USA vs. GAB, GSBD, TY, PTY, RVT, NUV, STEW, ADX, QQQX, and HTGC
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 The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Tri-Continental (TY), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), and Hercules Capital (HTGC). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund vs.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE:USA) and The Gabelli Equity Trust (NYSE:GAB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund received 166 more outperform votes than The Gabelli Equity Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.87% of users gave Liberty All-Star Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 63.82% of users gave The Gabelli Equity Trust an outperform vote.
9.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.6% of The Gabelli Equity Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of The Gabelli Equity Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. The Gabelli Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Gabelli Equity Trust has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Liberty All-Star Equity Fund had 1 more articles in the media than The Gabelli Equity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund and 1 mentions for The Gabelli Equity Trust. The Gabelli Equity Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's score of -0.50 indicating that The Gabelli Equity Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund beats The Gabelli Equity Trust on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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