Liberty All-Star Equity:USA

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    Overview

    As of 1/17/2025

     Share
    Price
    NAVPremium/
    Discount
    Current$7.13$7.130.00%
    52 Wk Avg$6.91$7.02-1.52%
    52 Wk High$7.49$7.471.16%
    52 Wk Low$6.27$6.57-4.28%
    Regular Distribution TypeManaged Distribution
    Distribution Rate9.54%
    Distribution Amount$0.1700
    Distribution FrequencyQuarterly
    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

    Basic Information

    Investment Objective

    The Fund’s investment objective is to seek total investment return, comprised of long-term capital appreciation and current income. The Fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of equity securities.Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets(plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities. Up to 20% of the value of the Fund’s net assets may generally be invested in short-term money market instruments.

    Capital Structure

    As of 1/17/2025

    Total Investment Exposure:$2,035.280M
    Total Common Assets:$2,014.897M
    Common Shares Outstanding:282,594,292
    Leverage

    As of 1/17/2025

    Preferred Share Assets:
    Total Debt (USD): $20.383M
    Regulatory Leverage (USD): $20.383M
    Effective Leverage (USD): $20.383M
    Effective Leverage (%): 1.00%
    Annual Expense Ratios

    As of 12/31/2024

      Per Common Share
    Management Fees0.68%
    Other Expenses:0.25%
    Baseline Expense: N/A
    Interest Expense:N/A
    Total: 0.93%
    Fund Management

    Fund Sponsor
    ALPS Advisors Inc

    Portfolio Managers
    Kishore Rao, Craig C. Blum, Patrick J. English, Howard Gleicher, John J. Flynn

    Basics
    Category: Equity-U.S. Equity
    Ticker: USA
    NAV Ticker: XUSAX
    Average Daily Volume (shares): 710,862
    Average Daily Volume (USD): $4.895M
    Inception Date: 10/31/1986
    Inception Share Price: $10.00
    Inception NAV: $9.98
    Tender Offer: No
    Term: No
    Fiscal Year End: December 31
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    Distributions

    As of 1/17/2025

    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
    Distribution History

    Enter declared start and end dates to display distribution history below. Income, Long Gain, Short Gain and ROC breakdowns will only be shown for the past year.

    Declared Date Payable Date Ex Date Distrib Amount Income Long Gain Short Gain ROC

    *Indicates a Special Distribution: A distribution disbursed in addition to the normal distributions paid out by the company.

    Key Information Regarding Distributions
    Avg. Earnings Per Share:
    As of 6/30/2024
    $0.0203
    Annualized Distribution Rate on NAV:
    As of 1/17/2025
    9.54%
    Total Return on NAV (12 months):
    As of 1/17/2025
    14.13%
    Total % Portfolio Effectively Leveraged:
    As of 1/17/2025
    1.00%

    Pricing Information

    Premium/Discount Information
    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
    Premium/Discount Information

    As of 1/20/2025

    PeriodAvg Discount
    6 Month-0.88%
    1 Year-1.52%
    3 Year0.19%
    5 Year-0.44%
    Z-Score

    As of 1/20/2025

    PeriodZStat
    3 Month0.42
    6 Month0.82
    1 Year1.19
    Pricing History
    Date NAV Premium / Discount

    Performance

    Calendar Year Total Returns

    As of 12/31/2024
    Category: Morningstar US CEF US Equity

    Past 20 Years

    Return YearPriceNAVCategory - PriceCategory - NAV
    YTD20.89%14.13%22.97%15.86%
    202420.89%14.13%22.97%15.86%
    202323.45%26.13%15.59%17.84%
    2022-24.83%-20.36%-20.28%-16.72%
    202135.59%23.76%31.33%22.95%
    202012.97%17.88%8.80%9.76%
    201939.77%29.45%32.25%27.32%
    2018-5.06%-5.31%-11.89%-10.13%
    201734.63%22.09%22.72%19.06%
    20166.28%7.70%13.79%12.38%
    2015-2.21%-2.51%-7.45%-6.29%
    20147.05%8.08%24.05%7.38%
    201333.54%33.01%37.23%30.01%
    201221.15%13.92%  
    2011-8.01%-6.46%  
    201022.24%15.51%  
    200934.36%33.03%  
    2008-43.91%-42.11%  
    2007-4.48%4.03%  
    200611.75%9.56%  
    2005-4.37%5.11%  
    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
    Annualized Total Returns

    Returns for periods less than one year are cumulative rather than annualized

    As of 12/31/2024
    Category: Morningstar US CEF US Equity

    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

    Portfolio Characteristics

    Portfolio Characteristics
    Number of Holdings:
    As of 9/30/2024
    145
    Annual Portfolio Turnover:
    As of 12/31/2024
    23.00%
    Asset Allocation

    As of 9/30/2024

    Top Sectors

    As of 9/30/2024

    Sector%Portfolio
    Sensitive (Super Sector)41.67%
    Cyclical (Super Sector)34.26%
    Technology23.14%
    Defensive (Super Sector)21.63%
    Financial Services18.89%
    Healthcare14.99%
    Consumer Cyclical11.09%
    Industrials10.30%
    Communication Services6.40%
    Consumer Defensive5.04%
    Top Holdings

    As of 9/30/2024

    HoldingValue% Portfolio
    Microsoft Corp$74.10M3.62%
    NVIDIA Corp$68.80M3.36%
    Amazon.com Inc$53.96M2.63%
    UnitedHealth Group Inc$45.18M2.21%
    Alphabet Inc Class C$36.70M1.79%
    Visa Inc Class A$35.40M1.73%
    ServiceNow Inc$34.17M1.67%
    Meta Platforms Inc Class A$31.98M1.56%
    S&P Global Inc$28.48M1.39%
    Capital One Financial Corp$26.35M1.29%
    Country Allocation

    As of 9/30/2024

    Country% Portfolio
    United States - Equity87.71%
    Canada - Equity2.21%
    United Kingdom - Equity1.63%
    Japan - Equity1.41%
    Germany - Equity1.20%
    Netherlands - Equity1.08%
    Switzerland - Equity0.82%
    France - Equity0.82%
    Denmark - Equity0.66%

    Closed-end fund historical distribution sources have included net investment income, realized gains, and return of capital. For more detailed information on the distributions of a specific fund, please visit the sponsor's website.

    NOTES:

    Distribution type sourced from Morningstar. In general, managed distributions may be sourced from net investment income, realized gains and return of capital. CEFConnect.com does not undertake to disclose specific information about closed-end fund distribution sources. For specific information about a fund's distribution sources, visit the fund sponsor's website.

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