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Financial Services

Bancroft Fund Ltd.(BCV)

Live Price

Offline

$25.40

-1.17% today

1Y Change

+37.94%

Window

Jun 30, 2025 โ†’ Jun 18, 2026

Market Cap
$140.00M
Revenue Growth
-30.4%
EPS Growth
+238.6%
Dividend Yield
5.4%

Coverage: 244 bars ยท Jun 30, 2025 โ†’ Jun 18, 2026

Research Briefing

A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.

Decision context

Research Snapshot

Bancroft Fund Ltd. (BCV) is a Financial Services stock with a market cap of $140.00M. The stock last traded around $25.40 and up 37.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 โ†’ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -30.4%, EPS growth of +238.6%, a dividend yield of 5.4%. What stands out right now is revenue -30.4%, EPS +238.6%, free cash flow 0.0% with operating margin 428.1% and ROIC 24.7%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 5.4%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 3.4 and price/sales 14.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines BCV price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.

Benchmark Edge

BCV vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs

Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.

Shared 1Y chart + MAX history table

Relative Read

Mixed setup vs SPY

BCV is 17.08 pts ahead over the shared 1Y window.

BCV had 3.99 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.

BCV beat SPY in 2 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 0.

BCV

+37.94%

Normalized return

SPY

+20.86%

S&P 500

Excess Return

+17.08 pts

Relative to SPY

BCV Max Drawdown

-13.12%

Trailing 1Y

SPY Max Drawdown

-9.13%

Trailing 1Y

BCVSPY

Calendar-Year Returns

Uses the longest available daily history for BCV and SPY.

YearBCVSPYExcessLeader
2026+18.45%+6.71%+11.74 ptsBCV
2025+17.09%+11.19%+5.90 ptsBCV

Financial profile

Bancroft Fund Ltd. (BCV)

Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.

FY Revenue

$27.5M

-35.7% YoY

FY Net Income

$27.0M

-36.2% YoY

Free Cash Flow

$7.3M

-69.3% YoY

Revenue Growth

-30.4%

EPS Growth

+238.6%

Gross Margin

73.5%

Net Margin

428.1%

Income statement

USD

Annual
Metric20252024202220212020
Revenue10M14M-48M43M28M
Gross Profit9M14M-50M41M26M
Operating Income43M14M-49M42M27M
EBITDA43M14M-49M42M27M
Net Income43M14M-49M42M27M
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Balance sheet

USD

Point-in-time
Metric20252024202220212020
Cash & Equivalents0502157031K
Total Assets174M151M148M213M185M
Total Liabilities226K9M365K561K1M
Shareholder Equity174M141M148M213M184M
Total Debt775001K0
Net Debt775-502-1571K-31K

Cash flow positioning

Latest Full Year

Operating Cash Flow

7M

-69.3% YoY

Capital Expenditures

0

Free Cash Flow

7M

-69.3% YoY

Key ratios

  • Gross Margin

    73.5%

  • Operating Margin

    428.1%

  • Net Margin

    428.1%

  • ROE

    27.2%

  • Debt / Equity

    0.00x

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