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Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA) Competitors

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$6.48 +0.05 (+0.78%)
Closing price 05/2/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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USA vs. FSK, DNP, PTY, ADX, NUV, GAB, STEW, RVT, OXLC, and BCAT

Should you be buying Liberty All-Star Equity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund include FS KKR Capital (FSK), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), and BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund vs.

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE:USA) and FS KKR Capital (NYSE:FSK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

FS KKR Capital has a net margin of 29.98% compared to Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. FS KKR Capital's return on equity of 12.31% beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Liberty All-Star Equity FundN/A N/A N/A
FS KKR Capital 29.98%12.31%5.47%

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.8%. FS KKR Capital pays out 122.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, FS KKR Capital had 7 more articles in the media than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for FS KKR Capital and 3 mentions for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. FS KKR Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's score of 0.37 indicating that FS KKR Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
FS KKR Capital
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund received 244 more outperform votes than FS KKR Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.87% of users gave Liberty All-Star Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 47.02% of users gave FS KKR Capital an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Liberty All-Star Equity FundOutperform Votes
323
68.87%
Underperform Votes
146
31.13%
FS KKR CapitalOutperform Votes
79
47.02%
Underperform Votes
89
52.98%

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS KKR Capital has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

FS KKR Capital has a consensus price target of $19.90, indicating a potential downside of 0.40%. Given FS KKR Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FS KKR Capital is more favorable than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
FS KKR Capital
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.80

9.9% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held 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.

FS KKR Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund$259.99M6.75N/AN/AN/A
FS KKR Capital$664M8.43$696M$2.099.56

Summary

FS KKR Capital beats Liberty All-Star Equity Fund on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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USA vs. The Competition

MetricLiberty All-Star Equity FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.76B$6.78B$11.28B$19.21B
Dividend Yield10.83%6.91%5.58%4.01%
P/E RatioN/A3.5322.2733.50
Price / Sales6.7521.9626.5929.16
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6017.52
Price / BookN/A0.872.644.55
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.86%1.42%1.99%2.30%
1 Month Performance7.11%3.66%7.07%8.54%
1 Year Performance-4.42%1.49%539.39%4.75%

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
USA
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
N/A$6.48
+0.8%
N/A-4.2%$1.76B$259.99M0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
News Coverage
FSK
FS KKR Capital
1.3056 of 5 stars
$20.26
+0.4%
$19.90
-1.8%
+4.0%$5.67B$664M10.78N/AUpcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
DNP
DNP Select Income Fund
N/A$9.64
+1.0%
N/A+10.1%$3.57B$851.71M0.00590Short Interest ↓
Positive News
PTY
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
N/A$13.67
+0.2%
N/A-4.7%$2.48B$230.95M0.00147,000News Coverage
ADX
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
N/A$18.63
-2.2%
N/A+0.2%$2.19B$564.12M0.0030Positive News
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
N/A$8.66
-0.2%
N/A+1.4%$1.80B$200.53M0.00640Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
GAB
The Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.46
+1.2%
N/A+4.5%$1.68B$203.01M0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$17.05
+0.6%
N/A+22.2%$1.65B$550.34M0.00N/ANews Coverage
RVT
Royce Value Trust
N/A$13.89
+0.1%
N/A-1.6%$1.60B$9.80M0.0050Positive News
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
1.176 of 5 stars
$4.61
+0.9%
N/A-8.3%$1.59B$194.42M5.55601Short Interest ↑
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$14.38
+0.5%
N/A-7.0%$1.55B$197.67M0.00147,000Positive News

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