ASG vs. BCSF, CGBD, ECC, PEO, MYN, KTF, TPVG, SAR, MIN, and MMT
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 Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), Eagle Point Credit (ECC), Adams Natural Resources Fund (PEO), BlackRock MuniYield New York Quality Fund (MYN), DWS Municipal Income Trust (KTF), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), Saratoga Investment (SAR), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), and MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance (NYSE:BCSF) and Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (NYSE:ASG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund received 41 more outperform votes than Bain Capital Specialty Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.23% of users gave Liberty All-Star Growth Fund an outperform vote while only 43.61% of users gave Bain Capital Specialty Finance an outperform vote.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays out 84.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty All-Star Growth Fund has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance currently has a consensus target price of $16.67, indicating a potential downside of 0.70%. Given Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bain Capital Specialty Finance is more favorable than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a net margin of 43.42% compared to Bain Capital Specialty Finance's net margin of 0.00%. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's return on equity of 12.64% beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's return on equity.
21.6% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Bain Capital Specialty Finance has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund.
In the previous week, Bain Capital Specialty Finance had 2 more articles in the media than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance and 2 mentions for Liberty All-Star Growth Fund. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's score of 0.32 indicating that Bain Capital Specialty Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Bain Capital Specialty Finance beats Liberty All-Star Growth Fund on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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