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ECF vs MAIN

Side-by-side comparison of Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd. (ECF) and Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both ECF and MAIN operate in Finance/Investors Services (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • MAIN is the larger of the two at $4.82B, about 33.2x ECF ($145.0M).
  • Over the past year, ECF is up 28.6% and MAIN is down 11.4% - ECF leads by 39.9 points.
  • MAIN has been more active in the news (10 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for ECF).
  • MAIN has more recent analyst coverage (12 ratings vs 0 for ECF).
PerformanceECF+28.57%MAIN-11.18%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricECFMAIN
Company
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd.
Main Street Capital Corporation
Price
$13.05-3.26%
$51.65-0.10%
Market cap
$145.0M
$4.82B
1M return
+0.15%
-8.86%
1Y return
+28.57%
-11.38%
Industry
Finance/Investors Services
Finance/Investors Services
Exchange
AMEX
NYSE
IPO
1986
2007
News (4w)
2
10
Recent ratings
0
12
ECF

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd.

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.

MAIN

Main Street Capital Corporation

Main Street Capital Corporation is a private equity firm specializes in equity capital to lower middle market companies. The firm also provides debt capital to middle market companies for acquisitions, management buyouts, growth financings, recapitalizations and refinancing. The firm seeks to partner with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams and generally provides "one stop" financing alternatives within its lower middle market portfolio. The firm typically invests in lower middle market companies generally with annual revenues between $10 million and $150 million. The firm's middle market debt investments are made in businesses that are generally larger in size than its lower middle market portfolio companies. It makes majority and minority equity investments. Main Street Capital Corporation was founded in 2007 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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