Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG) Competitors $5.20 -0.09 (-1.68%) Closing price 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$5.16 -0.04 (-0.81%) As of 07:28 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock ASG vs. MFIC, NMFC, MUC, BCSF, AWF, BBDC, PFLT, HQH, PHK, and CGBDShould 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), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), Barings BDC (BBDC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), and Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund vs. MidCap Financial Investment New Mountain Finance BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Bain Capital Specialty Finance AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund Barings BDC PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Abrdn Healthcare Investors PIMCO High Income Fund Carlyle Secured Lending Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (NYSE:ASG) and MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends. Is ASG or MFIC a better dividend stock? Liberty All-Star Growth Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%. 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. Which has more risk & volatility, ASG or MFIC? Liberty All-Star Growth Fund has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500. Is ASG or MFIC more profitable? MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 37.05% compared to Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's net margin of 0.00%. MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity of 11.37% beat Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Liberty All-Star Growth FundN/A N/A N/A MidCap Financial Investment 37.05%11.37%4.70% Does the media refer more to ASG or MFIC? In the previous week, MidCap Financial Investment had 1 more articles in the media than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 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 0.87 beat MidCap Financial Investment's score of 0.16 indicating that Liberty All-Star Growth Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Liberty All-Star Growth Fund 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive MidCap Financial Investment 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ASG or MFIC? Liberty All-Star Growth Fund received 85 more outperform votes than MidCap Financial Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.23% of users gave Liberty All-Star Growth Fund an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave MidCap Financial Investment an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformLiberty All-Star Growth FundOutperform Votes9957.23% Underperform Votes7442.77% MidCap Financial InvestmentOutperform Votes1450.00% Underperform Votes1450.00% Which has better valuation & earnings, ASG or MFIC? MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLiberty All-Star Growth Fund$51.46M5.89N/AN/AN/AMidCap Financial Investment$113.46M10.30$118.76M$1.2410.10 Do analysts recommend ASG or MFIC? MidCap Financial Investment has a consensus price target of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.73%. Given MidCap Financial Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Liberty All-Star Growth Fund 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00MidCap Financial Investment 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67 Do institutionals and insiders believe in ASG or MFIC? 21.6% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. SummaryMidCap Financial Investment beats Liberty All-Star Growth Fund on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Liberty All-Star Growth Fund News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ASG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ASG vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricLiberty All-Star Growth FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$302.89M$6.91B$11.49B$19.37BDividend Yield8.76%6.78%5.46%3.84%P/E RatioN/A3.5722.4834.23Price / Sales5.8921.7827.2834.85Price / CashN/A7.5117.6217.51Price / BookN/A0.892.794.69Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B7 Day Performance-0.36%-0.52%0.34%-1.34%1 Month Performance17.14%4.88%8.69%9.79%1 Year Performance-2.24%-0.23%537.74%3.27% Liberty All-Star Growth Fund Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ASGLiberty All-Star Growth FundN/A$5.20-1.7%N/A-0.2%$302.89M$51.46M0.00N/ANews CoverageMFICMidCap Financial Investment2.7183 of 5 stars$12.56+3.4%$13.80+9.9%-17.4%$1.17B$110.35M8.05N/APositive NewsGap UpNMFCNew Mountain Finance2.2109 of 5 stars$10.68+2.6%$10.50-1.7%-13.9%$1.15B$118.17M10.17N/APositive NewsMUCBlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/A$10.54-0.3%N/A-4.0%$1.01B$6.39M0.00147,000News CoveragePositive NewsBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance2.2604 of 5 stars$15.36+1.5%$16.50+7.4%-3.0%$996.65M$131.73M7.721,000News CoverageAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$10.76+1.0%N/A+1.4%$927.84M$152.17M0.00N/APositive NewsUpcoming EarningsBBDCBarings BDC2.3327 of 5 stars$8.68+1.3%$9.00+3.7%-5.6%$914.42M$123.59M8.3426News CoverageAnalyst ForecastInsider TradeGap UpPFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital2.7416 of 5 stars$10.23+1.4%$11.38+11.2%-8.3%$899.35M$114.06M7.30658HQHAbrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$15.64+2.9%N/A-7.5%$842.40M$186.46M0.00147,000News CoveragePositive NewsDividend IncreasePHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.79-0.7%N/A-0.4%$818.38M$99.89M0.00147,000CGBDCarlyle Secured Lending1.6687 of 5 stars$14.00+2.4%$14.75+5.4%-19.1%$713.40M$99.28M7.82N/APositive NewsHigh Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies MFIC Competitors NMFC Competitors MUC Competitors BCSF Competitors AWF Competitors BBDC Competitors PFLT Competitors HQH Competitors PHK Competitors CGBD Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:ASG) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMarket Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stockstock Market Panic: Trump Just Dropped a Bomb on Your Stocks The market is in freefall—and Trump's new tarif...American Alternative | SponsoredGold Hits New Highs as Global Markets SpiralWhen Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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