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Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF) Competitors

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$10.61 +0.02 (+0.19%)
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$10.66 +0.04 (+0.42%)
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ECF vs. DSU, PEO, ECC, CION, IFN, RMT, TYG, MCI, EVN, and SAR

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 Debt Strategies Fund (DSU), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), CION Investment (CION), India Fund (IFN), Royce Otc Micro (RMT), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure (TYG), Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), and Saratoga Investment (SAR). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund vs. Its Competitors

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (NYSE:ECF) and BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund (NYSE:DSU) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

35.9% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.3% of BlackRock Debt Strategies 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 Debt Strategies Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%.

In the previous week, Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund and 0 mentions for BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund. Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat BlackRock Debt Strategies 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 Neutral
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund Neutral

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund$26.44M5.49N/AN/AN/A
BlackRock Debt Strategies FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Summary

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund beats BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ECF vs. The Competition

MetricEllsworth Growth and Income FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$145.18M$39.06B$12.29B$21.12B
Dividend Yield5.33%3.49%5.55%3.60%
P/E RatioN/A16.1619.0328.44
Price / Sales5.499.3026.0160.38
Price / CashN/AN/A21.6322.92
Price / BookN/AN/A2.204.69
Net IncomeN/AN/A$997.25M$995.51M
7 Day Performance0.57%2.78%0.89%1.64%
1 Month Performance4.84%4.06%4.37%5.92%
1 Year Performance27.07%11.09%540.78%11.50%

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$10.61
+0.2%
N/A+27.1%$145.18M$26.44M0.00N/A
DSU
BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund
N/A$10.52
-0.2%
N/A-3.4%$572.76M$44.55M0.00N/A
PEO
Adams Natural Resources Fund
N/A$21.69
+0.5%
N/A-5.8%$569.95M$34.82M0.0018Positive News
Dividend Increase
ECC
Eagle Point Credit
2.1018 of 5 stars
$7.36
+0.8%
$8.67
+17.8%
-31.1%$566.65M$97.61M-18.41N/A
CION
CION Investment
1.062 of 5 stars
$10.09
+0.4%
$11.00
+9.1%
-17.0%$530.85M$252.43M-34.74N/APositive News
IFN
India Fund
N/A$15.99
-0.1%
N/A-11.4%$496.65MN/A0.0021,000Positive News
RMT
Royce Otc Micro
N/A$9.54
+0.8%
N/A-1.3%$483.99MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
TYG
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure
N/A$42.85
+0.1%
N/A+20.2%$460.90M$214.33M0.00N/ANews Coverage
MCI
Barings Corporate Investors
N/A$20.70
-0.5%
N/A+11.2%$421.31M$37.92M0.00N/APositive News
EVN
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.39
+0.5%
N/A+1.7%$411.94M$38.57M0.00N/ANews Coverage
SAR
Saratoga Investment
1.8779 of 5 stars
$25.07
+0.3%
$24.25
-3.3%
+9.8%$392.72M$49.06M10.153,211

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