# Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-11-04. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $6.00, market value $1.8 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 27.3×** (5-yr avg 6.6×, 3-yr avg 6.6×). Liberty All-Star Equity Fund trades at 27.3× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 6.6×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 10.4×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 10.4×, a level that requires very high margins or very fast growth to justify.
- **Price / book: 0.9×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Earnings yield: 3.7%**. The inverse of the P/E: 3.7% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 97.2%**. 97.2% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 8.1%**. 8.1% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.
- **Return on assets: 7.6%**. Each dollar of assets produces 7.6% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -33.6%**. Revenue fell 33.6% over the last year.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -38.5%**. Earnings per share fell 38.5%, roughly in step with revenue.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 11.33%** ($0.68 per share, trailing). Liberty All-Star Equity Fund yields 11.33%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 1.2%/yr** (1-yr -5.6%). The dividend has grown 1.2% a year over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 6.1%** (YTD 3.7%, 3-mo 1.5%). The shares are up 6.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -6.7%** (11.1% above the low). Trading 7% 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): 56**. An RSI of 56 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.84** (volatility 14%). Beta of 0.84 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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