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Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA) Stock Analysis

SellVALUE-TRAP 2/5Moderate Confidence

Financial Services · Asset Management

Sell if holding. Momentum 3.3/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $5.71 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Earnings expected to decline ~98% (cyclical peak); V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.4).

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by ALPS Advisers, Inc. The fund is co-managed by Aristotle Capital Management, LLC, Pzena Investment Management, LLC, Delaware Investments Fund Advisers, Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP, and... Read more

$5.71+1.1% A.UpsideScore 4.7/10#96 of 109 Asset Management
QualityF-score3 / 9FCF yield
IncomeYield11.89%(5y avg 10.37%)Payout119.64%at-risk
Stop $5.58Target $5.78(resistance)A.R:R 0.0:1

Sell if holding. Momentum 3.3/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $5.71 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Earnings expected to decline ~98% (cyclical peak); V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.4). Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 4.7/10, moderate confidence.

Passes 6/9 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity no date, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.

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updated 2026-06-10

Recent Developments — Liberty All-Star Equity Fund

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Thesis

Rewards
Sector modifier (Financial Services): +1.0
Attractive valuation
Margin of safety: 32%
Risks
Earnings expected to decline ~98% (cyclical peak)
V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.4)
Leverage penalty (D/E 5.2): -1.5

Key Metrics

P/E (TTM)10.2
P/E (Fwd)572.0
Mkt Cap$1.7B
EV/EBITDA
Profit Mgn553.4%
ROE8.3%
Rev Growth-9.8%
Beta0.97
Dividend11.89%
Rating analysts

Quality Signals

Piotroski F3/9

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Rating Breakdown

3 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit

Revenue shrinking — -9.8% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static

Earnings Growth
0.0
Revenue Growth
0.1
Declining revenue: -10%

Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static

Obv
1.0
Ma Position
2.0
Macd
3.7
Rsi
4.5
Volume
5.1
Volume distribution (falling OBV)Below 200-MA (recent, shallow — too early to call)

Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static

Growth Rank
1.6
Value Rank
3.2
Quality Rank
6.8
Best-in-class margins
GatesMomentum 3.3<4.5Death cross (50MA < 200MA)A.R:R UPSIDE_EXHAUSTED (upside=0.0%)Insider activity: OKNo SEC red flagsNEWS EVENTS NONE RECENTEARNINGS PROXIMITY NO DATESEMI CYCLE PEAK CLEARMATERIALS CYCLE PEAK CLEARSuitability: Aggressive
RSI
43 · Neutral
20D MA 50D MA 200D MADEATH CROSSSupport $5.67Resistance $5.90

Price Targets

$6
$6
A.Upside+1.2%
A.R:R0.0:1

Position Sizing

ConvictionNone
Suggested %0.5%
Max %1%
RegimeRisk-Off

Risk Alerts

! Cyclical trap - fwd PE 572x vs trail 10x (56.0x)
! momentum at 3.3 (below the engine's 4.5 threshold)
! Death cross — 50-day MA below 200-day MA

Earnings

We could not retrieve earnings history for USA.
The company may be recently listed, pre-revenue, or its beat/miss record wasn't available from our source this run. Earnings signals feed the Growth and Catalyst score dimensions — absence here doesn't affect other dimensions.

Verdict History

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Verdicts are recorded on every nightly pipeline run. Rows capture transitions (verdict flips, score deltas ≥0.3, entry/TP/SL changes). Rows with a ▶ can be expanded to see the change reason. Aggregate cohort performance is tracked in the recommendation ledger.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is USA stock a buy right now?

Sell if holding. Momentum 3.3/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $5.71 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Earnings expected to decline ~98% (cyclical peak); V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.4). Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $5.58. Score 4.7/10, moderate confidence.

What is the USA stock price target?

Take-profit target: $5.78 (+1.1% upside). Prior stop was $5.58. Stop-loss: $5.58.

What are the risks of investing in USA?

Earnings expected to decline ~98% (cyclical peak); V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.4); Leverage penalty (D/E 5.2): -1.5.

Is USA overvalued or undervalued?

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund trades at a P/E of 10.2 (forward 572.0). TrendMatrix value score: 9.0/10. Verdict: Sell.

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What does Liberty All-Star Equity Fund do?Liberty All-Star Equity Fund is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by ALPS Advisers, Inc. The fund...

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by ALPS Advisers, Inc. The fund is co-managed by Aristotle Capital Management, LLC, Pzena Investment Management, LLC, Delaware Investments Fund Advisers, Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP, and TCW Investment Management Company. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in value and growth stocks of large cap companies. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Lipper Large-Cap Core Mutual Fund Average, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ Composite Index, and the S&P 500 Index. Liberty All-Star Equity Fund was formed on October 31, 1986 and is domiciled in the United States.

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