Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd.

NYSEAM:ECF.PRA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$127.3m

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 1/6

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -32.3%, while the Capital Markets industry saw earnings growing at 8% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 5.2% per year. Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's return on equity is 5.7%, and it has net margins of 128.8%.

Key information

-32.3%

Earnings growth rate

-32.5%

EPS growth rate

Capital Markets Industry Growth10.3%
Revenue growth rate5.2%
Return on equity5.7%
Net Margin128.8%
Last Earnings Update31 Mar 2024

Recent past performance updates

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

NYSEAM:ECF.PRA Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
31 Mar 246820
31 Dec 236620
30 Sep 235420
30 Jun 235-1220
31 Mar 234-2720
31 Dec 224-4020
30 Sep 223-5320
30 Jun 223-3020
31 Mar 223-820
31 Dec 2131420
30 Sep 2143720
30 Jun 2145620
31 Mar 2147520
31 Dec 2045420
30 Sep 2043320
30 Jun 2041520
31 Mar 204-320
31 Dec 194420
30 Sep 1941120
30 Jun 1941320
31 Mar 1941520
31 Dec 1841620
30 Sep 1841820
30 Jun 1841520
31 Mar 1841110
31 Dec 1741310
30 Sep 1741410
30 Jun 1741610
31 Mar 1741810
31 Dec 1641510
30 Sep 1641210
30 Jun 164310
31 Mar 164-610
31 Dec 153-410
30 Sep 153-210
30 Jun 153310
31 Mar 153910
31 Dec 1431110
30 Sep 1431310
30 Jun 1431610
31 Mar 1431910
31 Dec 1331810

Quality Earnings: ECF.PRA has a large one-off gain of $6.0M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 31st March, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: ECF.PRA became profitable in the past.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: ECF.PRA's earnings have declined by 32.3% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: ECF.PRA has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: ECF.PRA has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Capital Markets industry (18.1%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: ECF.PRA's Return on Equity (5.7%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed