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NYSE:USA

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA) Competitors

$6.00
+0.07 (+1.18%)
(As of 05/26/2023 07:00 PM ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$5.95
$6.00
50-Day Range
$5.86
$6.31
52-Week Range
$5.41
$7.09
Volume
510,200 shs
Average Volume
692,154 shs
Market Capitalization
$1.56 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
10.17%
Price Target
N/A

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.

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Liberty All-Star Equity FundOutperform Votes
323
68.87%
Underperform Votes
146
31.13%
The Gabelli Equity TrustOutperform Votes
157
63.82%
Underperform Votes
89
36.18%

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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Liberty All-Star Equity FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
The Gabelli Equity Trust-$198.00 million-8.05N/AN/AN/A

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.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding USA 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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USA vs. The Competition

MetricLiberty All-Star Equity FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.56B$5.30B$5.92B$14.27B
Dividend Yield10.17%7.09%9.81%4.08%
P/E RatioN/A0.75161.6720.58
Price / SalesN/A10.656,320.478.81
Price / CashN/A10.8631.9615.16
Price / BookN/A0.851.826.84
Net IncomeN/A$1.62M$643.11M$891.72M
7 Day Performance0.67%-0.04%-0.72%-1.22%
1 Month Performance-0.66%-2.16%-1.76%-2.03%
1 Year Performance-13.67%-11.92%-8.31%-10.36%

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GAB
The Gabelli Equity Trust
0 of 5 stars
$5.46
flat
N/A-21.7%$1.63BN/A0.00N/APositive News
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
2.1379 of 5 stars
$13.26
+1.3%
$15.67
+18.1%
-28.1%$1.45B$357.45M32.34N/AShort Interest ↑
TY
Tri-Continental
0 of 5 stars
$26.13
-0.8%
N/A-11.4%$1.41BN/A0.00N/A
PTY
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
0 of 5 stars
$12.53
-0.7%
N/A-13.9%$1.69B$-245,518,000.000.00147,000Positive News
RVT
Royce Value Trust
0 of 5 stars
$12.86
-0.4%
N/A-17.9%$1.39BN/A0.00147,000Positive News
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
0 of 5 stars
$8.80
flat
N/A-6.8%$1.83BN/A0.00640Short Interest ↑
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
0 of 5 stars
$12.51
-1.2%
N/A-7.5%$1.22BN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
ADX
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
0 of 5 stars
$15.59
-1.5%
N/A-5.3%$1.88BN/A0.00N/APositive News
QQQX
Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund
0 of 5 stars
$23.94
-1.0%
N/A+3.1%$1.16BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
HTGC
Hercules Capital
1.5162 of 5 stars
$13.72
-0.3%
$14.71
+7.2%
-0.7%$1.95B$321.69M9.3390

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This page (NYSE:USA) was last updated on 5/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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