ASG vs. CET, QQQX, GAM, MUC, MFIC, SLRC, MQY, HQH, MYI, and PHK
Should you be buying Liberty All-Star Growth Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund include Central Securities (CET), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), General American Investors (GAM), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), SLR Investment (SLRC), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Central Securities (NYSE:CET) and Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (NYSE:ASG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Central Securities has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty All-Star Growth Fund has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Central Securities had 4 more articles in the media than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Central Securities and 1 mentions for Liberty All-Star Growth Fund. Central Securities' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's score of -0.16 indicating that Liberty All-Star Growth Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
8.7% of Central Securities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of Central Securities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund received 99 more outperform votes than Central Securities when rated by MarketBeat users.
Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund beats Central Securities on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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