Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG) Competitors $4.93 +0.10 (+2.07%) As of 03:08 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock ASG vs. NMFC, MUC, BCSF, BBDC, AWF, PFLT, HQH, CGBD, ASA, and PHKShould you be buying Liberty All-Star Growth Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund include New Mountain Finance (NMFC), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund vs. New Mountain Finance BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Bain Capital Specialty Finance Barings BDC AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Abrdn Healthcare Investors Carlyle Secured Lending ASA Gold and Precious Metals PIMCO High Income Fund Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (NYSE:ASG) and New Mountain Finance (NASDAQ:NMFC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings. Is ASG or NMFC more profitable? New Mountain Finance has a net margin of 30.28% compared to Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's net margin of 0.00%. New Mountain Finance's return on equity of 11.25% 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 New Mountain Finance 30.28%11.25%4.63% Do insiders & institutionals believe in ASG or NMFC? 21.6% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.1% of New Mountain Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of New Mountain Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has higher earnings & valuation, ASG or NMFC? New Mountain Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLiberty All-Star Growth Fund$51.46M5.58N/AN/AN/ANew Mountain Finance$123.78M8.56$135.34M$1.049.45 Does the media refer more to ASG or NMFC? In the previous week, New Mountain Finance had 8 more articles in the media than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for New Mountain Finance and 1 mentions for Liberty All-Star Growth Fund. New Mountain Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that New Mountain Finance is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Liberty All-Star Growth Fund Negative New Mountain Finance Positive Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ASG or NMFC? Liberty All-Star Growth Fund received 93 more outperform votes than New Mountain Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.23% of users gave Liberty All-Star Growth Fund an outperform vote while only 23.08% of users gave New Mountain Finance an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformLiberty All-Star Growth FundOutperform Votes9957.23% Underperform Votes7442.77% New Mountain FinanceOutperform Votes623.08% Underperform Votes2076.92% Do analysts rate ASG or NMFC? New Mountain Finance has a consensus price target of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.87%. Given New Mountain Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe New Mountain Finance 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) 0.00New Mountain Finance 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Is ASG or NMFC a better dividend stock? Liberty All-Star Growth Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. New Mountain Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. New Mountain Finance pays out 123.1% 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 volatility & risk, ASG or NMFC? Liberty All-Star Growth Fund has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Mountain Finance has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryNew Mountain Finance beats Liberty All-Star Growth Fund on 12 of the 16 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$287.11M$6.73B$11.14B$18.97BDividend Yield9.52%6.92%5.77%4.02%P/E RatioN/A3.5222.1632.98Price / Sales5.5821.5526.1128.04Price / CashN/A7.5117.6017.52Price / BookN/A0.862.674.49Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance3.25%1.23%0.89%0.94%1 Month Performance0.31%-1.96%-0.07%-2.42%1 Year Performance-2.67%2.16%538.67%4.78% 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$4.93+2.1%N/A-4.4%$287.11M$51.46M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑Negative NewsNMFCNew Mountain Finance1.8876 of 5 stars$9.56-1.8%$11.00+15.1%-20.9%$1.03B$123.78M9.10N/AUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↑News CoverageMUCBlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/A$10.15-1.3%N/A-1.0%$974.84M$6.39M0.00147,000BCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.5254 of 5 stars$14.46-3.3%$18.00+24.5%-8.3%$934.33M$138.19M7.271,000Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↑News CoverageBBDCBarings BDC1.3735 of 5 stars$8.50-2.3%$9.50+11.8%-6.1%$895.98M$123.59M8.1726Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastAWFAllianceBernstein Global High Income FundN/A$10.05-0.8%N/A+2.3%$866.61M$152.17M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑PFLTPennantPark Floating Rate Capital2.5489 of 5 stars$9.43-2.9%$11.38+20.6%-11.2%$829.43M$114.06M6.74658Positive NewsHQHAbrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$15.13+0.2%N/A+0.7%$814.93M$186.46M0.00147,000Short Interest ↑CGBDCarlyle Secured Lending1.3271 of 5 stars$14.10-3.4%$17.00+20.6%-14.0%$718.49M$99.28M7.88N/AUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$31.36+2.0%N/A+73.5%$674.99M$118.94M0.001,100PHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.55-0.4%N/A-1.3%$664.88M$99.89M0.00147,000Short Interest ↓Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies NMFC Competitors MUC Competitors BCSF Competitors BBDC Competitors AWF Competitors PFLT Competitors HQH Competitors CGBD Competitors ASA Competitors PHK 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 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHow to invest in Elon Musk’s Optimus before its launchElon Musk is set to completely take over the AI industry with Optimus… A breakthrough AI-powered robot that El...InvestorPlace | SponsoredElon Musk’s next move from the Oval Office?No one is closer to President Trump than Tesla CEO Elon Musk. 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