VCV vs. USA, NUV, GSBD, RVT, TY, GAB, STEW, CET, QQQX, and GAM
Should you be buying Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust include Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Tri-Continental (TY), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Central Securities (CET), Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), and General American Investors (GAM). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:VCV) and Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE:USA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk and profitability.
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund received 118 more outperform votes than Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.87% of users gave Liberty All-Star Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 66.78% of users gave Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Liberty All-Star Equity Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund and 1 mentions for Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust. Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's score of 0.62 indicating that Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
18.8% of Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.0% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Liberty All-Star Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%.
Summary
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund beats Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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