# Liberty All-Star Growth Fund Inc. (ASG) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $5.12, market value $326 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 23.3×** (5-yr avg 5.1×, 3-yr avg 5.1×). Liberty All-Star Growth Fund Inc. trades at 23.3× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 5.1×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 20.5×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 20.5×, a level that requires very high margins or very fast growth to justify.
- **Price / book: 0.8×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Earnings yield: 4.3%**. The inverse of the P/E: 4.3% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 92.3%**. 92.3% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 4.0%**. 4.0% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 3.9%**. Each dollar of assets produces 3.9% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -69.1%**. Revenue fell 69.1% over the last year.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 9.18%** ($0.24 per share, trailing). Liberty All-Star Growth Fund Inc. yields 9.18%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): -6.1%/yr** (1-yr -2.1%). The dividend has not grown over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 0.6%** (YTD 3.2%, 3-mo 0.7%). The shares are up 0.6% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -10.0%** (12.5% above the low). Trading 10% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 39**. An RSI of 39 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 1.15** (volatility 18%). Beta of 1.15 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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