ASG vs. RFI, MIN, WHF, NCA, PMO, MHN, PMM, MIY, PPT, and MMT
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 Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (MIN), WhiteHorse Finance (WHF), Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund (NCA), Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO), BlackRock MuniHoldings New York Quality Fund (MHN), Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust (PMM), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund (MIY), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), and MFS Multimarket Income Trust (MMT). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (NYSE:RFI) 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 businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund received 17 more outperform votes than Liberty All-Star Growth Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.82% of users gave Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund an outperform vote while only 57.23% of users gave Liberty All-Star Growth Fund an outperform vote.
20.4% of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Liberty All-Star Growth Fund 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.
In the previous week, Liberty All-Star Growth Fund had 4 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Liberty All-Star Growth Fund and 1 mentions for Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund. Liberty All-Star Growth Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund's score of 0.80 indicating that Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty All-Star Growth Fund has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Liberty All-Star Growth Fund beats Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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