ECF insider buying – Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund Ltd
21 insider purchases since 2016 worth $3.1M by 4 different insiders. Last 12 months: 5 purchases, $436,409. Most recent filing: 2026-11-02.
Same time range as the chart above - each mark sits under the week of the trade. Circles = purchases (height = price paid, size = amount), red triangles = open-market sales of $50k+. Prices as reported, not adjusted for later stock splits. 3 older purchases (before the 5-year window) are listed in the table below.
Purchases are open-market buys (SEC Form 4, code "P") - insiders paying with their own money. Sales are open-market sales (code "S") of $50,000 or more; many sales are pre-planned (Rule 10b5-1) or made for taxes and diversification. Each row links to the original filing.
Bought, sold, still holding?
| Insider | Bought | First / last buy | Sold since 2016 | Holds now* | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. 10% Owner | $2.1M 11× · 208,001 sh | 2025-04-03 2026-09-03 | 4× · $923,828 last 2026-02-17 | 1,621,662 shares as of 2026-09-08 | Holds (sold earlier) |
| Weinstein Boaz 10% Owner | $834,926 6× · 93,667 sh | 2024-09-27 2025-04-29 | – | 1,627,221 shares as of 2025-05-20 | Holds - never sold |
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. 10% Owner | $136,120 1× · 11,565 sh | 2026-10-30 2026-10-30 | – | – | Holds - never sold |
| Nakamura Kuni Director | $43,496 2× · 5,005 sh | 2016-05-27 2019-07-10 | – | 6,129 shares as of 2019-07-16 | Holds - never sold |
| Dinsmore James Andrew CEO | $11,907 1× · 1,350 sh | 2019-01-15 2019-01-15 | – | 12,292 shares as of 2026-01-07 | Holds - never sold |
* Shares held after the insider's most recent SEC filing for this company (all share classes, direct and indirect). If an insider stops filing, later changes are not known.
Insider buying and selling by year
| Year | Purchases | Bought | Buyers | Sales | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | $436,409 | 1 | 4 | $923,828 |
| 2025 | 12 | $2.6M | 2 | – | – |
| 2024 | 1 | $29,487 | 1 | – | – |
| 2019 | 2 | $30,603 | 2 | – | – |
| 2016 | 1 | $24,800 | 1 | – | – |
Insider purchases
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Holdings | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% Owner | 11,565 | $11.77 | $136,120 | +1% | SEC |
| 2026-09-08 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% Owner | 11,800 | $12.31 | $145,298 | +0.7% | SEC |
| 2026-09-01 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% Owner | 1,200 | $12.47 | $14,964 | +0.1% | SEC |
| 2026-08-28 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% Owner | 3,900 | $12.49 | $48,711 | +0.2% | SEC |
| 2026-08-24 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% Owner | 7,289 | $12.53 | $91,316 | +0.5% | SEC |
| 2025-11-10 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% Owner | 33,764 | $12.15 | $410,233 | +2.1% | SEC |
| 2025-10-30 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% Owner | 11,604 | $12.28 | $142,497 | +0.7% | SEC |
| 2025-08-21 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% Owner | 8,031 | $10.69 | $85,851 | +0.5% | SEC |
| 2025-05-08 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% Owner | 17,576 | $9.19 | $161,523 | +1.1% | SEC |
| 2025-05-06 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% Owner | 9,751 | $9.23 | $90,002 | +0.6% | SEC |
| 2025-05-01 | Weinstein Boaz | 10% Owner | 27,185 | $9.02 | $245,079 | +1.7% | SEC |
| 2025-04-22 | Weinstein Boaz | 10% Owner | 3,400 | $8.58 | $29,172 | +0.2% | SEC |
| 2025-04-17 | Weinstein Boaz | 10% Owner | 7,178 | $8.75 | $62,808 | +0.5% | SEC |
| 2025-04-15 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% Owner | 14,065 | $8.64 | $121,522 | +0.9% | SEC |
| 2025-04-10 | Weinstein Boaz | 10% Owner | 11,276 | $8.37 | $94,380 | +0.7% | SEC |
| 2025-04-07 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% Owner | 89,021 | $8.70 | $774,398 | +6.2% | SEC |
| 2025-04-03 | Weinstein Boaz | 10% Owner | 41,326 | $9.05 | $374,000 | +2.9% | SEC |
| 2024-09-30 | Weinstein Boaz | 10% Owner | 3,302 | $8.93 | $29,487 | +0.2% | SEC |
| 2019-07-12 | Nakamura Kuni | Director | 1,805 | $10.36 | $18,696 | SEC | |
| 2019-01-17 | Dinsmore James Andrew | CEO | 1,350 | $8.82 | $11,907 | +24.7% | SEC |
| 2016-09-09 | Nakamura Kuni | Director | 3,200 | $7.75 | $24,800 | SEC |
Insider sales
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Type | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-19 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% Owner | 20,663 | $12.17 | $251,505 | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-02-17 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% Owner | 7,532 | $12.25 | $92,267 | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-02-12 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% Owner | 14,110 | $12.24 | $172,706 | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-02-09 | Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 10% Owner | 34,042 | $11.97 | $407,350 | Sale | SEC |
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