ASG vs. MIN, RFI, WHF, NCA, PMO, MHN, PMM, MIY, PPT, and RCS
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 MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), and PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (NYSE:ASG) and MFS Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE:MIN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, MFS Intermediate Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MFS Intermediate Income Trust and 1 mentions for Liberty All-Star Growth Fund. MFS Intermediate Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that MFS Intermediate Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
21.6% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of MFS Intermediate Income Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MFS Intermediate Income Trust has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. MFS Intermediate Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%.
MFS Intermediate Income Trust received 48 more outperform votes than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.76% of users gave MFS Intermediate Income Trust an outperform vote while only 57.23% of users gave Liberty All-Star Growth Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
MFS Intermediate Income Trust beats Liberty All-Star Growth Fund on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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