USA vs. FSK, DNP, PTY, ADX, GAB, RVT, STEW, OXLC, BCAT, 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), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Value Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), and Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund vs.
FS KKR Capital (NYSE:FSK) and Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE:USA) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
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.
FS KKR Capital presently has a consensus target price of $21.30, suggesting a potential upside of 0.24%. Given FS KKR Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe FS KKR Capital is more favorable than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund.
36.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of FS KKR Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FS KKR Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund.
In the previous week, FS KKR Capital had 12 more articles in the media than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for FS KKR Capital and 0 mentions for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. FS KKR Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that FS KKR Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FS KKR Capital pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Liberty All-Star Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. FS KKR Capital pays out 122.5% 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 47.88% of users gave FS KKR Capital an outperform vote.
FS KKR Capital has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
FS KKR Capital beats Liberty All-Star Equity Fund on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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