Liberty All-Star Equity Fund Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Liberty All-Star Equity Fund stock.
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Liberty All-Star Equity Fund saw a drop in short interest in February. As of February 12th, there was short interest totaling 267,800 shares, a drop of 60.8% from the January 28th total of 682,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 776,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days.
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Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's stock was trading at $5.37 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, USA shares have increased by 38.2% and is now trading at $7.42.
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Liberty All-Star Equity Fund declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.19 per share on Monday, March 8th. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 10.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 21st. This is an increase from Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16.
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Liberty All-Star Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.65 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.88%. USA has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer.
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1 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's stock. Their forecasts range from $5.70 to $5.70. On average, they expect Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's stock price to reach $5.70 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 23.2%.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Liberty All-Star Equity Fund investors own include CA (CA), BlackRock (BLK), Endologix (ELGX), Athabasca Oil Co. (ATH.TO) (ATH), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), NIC (EGOV), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (ARI), Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (GTE.TO) (GTE) and Micron Technology (MU).

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "USA."

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.34%), Morgan Stanley (1.20%), Penserra Capital Management LLC (0.85%), LPL Financial LLC (0.62%), Blue Bell Private Wealth Management LLC (0.42%) and Guggenheim Capital LLC (0.30%). Company insiders that own Liberty All-Star Equity Fund stock include John J Neuhauser, Milton M Irvin and Thomas W Brock.
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USA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LPL Financial LLC, Guggenheim Capital LLC, Sawtooth Solutions LLC, Avantax Advisory Services Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Quad Cities Investment Group LLC, AE Wealth Management LLC, and Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc..
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USA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Shaker Financial Services LLC, Landscape Capital Management L.L.C., Marks Group Wealth Management Inc, Bickling Financial Services Inc., Penserra Capital Management LLC, Centaurus Financial Inc., National Asset Management Inc., and Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Liberty All-Star Equity Fund stock in the last two years include John J Neuhauser, Milton M Irvin, and Thomas W Brock.
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Shares of USA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of USA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $7.42.

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has a market capitalization of $1.58 billion.

The official website for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund is www.all-starfunds.com.

The closed-end fund can be reached via phone at 303-623-2577.