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SWZ vs. ASG, MIN, TPVG, MHN, NCA, DSM, IIF, TWN, MMT, and TDF

Should you be buying The Swiss Helvetia Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Swiss Helvetia Fund include Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (ASG), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC (TPVG), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund (IIF), The Taiwan Fund (TWN), MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT), and Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

The Swiss Helvetia Fund vs. Its Competitors

The Swiss Helvetia Fund (NYSE:SWZ) and Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (NYSE:ASG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, The Swiss Helvetia Fund and The Swiss Helvetia Fund both had 1 articles in the media. The Swiss Helvetia Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's score of -1.00 indicating that The Swiss Helvetia Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
The Swiss Helvetia Fund Positive
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund Negative

The Swiss Helvetia Fund has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty All-Star Growth Fund has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

The Swiss Helvetia Fund received 50 more outperform votes than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.50% of users gave The Swiss Helvetia Fund an outperform vote while only 57.23% of users gave Liberty All-Star Growth Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Swiss Helvetia FundOutperform Votes
149
74.50%
Underperform Votes
51
25.50%
Liberty All-Star Growth FundOutperform Votes
99
57.23%
Underperform Votes
74
42.77%

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Swiss Helvetia FundN/A N/A N/A
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund N/A N/A N/A

Liberty All-Star Growth Fund has higher revenue and earnings than The Swiss Helvetia Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Swiss Helvetia Fund-$2.60M-31.49-$27.40MN/AN/A
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund$51.46M5.98N/AN/AN/A

41.1% of The Swiss Helvetia Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of The Swiss Helvetia Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

The Swiss Helvetia Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%.

Summary

Liberty All-Star Growth Fund beats The Swiss Helvetia Fund on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SWZ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SWZ vs. The Competition

MetricThe Swiss Helvetia FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$81.78M$7.06B$11.61B$19.66B
Dividend Yield8.74%6.77%5.65%3.82%
P/E RatioN/A3.5822.7935.09
Price / Sales-31.4924.5026.7742.90
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6017.51
Price / BookN/A0.912.854.79
Net Income-$27.40M$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.16%0.03%-0.17%-0.15%
1 Month Performance0.24%0.90%0.28%1.25%
1 Year Performance-23.23%2.05%539.88%9.45%

The Swiss Helvetia Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SWZ
The Swiss Helvetia Fund
N/A$6.30
-1.2%
N/A-22.3%$81.78M-$2.60M0.00N/APositive News
Short Interest ↓
ASG
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund
N/A$5.37
+0.9%
N/A+1.5%$312.73M$51.46M0.00N/ANegative News
Short Interest ↑
MIN
MFS Intermediate Income Trust
N/A$2.67
+0.2%
N/A+1.1%$303.27M$27.88M0.00N/A
TPVG
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC
0.98 of 5 stars
$7.32
+1.7%
$6.79
-7.2%
-22.4%$294.30M$50.00M34.83N/APositive News
MHN
BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund
N/A$9.73
+0.1%
N/A-9.3%$294.10M$1.30M0.00N/APositive News
Upcoming Earnings
NCA
Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund
N/A$8.46
-0.1%
N/A-2.7%$280.09M$17.68M0.00N/APositive News
Short Interest ↓
DSM
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund
N/A$5.55
flat
N/A-4.3%$274.33M$33.49M0.0020,786Positive News
Short Interest ↓
IIF
Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund
N/A$27.44
+0.7%
N/A+9.8%$262.46M$63.07M0.00N/APositive News
Short Interest ↓
TWN
The Taiwan Fund
N/A$40.06
+1.9%
N/A+2.8%$256.14M$28.45M0.00N/APositive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
MMT
MFS Multimarket Income Trust
N/A$4.63
-0.2%
N/A-0.1%$256.05M$45.79M0.00N/ANegative News
Short Interest ↑
TDF
Templeton Dragon Fund
N/A$10.02
+1.4%
N/A+20.5%$254.04M$27.67M0.00147,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement

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This page (NYSE:SWZ) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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