HOFT vs ECF Comparison

Hooker Furnishings Corp is a designer, marketer and importer of casegoods (wooden and metal furniture), leather furniture, fabric-upholstered furniture, lighting, accessories, and home decor for the residential, hospitality and contract markets. It is also domestically manufactured premium residential custom leather, custom fabric-upholstered furniture, and outdoor furniture. The company operates in four segment Hooker Branded segment, Home Meridian segment, Domestic Upholstery segment and All Other.

Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd operate as a closed-end, diversified management investment company. Its investment objective is to provide income and the potential for capital appreciation, which objectives the Fund considers to be relatively equal over the long term due to the nature of the securities in which it invests. The company invests in convertible and equity securities. It invests in various sectors, such as healthcare, financial services, computer software and services, energy and utilities, real estate investment trusts, semiconductors, telecommunications, business services, food and beverage, consumer products, transportation, consumer services among others.