 million and equity investments between $10 million and $40 million in companies. The fund seeks to invest in companies with revenue between $20 million and $100 million. The fund invests in companies with EBITDA from $3 million to $20 million. It seeks minority equity ownership and prefers to hold a board seat in its portfolio companies. It also prefers to take majority stake in its portfolio companies. The fund typically holds the investments for seven years and exits via sale or recapitalization, initial public offering, or sale to third party.

SLR Investment NASDAQ:SLRC

$12.48 -0.10 (-0.76%)

As of 02:23 PM Eastern

SLR Investment Corp. is a business development company specializing in secured debt (first lien unitranche and second lien), subordinated (unsecured) debt, minority equity, leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, general refinancing, growth capital and strategic income-oriented control equity investments in leveraged middle market companies. The fund invests in aerospace and defense; air freight & logistics; asset management; automotive; banking; beverage, food and tobacco; building products; buildings and real estate; broadcasting and entertainment; cargo transport; commercial services and supplies; communications equipment; chemicals, plastics and rubber; containers, packaging and glass; construction & engineering; diversified/conglomerate manufacturing; consumer Finance; distributors; diversified/conglomerate services; diversified financial services; diversified real estate activities; food products; Footwear; Education Services; diversified telecommunications services; electronics; farming and agriculture; finance; grocery; health care equipment and supplies; health care facilities; education and childcare; home and office furnishing, durable consumer products; hotels, motels, inns and gaming; insurance; restaurants, leisure, amusement, and entertainment; leisure equipment tolls and services, media, multiline retail, multi sector holdings; paper and forest products; personal products; professional services, research and consulting services, software; specialty retail; textiles apparel and luxury goods, thrifts and mortgage finance, trading companies and distributors, utilities, and wireless telecommunication services; industrial conglomerates; internet software and services, IT services, machinery; mining, steel, iron, and non-precious metals; oil and gas; personal, food and miscellaneous services; printing and publishing; retail stores; telecommunications; textiles and leather; and utilities. It also invests in life sciences with focus on specialty pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotech, health Care Providers and services; health Care technology, enabling technologies and tools. The fund primarily invests in United States. The fund's investments generally range between $5 million and $100 million. The fund invests in companies with revenues between $50 million and $1 billion and EBITDA between $15 million and $100 million. It invests in the form of senior secured loans, mezzanine loans, and equity securities. It may also seek investments in thinly traded public companies and also make secondary investments. The fund makes non-control equity investments. It primarily exits within three years of the initial capital commitment.

Inv Vk Mun Opp NYSE:VMO

$9.52 -0.02 (-0.16%)

As of 02:21 PM Eastern

Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched by Invesco Ltd. The fund is co-managed by Invesco Advisers, Inc., INVESCO Asset Management (Japan) Limited, INVESCO Asset Management Deutschland GmbH, INVESCO Asset Management Limited, Invesco Canada Ltd., Invesco Hong Kong Limited, and INVESCO Senior Secured Management, Inc. It invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. The fund primarily invests in investment grade municipal securities which include municipal bonds, municipal notes, municipal commercial paper, and lease obligations. It employs fundamental analysis with bottom-up security selection approach to create its portfolio. The fund was formerly known as Invesco Van Kampen Municipal Opportunity Trust. Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust was formed on April 24, 1992 and is domiciled in the United States.

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