ASG vs. MFIC, NMFC, MUC, BCSF, BBDC, AWF, PFLT, HQH, CGBD, and PHK
Should you be buying Liberty All-Star Growth Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund include MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund vs.
MidCap Financial Investment (NASDAQ:MFIC) and Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (NYSE:ASG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund received 87 more outperform votes than MidCap Financial Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.23% of users gave Liberty All-Star Growth Fund an outperform vote while only 48.00% of users gave MidCap Financial Investment an outperform vote.
MidCap Financial Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund.
MidCap Financial Investment presently has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.30%. Given MidCap Financial Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MidCap Financial Investment is more favorable than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund.
In the previous week, Liberty All-Star Growth Fund had 3 more articles in the media than MidCap Financial Investment. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Liberty All-Star Growth Fund and 4 mentions for MidCap Financial Investment. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat MidCap Financial Investment's score of 0.79 indicating that Liberty All-Star Growth Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MidCap Financial Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.9%. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. MidCap Financial Investment pays out 116.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
28.5% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of MidCap Financial Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MidCap Financial Investment has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty All-Star Growth Fund has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MidCap Financial Investment has a net margin of 37.05% compared to Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's net margin of 0.00%. MidCap Financial Investment's return on equity of 11.37% beat Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's return on equity.
Summary
MidCap Financial Investment beats Liberty All-Star Growth Fund on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ASG) was last updated on 4/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
