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Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA) Stock Analysis

Recovery setup

SellVALUE-TRAP 2/5Moderate Confidence

Financial Services · Asset Management

Sell if holding. Momentum 3.3/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $5.80 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Leverage penalty (D/E 5.2): -1.5; Earnings expected to decline ~98% (cyclical peak).

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

$5.80-1.3% A.UpsideScore 4.7/10#99 of 109 Asset Management
Stop $5.67Target $5.73(resistance)A.R:R 0.0:1

Sell if holding. Momentum 3.3/10 is below the 5.0 floor at $5.80 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Leverage penalty (D/E 5.2): -1.5; Earnings expected to decline ~98% (cyclical peak). Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 72. Score 4.7/10, moderate confidence.

Passes 5/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity no date, semi cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.

Thesis

Rewards
Attractive valuation
Margin of safety: 31%
Risks
Earnings expected to decline ~98% (cyclical peak)
Leverage penalty (D/E 5.2): -1.5
Weak overall score: 4.7/10

Key Metrics

P/E (TTM)10.3
P/E (Fwd)577.0
Mkt Cap$1.7B
EV/EBITDA
Profit Mgn553.4%
ROE8.3%
Rev Growth-9.8%
Beta1.03
Dividend11.79%
Rating analysts

Quality Signals

Piotroski F3/9

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Rating Breakdown

3 floor-breakers·2 ceiling hits

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

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

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

Growth Rank
1.1
Value Rank
3.1
Quality Rank
6.6
Best-in-class margins

Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static

Volume
0.0
Obv
1.0
Rsi
2.9
Ma Position
6.0
Macd
6.7
Overbought bear rally (RSI 72)Volume distribution (falling OBV)Below 200-MA, MA slope -1.1%/30d — confirmed downtrend
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 CLEARRecoverySuitability: Aggressive
RSI
72 · Overbought
20D MA 50D MA 200D MADEATH CROSSSupport $5.37Resistance $5.85

Price Targets

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

Position Sizing

ConvictionNone
Suggested %0.5%
Max %1%
RegimeSteady

Risk Alerts

! Cyclical trap - fwd PE 577x vs trail 10x (56.0x)
! Momentum score 3.3/10 — below 4.5 minimum
! 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 $5.80 — engine's falling-knife protection flags exit rather than catching a breakdown. Specifics: Leverage penalty (D/E 5.2): -1.5; Earnings expected to decline ~98% (cyclical peak). Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 72. Prior stop was $5.67. Score 4.7/10, moderate confidence.

What is the USA stock price target?

Take-profit target: $5.73 (-1.3% upside). Prior stop was $5.67. Stop-loss: $5.67.

What are the risks of investing in USA?

Earnings expected to decline ~98% (cyclical peak); Leverage penalty (D/E 5.2): -1.5; Weak overall score: 4.7/10.

Is USA overvalued or undervalued?

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund trades at a P/E of 10.3 (forward 577.0). TrendMatrix value score: 8.9/10. 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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