Cash Dividend On The Way From Bancroft Fund's Series A Preferred Shares

On 9/21/26, Bancroft Fund Ltd.'s 5.375% Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares (Symbol: BCV.PRA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.3359, payable on 9/28/26. As a percentage of BCV.PRA's recent share price of $20.00, this dividend works out to approximately 1.68%, so look for shares of BCV.PRA to trade 1.68% lower — all else being equal — when BCV.PRA shares open for trading on 9/21/26. On an annualized basis, the current yield is approximately 6.98%, which compares to an average yield of 6.69% in the "ETFs & CEFs" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel . The chart below shows the one year performance of BCV.PRA shares, versus BCV: Below is a dividend history chart for BCV.