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Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG) Competitors

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$5.48 -0.01 (-0.18%)
As of 07/3/2025 03:39 PM Eastern
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ASG vs. MFIC, NMFC, PFLT, BCSF, BBDC, AWF, HQH, PHK, CGBD, and BTO

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 John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund (BTO). 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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MidCap Financial Investment$301.78M3.93$98.82M$1.2410.25
Liberty All-Star Growth FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

MidCap Financial Investment presently 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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MidCap Financial Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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 8.4%. 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.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MidCap Financial Investment33.21% 10.66% 4.52%
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund N/A N/A N/A

MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share 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 share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 1.15 indicating that Liberty All-Star Growth Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MidCap Financial Investment
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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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ASG vs. The Competition

MetricLiberty All-Star Growth FundFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$3.72B$12.11B$20.72B
Dividend Yield8.33%6.77%5.54%3.72%
P/E RatioN/AN/A20.0428.07
Price / SalesN/A17.1825.7138.44
Price / CashN/A17.7521.7022.53
Price / BookN/A1.172.284.58
Net IncomeN/A$158.51M$1.00B$985.54M
7 Day Performance1.09%1.51%2.25%2.79%
1 Month Performance3.40%2.65%4.63%5.46%
1 Year Performance1.86%2.89%538.61%15.06%

Liberty All-Star Growth Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASG
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund
N/A$5.48
-0.2%
N/A+2.0%$0.00N/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
3.0793 of 5 stars
$12.62
+1.0%
$14.00
+10.9%
-17.2%$1.17B$301.78M10.18N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
NMFC
New Mountain Finance
1.6613 of 5 stars
$10.55
+0.1%
$10.67
+1.1%
-13.7%$1.14B$371.67M10.55N/A
PFLT
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
3.3708 of 5 stars
$10.35
+1.0%
$10.92
+5.5%
-9.7%$1.03B$84.09M7.39658News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
BCSF
Bain Capital Specialty Finance
1.2393 of 5 stars
$15.02
+0.5%
$16.50
+9.9%
-8.2%$969.14M$292.65M8.631,000News Coverage
BBDC
Barings Bdc
2.3894 of 5 stars
$9.16
+0.7%
$9.67
+5.5%
-6.2%$959.22M$286.17M9.7426
AWF
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund
N/A$11.05
+0.5%
N/A+4.9%$948.53MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
HQH
abrdn Healthcare Investors
N/A$15.57
+0.3%
N/A-9.9%$836.48MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
N/A$4.80
+0.4%
N/A-0.1%$819.73MN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
CGBD
Carlyle Secured Lending
1.0448 of 5 stars
$13.68
-1.7%
$14.75
+7.8%
-23.5%$709.32M$232.59M10.13N/APositive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
BTO
John Hancock Financial Opportunities Fund
N/A$35.39
+1.0%
N/A+28.2%$691.96MN/A0.002,719

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This page (NYSE:ASG) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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