Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA) Stock Analysis

Company Overview

Liberty All-Star Equity Fund trades under the ticker USA. The company sits in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management industry.

The most recent close on file for USA is $5.97, dated September 4, 2026. That is −$0.05 (−0.83%) against the previous close. Over the past 52 weeks the price has ranged from $5.40 to $6.60. The latest close sits 10.56% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

The most recent full year on file, fiscal 2025, shows revenue of $172.73M. That is −33.56% against the prior fiscal year, when revenue was $259.99M. Net income for the same year was $167.90M. That is −34.24% against the prior fiscal year. The reported profit margin is 252.1%. That is 228 percentage points above the Asset Management median of 24.09%. Earnings per share on a trailing basis come to 0.56.

Across the 4 fiscal years on file, revenue moves from −$407.93M in 2022 to $172.73M in 2025. Of those 4 years, 3 report positive net income.

Valuation Assessment

The trailing P/E ratio stands at 10.66. That is 3.09% above the Asset Management median of 10.34. The medians here are taken across 561 Asset Management companies that report the metric.

Annualized volatility over the trailing 10 years is 22.58%. Over the trailing twelve months the price has returned +1.08%. Across 10 years the annualized return works out at +12.15%.

Growth & Income

The trailing dividend yield is 11.22%. That is 3.1 percentage points above the Asset Management median yield of 8.11%. At the indicated rate that is $0.67 a share a year. The ex-dividend date on file is July 16, 2026. Dividends are recorded for 11 calendar years; 2026 shows 3 payments totalling $0.50 a share. The year before, 2025, totalled $0.67 a share.

The strongest complete calendar year on file is 2019 at +39.70%; the weakest is 2022 at −25.21%. Of the 9 complete calendar years on file, 7 finished higher. 2026 is still running; the price is +3.34% year to date.