USA vs. FSK, OBDC, ADX, PTY, RVT, OXLC, BCAT, GAB, STEW, and GSBD
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 FS KKR Capital (FSK), Blue Owl Capital (OBDC), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), and Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund vs.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE:USA) and FS KKR Capital (NYSE:FSK) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
FS KKR Capital has a net margin of 29.98% compared to Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. FS KKR Capital's return on equity of 12.31% beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's return on equity.
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, FS KKR Capital has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FS KKR Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. FS KKR Capital pays out 136.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund received 244 more outperform votes than FS KKR Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.87% of users gave Liberty All-Star Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 49.07% of users gave FS KKR Capital an outperform vote.
FS KKR Capital has a consensus price target of $20.25, indicating a potential downside of 9.05%. Given FS KKR Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe FS KKR Capital is more favorable than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund.
10.0% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, FS KKR Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for FS KKR Capital and 5 mentions for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. FS KKR Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's score of 0.32 indicating that FS KKR Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
FS KKR Capital beats Liberty All-Star Equity Fund on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:USA) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
