USA vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, RVT, GSBD, TY, GAB, STEW, and CET
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 Hercules Capital (HTGC), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Tri-Continental (TY), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), and Central Securities (CET). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE:USA) and Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Hercules Capital's return on equity of 18.35% beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's return on equity.
In the previous week, Liberty All-Star Equity Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Hercules Capital. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund and 4 mentions for Hercules Capital. Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Hercules Capital's score of 0.20 indicating that Liberty All-Star Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hercules Capital received 142 more outperform votes than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.87% of users gave Liberty All-Star Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 64.32% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote.
Hercules Capital has a consensus target price of $18.88, indicating a potential downside of 11.90%. Given Hercules Capital's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund.
10.0% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats Liberty All-Star Equity Fund on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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