ASG vs. BBDC, MUC, PFLT, AWF, CGBD, HQH, PHK, NXP, BTO, and ECC
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 Barings BDC (BBDC), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP), John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO), and Eagle Point Credit (ECC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund vs.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (NYSE:ASG) and Barings BDC (NYSE:BBDC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Barings BDC received 4 more outperform votes than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.87% of users gave Barings BDC an outperform vote while only 57.23% of users gave Liberty All-Star Growth Fund an outperform vote.
21.6% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.1% of Barings BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Barings 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.
Barings BDC has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.34%. Given Barings BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Barings BDC is more favorable than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Barings BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. Barings BDC pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Barings BDC has a net margin of 38.54% compared to Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Barings BDC's return on equity of 10.94% beat Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's return on equity.
Barings BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings BDC has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Liberty All-Star Growth Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Barings BDC. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Liberty All-Star Growth Fund and 4 mentions for Barings BDC. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Barings BDC's score of -0.01 indicating that Liberty All-Star Growth Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Barings BDC beats Liberty All-Star Growth Fund on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ASG) was last updated on 3/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
