Bancroft FundBCV

13F holders, Q4 2025 (December 31)
34holders −3
1new positions
5sold out
$22.10avg. 13F price*

At the end of Q4 2025, 34 institutions reported holding Bancroft Fund Ltd. (BCV) in their 13F filings, down 3 from Q3 2025. 1 opened new positions and 5 sold out. The largest holders were Saba Capital Management, L.P. ($8.0M), Ameriprise Financial Inc. ($6.7M) and Sit Investment Associates Inc. ($5.6M).

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 Q3 2025 → Q4 2025

InstitutionsTotal Value
New Positions1$55K
Exits5$2.3M

All 13F filers, Q3 2025 → Q4 2025: 173,474 shares bought and 183,710 shares sold, net −10,236 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.

Ownership 34 holders

Saba Capital Management, L.P. 0.27% Add +14.9% 361,294 $8.0M
Ameriprise Financial Inc. 0.00% Reduce -1.5% 302,213 $6.7M
Sit Investment Associates Inc. 0.11% Reduce -10.3% 255,169 $5.6M
Morgan Stanley 0.00% Add +22.9% 172,388 $3.8M
Pathstone Holdings, LLC 0.01% Add +23.0% 122,619 $2.7M
Bank of America Corp. 0.00% Add +1.6% 101,214 $2.2M
Blue Bell Private Wealth Management, LLC 0.32% Add +21.3% 97,374 $2.2M
Guggenheim Capital LLC 0.02% Add +30.5% 97,301 $2.2M
Invesco Ltd. 0.00% Add +38.2% 74,091 $1.6M
Beckerman Institutional, LLC 0.92% Reduce -1.4% 73,904 $1.6M
LPL Financial LLC 0.00% Reduce -1.7% 65,376 $1.4M
UBS Group AG 0.00% Add +0.4% 65,125 $1.4M
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.00% Reduce -6.1% 46,148 $1.0M
Bulldog Investors, LLP 0.20% No change 39,448 $872K
Mezzasalma Advisors, LLC 0.21% Add +1.4% 39,356 $866K
Royal Bank of Canada 0.00% Reduce -16.2% 35,419 $783K
Stifel Financial Corp. 0.00% Add +12.0% 29,460 $651K
Shaker Financial Services, LLC 0.19% Reduce -21.0% 27,688 $612K
GABELLI & Co INVESTMENT ADVISERS, INC. 0.09% Reduce -3.6% 27,000 $597K
Uhlmann Price Securities, LLC 0.31% Add +1.6% 23,519 $520K
Evolve Private Wealth, LLC 0.03% — 21,541 $476K
Wells Fargo & Company 0.00% Reduce -44.6% 19,894 $440K
Cetera Investment Advisers 0.00% Reduce -6.7% 19,659 $434K
Envestnet Asset Management Inc. 0.00% Reduce -9.8% 17,510 $387K
NewEdge Advisors, LLC 0.00% Reduce -2.4% 16,600 $367K
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC 0.00% Reduce -12.0% 14,068 $311K
First Trust Advisors LP 0.00% Add +28.4% 12,086 $267K
Osaic Holdings, Inc. 0.00% Add +2.9% 8,403 $186K
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.00% Reduce -6.8% 6,205 $137K
Caldwell Trust Co 0.00% New 2,479 $55K
Noble Wealth Management PBC 0.01% No change 1,000 $22K
Ancora Advisors LLC 0.00% No change 1,000 $22K
Allworth Financial LP 0.00% No change 1,000 $22K
LRI Investments, LLC 0.00% Add +1.3% 309 $7K

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