Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA) Competitors

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.

Is USA or GAB more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
The Gabelli Equity Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor USA or GAB?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund	Outperform Votes 323 68.87%	Underperform Votes 146 31.13%
The Gabelli Equity Trust	Outperform Votes 157 63.82%	Underperform Votes 89 36.18%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in USA or GAB?

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.

Is USA or GAB a better dividend stock?

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%.

Which has more risk and volatility, USA or GAB?

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.

Do analysts recommend USA or GAB?

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)	N/A
The Gabelli Equity Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher valuation & earnings, USA or GAB?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
The Gabelli Equity Trust	-$198.00 million	-8.05	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer USA or GAB?

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.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund	Negative
The Gabelli Equity Trust	Positive

Summary

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund beats The Gabelli Equity Trust on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.