ASG vs. CET, MFIC, NMFC, BCSF, MUC, BBDC, AWF, PFLT, CGBD, and HQH
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 Central Securities (CET), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Barings BDC (BBDC), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (PFLT), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), and Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund vs.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund (NYSE:ASG) and Central Securities (NYSE:CET) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
21.6% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.7% of Central Securities shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Central Securities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund received 99 more outperform votes than Central Securities when rated by MarketBeat users.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%.
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Securities has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Liberty All-Star Growth Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Central Securities. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Liberty All-Star Growth Fund and 0 mentions for Central Securities. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Central Securities' score of 0.00 indicating that Liberty All-Star Growth Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund beats Central Securities on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ASG) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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