USA vs. IBB, HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, NUV, GSBD, RVT, GAB, and TY
Should you be buying Liberty All-Star Equity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund include iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB), Hercules Capital (HTGC), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Royce Value Trust (RVT), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), and Tri-Continental (TY). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE:USA) and iShares Biotechnology ETF (NASDAQ:IBB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
10.0% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of iShares Biotechnology ETF shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund received 164 more outperform votes than iShares Biotechnology ETF when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.87% of users gave Liberty All-Star Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 67.09% of users gave iShares Biotechnology ETF an outperform vote.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, iShares Biotechnology ETF has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Liberty All-Star Equity Fund and Liberty All-Star Equity Fund both had 2 articles in the media. Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat iShares Biotechnology ETF's score of 0.78 indicating that Liberty All-Star Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. iShares Biotechnology ETF pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%.
Given iShares Biotechnology ETF's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe iShares Biotechnology ETF is more favorable than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund.
Summary
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund beats iShares Biotechnology ETF on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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