ECC vs. USA, NUV, GAB, RVT, STEW, BCAT, OXLC, CET, GSBD, and MFIC
Should you be buying Eagle Point Credit stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eagle Point Credit include Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Value Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Central Securities (CET), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), and MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Eagle Point Credit vs. Its Competitors
Eagle Point Credit (NYSE:ECC) and Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE:USA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and profitability.
19.5% of Eagle Point Credit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Eagle Point Credit shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Eagle Point Credit presently has a consensus target price of $8.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.07%. Given Eagle Point Credit's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Eagle Point Credit is more favorable than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund.
Eagle Point Credit has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund.
In the previous week, Eagle Point Credit had 3 more articles in the media than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Eagle Point Credit and 0 mentions for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. Eagle Point Credit's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Eagle Point Credit is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund received 39 more outperform votes than Eagle Point Credit when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.87% of users gave Liberty All-Star Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 68.27% of users gave Eagle Point Credit an outperform vote.
Eagle Point Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.9%. Liberty All-Star Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Eagle Point Credit pays out -420.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Eagle Point Credit has a net margin of 44.67% compared to Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Eagle Point Credit's return on equity of 12.53% beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's return on equity.
Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Eagle Point Credit beats Liberty All-Star Equity Fund on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:ECC) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
