ASG vs. MFIC, NMFC, PFLT, BCSF, BBDC, AWF, HQH, PHK, CGBD, and ASA
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 MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), BARINGS BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), and ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund vs. Its Competitors
MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) and Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (NYSE:ASG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund.
28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
MidCap Financial Investment currently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.11%. Given MidCap Financial Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund.
MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty All-Star Growth Fund has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 122.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, MidCap Financial Investment had 2 more articles in the media than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment and 1 mentions for Liberty All-Star Growth Fund. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat MidCap Financial Investment's score of 0.52 indicating that Liberty All-Star Growth Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 33.21% compared to Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's net margin of 0.00%. MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity of 10.66% beat Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's return on equity.
Summary
MidCap Financial Investment beats Liberty All-Star Growth Fund on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:ASG) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
