Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP) Competitors

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE:USA) and Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, USA or CCAP?

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor USA or CCAP?

In the previous week, Crescent Capital BDC had 16 more articles in the media than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Crescent Capital BDC and 1 mentions for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Crescent Capital BDC's score of -0.18 indicating that Liberty All-Star Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Crescent Capital BDC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is USA or CCAP more profitable?

Crescent Capital BDC has a net margin of 37.32% compared to Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Crescent Capital BDC's return on equity of 11.90% beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Crescent Capital BDC	37.32%	11.90%	5.40%

Which has better valuation & earnings, USA or CCAP?

Crescent Capital BDC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund	$259.99M	6.88	N/A	N/A	N/A
Crescent Capital BDC	$83.50M	6.86	$83.84M	$1.34	11.53

Is USA or CCAP a better dividend stock?

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Crescent Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Crescent Capital BDC pays out 125.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crescent Capital BDC has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Crescent Capital BDC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend USA or CCAP?

Crescent Capital BDC has a consensus target price of $17.60, indicating a potential upside of 13.92%. Given Crescent Capital BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Crescent Capital BDC is more favorable than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Crescent Capital BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in USA or CCAP?

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund received 288 more outperform votes than Crescent Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.87% of users gave Liberty All-Star Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 53.03% of users gave Crescent Capital BDC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund	Outperform Votes 323 68.87%	Underperform Votes 146 31.13%
Crescent Capital BDC	Outperform Votes 35 53.03%	Underperform Votes 31 46.97%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in USA or CCAP?

9.9% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Crescent Capital BDC beats Liberty All-Star Equity Fund on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.