Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $11.04 -0.07 (-0.63%) As of 08/29/2025 04:10 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartDividendHeadlinesSEC FilingsShort InterestBuy This Stock Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Short Interest DataEllsworth Growth and Income Fund (ECF) has a short interest of 27,100 shares, representing 0.20% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 5,320.00% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.5, indicating that it would take 0.5 days of the average trading volume of 31,354 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest27,100 sharesPrevious Short Interest500 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+5,320.00%Dollar Volume Sold Short$262.60 thousandShort Interest Ratio0.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateMay 15, 2025Outstanding Shares13,680,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.20%Today's Trading Volume44,434 sharesAverage Trading Volume31,354 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average142% Short Selling Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartECF Short Interest Over TimeECF Days to Cover Over TimeECF Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 5/15/202527,100 shares $262.60 thousand +5,320.0%0.2%0.5 $9.69 4/30/2025500 shares $4.52 thousand -93.6%N/A0 $9.04 4/15/20257,800 shares $68.56 thousand -8.2%0.1%0.2 $8.79 3/31/20258,500 shares $77.18 thousand -52.0%0.1%0.2 $9.08 3/15/202517,700 shares $167.09 thousand +101.1%0.1%0.5 $9.44 2/28/20258,800 shares $0.00 +69.2%0.1%0.2 $0.00 2/15/20255,200 shares $0.00 -76.5%0.0%0.1 $0.00 1/31/202522,100 shares $0.00 +19.5%N/A0.6 $0.00 1/15/202518,500 shares $0.00 -19.6%N/A0.5 $0.00 12/31/202423,000 shares $0.00 +215.1%N/A0.6 $0.00 Get the Latest News and Ratings for ECF and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 12/15/20247,300 shares $0.00 -9.9%N/A0.2 $0.00 11/30/20248,100 shares $0.00 +15.7%N/A0.2 $0.00 11/15/20247,000 shares $0.00 -61.3%N/A0.2 $0.00 10/31/202418,100 shares $0.00 -35.4%N/A0.4 $0.00 10/15/202428,000 shares $0.00 +233.3%N/A0.6 $0.00 9/30/20248,400 shares $0.00 -57.8%N/A0.2 $0.00 9/15/202419,900 shares $0.00 +2.6%N/A0.5 $0.00 8/31/202419,400 shares $0.00 +13.5%N/A0.5 $0.00 8/15/202417,100 shares $0.00 -29.6%N/A0.4 $0.00 7/31/202424,300 shares $0.00 +32.1%N/A0.6 $0.00 7/15/202418,400 shares $0.00 -14.8%N/A0.5 $0.00 6/30/202421,600 shares $0.00 +22.0%N/A0.6 $0.00 6/15/202417,700 shares $0.00 -24.7%N/A0.4 $0.00 5/31/202423,500 shares $0.00 +58.8%N/A0.6 $0.00 5/15/202414,800 shares $0.00 +38.3%N/A0.3 $0.00 4/30/202410,700 shares $0.00 +4.9%N/A0.2 $0.00 4/15/202410,200 shares $0.00 +8.5%N/A0.2 $0.00 3/31/20249,400 shares $0.00 -43.4%N/A0.2 $0.00 3/15/202416,600 shares $0.00 +5.7%N/A0.3 $0.00 2/29/202415,700 shares $0.00 -25.2%N/A0.3 $0.00 2/15/202421,000 shares $0.00 +950.0%N/A0.4 $0.00 1/31/20242,000 shares $0.00 -74.4%N/A0 $0.00 1/15/20247,800 shares $0.00 -25.7%N/A0.2 $0.00 12/31/202310,500 shares $0.00 -33.1%N/A0.2 $0.00 12/15/202315,700 shares $0.00 +27.6%N/A0.4 $0.00 11/30/202312,300 shares $0.00 +112.1%N/A0.3 $0.00 11/15/20235,800 shares $0.00 -78.6%N/A0.2 $0.00 10/31/202327,100 shares $0.00 -24.7%N/A0.7 $0.00 10/15/202336,000 shares $0.00 -63.6%N/A1 $0.00 9/30/202398,900 shares $0.00 +58.2%N/A2.7 $0.00How “Trump’s New Dollar” Could Impact Your Wealth (Ad)President Trump just signed a game-changing law… That could soon upgrade the U.S. dollar in your checking and savings account… With this better, more technologically advanced dollar. President Trump himself called it a "big innovation"… And said that this new form of currency represents "American brilliance at its best."Click here now because Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and U.S. Bancorp… 9/15/202362,500 shares $0.00 -35.0%N/A1.7 $0.00 8/31/202396,200 shares $0.00 +10.3%N/A2.6 $0.00 8/15/202387,200 shares $0.00 +13.3%N/A2.3 $0.00 7/31/202377,000 shares $0.00 +3.6%N/A2 $0.00 7/15/202374,300 shares $0.00 +15.6%N/A1.9 $0.00 6/30/202364,300 shares $0.00 +102.2%N/A1.4 $0.00 6/15/202331,800 shares $0.00 +278.6%N/A0.7 $0.00 5/31/20238,400 shares $0.00 +10.5%N/A0.1 $0.00 5/15/20237,600 shares $0.00 -29.6%N/A0.1 $0.00 4/30/202310,800 shares $0.00 +176.9%N/A0.2 $0.00 4/15/20233,900 shares $0.00 -87.1%N/A0.1 $0.00 3/31/202330,200 shares $0.00 +26.9%N/A0.6 $0.00 3/15/202323,800 shares $0.00 +221.6%N/A0.5 $0.00 2/28/20237,400 shares $0.00 +60.9%N/A0.2 $0.00 2/15/20234,600 shares $0.00 -2.1%N/A0.1 $0.00 1/31/20234,700 shares $0.00 -28.8%N/A0.1 $0.00 1/15/20236,600 shares $0.00 -35.9%N/A0.1 $0.00 12/30/202210,300 shares $0.00 +194.3%N/A0.2 $0.00 12/15/20223,500 shares $0.00 -31.4%N/A0.1 $0.00 11/30/20225,100 shares $0.00 -70.0%N/A0.1 $0.00 11/15/202217,000 shares $0.00 -48.5%N/A0.4 $0.00 10/31/202233,000 shares $0.00 +200.0%N/A0.9 $0.00 10/15/202211,000 shares $0.00 No ChangeN/A0.3 $0.00 9/30/202220,700 shares $0.00 -8.0%N/A0.5 $0.00 9/15/202222,500 shares $0.00 -17.3%N/A0.5 $0.00 8/31/202227,200 shares $0.00 -9.6%N/A0.6 $0.00 8/15/202230,100 shares $0.00 +24.9%N/A0.6 $0.00 7/31/202224,100 shares $0.00 +88.3%N/A0.4 $0.00 7/15/202212,800 shares $0.00 -21.0%N/A0.2 $0.00 6/30/202216,200 shares $0.00 -13.4%N/A0.2 $0.00 6/15/202218,700 shares $0.00 +233.9%N/A0.3 $0.00 5/31/20225,600 shares $0.00 -30.9%N/A0.1 $0.00 5/15/20228,100 shares $0.00 -2.4%N/A0.1 $0.00 4/30/20228,300 shares $0.00 +66.0%N/A0.1 $0.00 4/15/20225,000 shares $0.00 -5.7%N/A0.1 $0.00 3/31/20225,300 shares $0.00 +194.4%N/A0.1 $0.00 3/15/20221,800 shares $0.00 +5.9%N/A0 $0.00 2/28/20221,700 shares $0.00 -81.5%N/A0 $0.00 2/15/20229,200 shares $0.00 +2,200.0%N/A0.1 $0.00 1/31/2022400 shares $0.00 +33.3%N/A0 $0.00 1/15/2022300 shares $0.00 -80.0%N/A0 $0.00 12/31/20211,500 shares $0.00 +50.0%N/A0 $0.00 12/15/20211,000 shares $0.00 -94.1%N/A0 $0.00 11/30/202116,900 shares $210.57 thousand +19.0%N/A0.3 $12.46 11/15/202114,200 shares $0.00 +94.5%N/A0.3 $0.00 10/29/20217,300 shares $0.00 +7,200.0%N/A0.2 $0.00 10/15/2021100 shares $0.00 -97.5%N/A0 $0.00 9/30/20214,000 shares $0.00 -71.2%N/A0.1 $0.00 9/15/202113,900 shares $0.00 -6.1%N/A0.5 $0.00 8/31/202114,800 shares $0.00 -26.4%N/A0.5 $0.00How “Trump’s New Dollar” Could Impact Your Wealth (Ad)President Trump just signed a game-changing law… That could soon upgrade the U.S. dollar in your checking and savings account… With this better, more technologically advanced dollar. President Trump himself called it a "big innovation"… And said that this new form of currency represents "American brilliance at its best."Click here now because Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and U.S. Bancorp… 8/13/202120,100 shares $0.00 -27.2%N/A0.7 $0.00 7/30/202127,600 shares $0.00 -22.0%N/A0.9 $0.00 7/15/202135,400 shares $0.00 +316.5%N/A1.2 $0.00 6/30/20218,500 shares $0.00 -46.9%N/A0.3 $0.00 6/15/202116,000 shares $0.00 -36.5%N/A0.5 $0.00 5/28/202125,200 shares $0.00 +53.7%N/A0.7 $0.00 5/14/202116,400 shares $0.00 -7.9%N/A0.4 $0.00 4/30/202117,800 shares $0.00 +18.7%N/A0.3 $0.00 4/15/202115,000 shares $215.55 thousand +552.2%N/A0.2 $14.37 3/31/20212,300 shares $33.33 thousand -79.8%N/A0 $14.49 3/15/202111,400 shares $158.12 thousand -83.7%N/A0.1 $13.87 2/26/202169,900 shares $928.27 thousand -22.9%N/A0.9 $13.28 2/12/202190,700 shares $1.23 million -19.5%N/A1.2 $13.54 1/29/2021112,700 shares $1.68 million +88.5%N/A1.7 $14.91 1/15/202159,800 shares $962.78 thousand +8.7%N/A1 $16.10 12/31/202055,000 shares $764.50 thousand -32.8%N/A1.1 $13.90 12/15/202081,800 shares $1.10 million +148.6%N/A1.7 $13.50 11/30/202032,900 shares $411.58 thousand +327.3%N/A0.7 $12.51 11/15/20207,700 shares $95.79 thousand +305.3%N/A0.2 $12.44 10/30/20201,900 shares $21.68 thousand -85.6%N/A0 $11.41 10/15/202013,200 shares $161.83 thousand -51.3%N/A0 $12.26 9/30/202027,100 shares $313.01 thousand +66.3%N/A0.7 $11.55 9/15/202015,600 shares $179.40 thousand -4.3%N/A0.4 $11.50 ECF Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, traders have sold 27,100 shares of ECF short. 0.20% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's current short interest. What is a good short interest percentage for Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 0.20% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 27,100 shares, an increase of 5,320.0% from the previous total of 500 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.20% of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund: BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (0.81%), Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc. (1.49%), CION Investment Corporation (1.77%), Eagle Point Credit Company Inc. (4.17%), ROYCE OTC MICRO (0.19%), India Fund, Inc. (0.39%), Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation (0.31%), Barings Corporate Investors (0.04%), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (0.71%), Saratoga Investment Corp (2.00%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($29.20 billion), Strategy Inc ($10.88 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.04 billion), Capital One Financial Corporation ($5.51 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.00 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.43 billion), Apollo Global Management Inc. ($4.02 billion), Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($3.65 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($3.27 billion), and Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.10 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund stock? Short selling ECF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund as its price is falling. ECF shares are trading down $0.07 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund? A short squeeze for Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of ECF, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including ECF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies DSU Short Squeeze PEO Short Squeeze CION Short Squeeze ECC Short Squeeze RMT Short Squeeze IFN Short Squeeze TYG Short Squeeze MCI Short Squeeze EVN Short Squeeze SAR Short Squeeze Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NYSEAMERICAN:ECF) was last updated on 9/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersRetire Comfortably with These New Monthly Income ETFs?Too many retirees lie awake at night, worried their savings won’t last. 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