Bancroft FundBCV

13F holders, Q3 2025 (September 30)
37holders
4new positions
5sold out
$21.88avg. 13F price*

At the end of Q3 2025, 37 institutions reported holding Bancroft Fund Ltd. (BCV) in their 13F filings, unchanged from Q2 2025. 4 opened new positions and 5 sold out. The largest holders were Saba Capital Management, L.P. ($6.9M), Ameriprise Financial Inc. ($6.7M) and Sit Investment Associates Inc. ($6.2M).

Company
Bancroft Fund Ltd.
CUSIP
059695106
Latest filing quarter
Q2 2026

History

Number of 13F holders

01020304050 Q1 2024: 42Q1 2024Q2 2024: 38Q2 2024Q3 2024: 38Q3 2024Q4 2024: 43Q4 2024Q1 2025: 40Q1 2025Q2 2025: 37Q2 2025Q3 2025: 37Q3 2025Q4 2025: 34Q4 2025Q1 2026: 38Q1 2026Q2 2026: 41Q2 2026

Total Exit/New Position Q2 2025 → Q3 2025

InstitutionsTotal Value
New Positions4$2.5M
Exits5$2.7M

All 13F filers, Q2 2025 → Q3 2025: 475,324 shares bought and 251,602 shares sold, net +223,722 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.

Ownership 37 holders

Saba Capital Management, L.P. 0.23% Add +24.8% 314,539 $6.9M
Ameriprise Financial Inc. 0.00% Add +7.4% 306,950 $6.7M
Sit Investment Associates Inc. 0.13% No change 284,438 $6.2M
Morgan Stanley 0.00% Add +33.5% 140,233 $3.1M
Pathstone Holdings, LLC 0.01% Add +245.0% 99,665 $2.2M
Bank of America Corp. 0.00% Add +25710.4% 99,628 $2.2M
Blue Bell Private Wealth Management, LLC 0.27% Add +23.0% 80,279 $1.8M
Beckerman Institutional, LLC 0.97% Reduce -1.1% 74,919 $1.6M
Guggenheim Capital LLC 0.01% Reduce -5.4% 74,584 $1.6M
LPL Financial LLC 0.00% Reduce -1.6% 66,531 $1.5M
UBS Group AG 0.00% Reduce -0.5% 64,856 $1.4M
Advisors Asset Management, Inc. 0.02% Reduce -61.0% 56,498 $1.2M
Invesco Ltd. 0.00% Add +69.5% 53,596 $1.2M
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.00% Reduce -0.8% 49,158 $1.1M
Royal Bank of Canada 0.00% Add +1.3% 42,244 $924K
Bulldog Investors, LLP 0.20% New 39,448 $863K
Mezzasalma Advisors, LLC 0.22% Reduce -4.9% 38,832 $850K
Wells Fargo & Company 0.00% Add +74.9% 35,942 $786K
Shaker Financial Services, LLC 0.26% New 35,042 $767K
Verition Fund Management LLC 0.00% New 31,929 $699K
GABELLI & Co INVESTMENT ADVISERS, INC. 0.10% No change 28,000 $613K
Stifel Financial Corp. 0.00% Add +119.7% 26,295 $575K
Uhlmann Price Securities, LLC 0.31% Add +3.8% 23,152 $507K
Cetera Investment Advisers 0.00% Add +11.2% 21,075 $461K
Envestnet Asset Management Inc. 0.00% Reduce -1.8% 19,416 $425K
NewEdge Advisors, LLC 0.00% Reduce -4.5% 17,000 $372K
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC 0.00% No change 15,987 $350K
Curi Capital, LLC 0.01% No change 15,000 $328K
First Trust Advisors LP 0.00% New 9,416 $206K
Osaic Holdings, Inc. 0.00% Reduce -3.0% 8,164 $177K
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.00% Add +8.1% 6,660 $146K
Wolverine Asset Management LLC 0.01% Reduce -70.3% 3,760 $82K
Allworth Financial LP 0.00% No change 1,000 $22K
Noble Wealth Management PBC 0.01% — 1,000 $22K
Ancora Advisors LLC 0.00% No change 1,000 $22K
LRI Investments, LLC 0.00% No change 305 $7K
CoreCap Advisors, LLC 0.00% No change 14 $317

"% of holder's portfolio" is BCV's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of Bancroft Fund Ltd. the manager owns.