BCV News and Press, Bancroft Fund Ltd. From 04/26/23

First Quarter 2023 Highlights Net Earnings of $59.3 million, or $0.42 per share Return on Average Tangible Common Equity of 20.59% Return on Average Assets of 1.47% Noninterest-bearing deposits 63.92% of total deposits Cost of deposits of 0.17% ...

ONTARIO, Calif., March 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CVB Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CVBF), the holding company for Citizens Business Bank, was ranked by S&P Global Market Intelligence as the third best-performing public bank with assets greater than $10 billion in the United States for 2022...

ONTARIO, Calif., March 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CVB Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CVBF) (the “Company”) announced a twenty cent ($0.20) per share cash dividend with respect to the first quarter of 2023. This dividend was approved at the Company’s regularly scheduled Board of D...

2023-03-15 21:34:10 ET Summary Despite the volatility we've seen in the market, CGO has continued to hang on to its narrow discount. The fund's distribution was trimmed last year but remains elevated as a solid rebound hasn't been able to take hold in the broader market. While...

Summary NCV and NCZ have seen their discounts narrow from the wide discount we saw several months ago. NCZ presents a potentially better opportunity with a larger discount compared to NCV. Both of these funds carry some elevated leverage levels, but the recovery in the broader marke...

ONTARIO, Calif., Feb. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CVB Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CVBF), the holding company for Citizens Business Bank (the “Bank”), has earned the ranking of “Best Bank in America” for the fourth time in eight years, according to Forbes’ A...

Summary We last looked at AVK around 8 months ago when a reader asked my thoughts. Since then, the fund's discount has opened up a bit further, but it still isn't appealing. The high distribution is attractive but is at risk for cuts similar to peers unless the rebound continues in ...

Fourth Quarter 2022 Highlights Net Earnings of $66.2 million, or $0.47 per share Return on Average Tangible Common Equity of 23.65% Return on average assets of 1.60% Net Interest Margin expands by 0.23% to 3.69% Efficiency Ratio of 36.31% Fu...

Summary CHY has had a tough time being highly leveraged and growth investments being out of favor. The fund relies heavily on capital gains to fund the distribution, and that could be a catalyst for a premium drop if it's adjusted lower. There are some alternatives that one could co...

Summary The overall market and BCV have been stabilizing since our previous update. Being towards the end of interest rate hikes should mean that this stabilization could continue. The fund offers a wide discount with diversified convertible bond exposure. Written by Nick Ac...