CION vs. USA, NUV, RVT, GAB, STEW, OXLC, BCAT, CET, GSBD, and MFIC
Should you be buying CION Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CION Investment include Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Royce Value Trust (RVT), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Central Securities (CET), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), and MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
CION Investment vs.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE:USA) and CION Investment (NYSE:CION) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.
CION Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. CION Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.1%. CION Investment pays out -496.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CION Investment has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CION Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
CION Investment has a net margin of 31.21% compared to Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. CION Investment's return on equity of 11.49% beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's return on equity.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CION Investment has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund received 319 more outperform votes than CION Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.87% of users gave Liberty All-Star Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 26.67% of users gave CION Investment an outperform vote.
9.9% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of CION Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of CION Investment 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.
CION Investment has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.12%. Given CION Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CION Investment is more favorable than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund.
In the previous week, CION Investment had 2 more articles in the media than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CION Investment and 1 mentions for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. CION Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's score of 0.20 indicating that CION Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
CION Investment beats Liberty All-Star Equity Fund on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CION) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
