ASA vs. AWF, DMF, DSM, LEO, EVN, FT, VPV, JHS, MXE, and CXH
Should you be buying ASA Gold and Precious Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASA Gold and Precious Metals include AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), BNY Mellon Municipal Income (DMF), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund (DSM), BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals (LEO), Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust (EVN), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust (VPV), John Hancock Income Securities Trust (JHS), Mexico Equity & Income Fund (MXE), and MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust (CXH). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
ASA Gold and Precious Metals (NYSE:ASA) and AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (NYSE:AWF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund received 40 more outperform votes than ASA Gold and Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.49% of users gave ASA Gold and Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 67.38% of users gave AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund an outperform vote.
ASA Gold and Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%.
ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than ASA Gold and Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund and 1 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals. AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund's average media sentiment score of -0.60 beat ASA Gold and Precious Metals' score of -1.00 indicating that AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund beats ASA Gold and Precious Metals on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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