ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

ASA Gold & Precious Metals Limited, trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker ASA, is a closed-end investment company dedicated to providing shareholders with targeted exposure to the precious metals sector. Established in 1959 and domiciled in Guernsey, the company aims to combine dividend income with the potential for long-term capital appreciation by investing in a diversified suite of gold, silver, platinum and palladium assets.

The firm’s core activities involve constructing and managing a portfolio that blends equity positions in precious metals mining companies with direct holdings of physical bullion. In addition to shares of producers at various stages of development, the company may allocate capital to royalty and streaming businesses, which offer downside protection through contractual revenue streams tied to metal production.

Serving a global investor base, ASA Gold & Precious Metals targets opportunities across major mining jurisdictions, including North and South America, Africa, Australia and select Asian markets. Investment decisions are driven by fundamental research, with an emphasis on companies that exhibit robust balance sheets, proven management teams and scalable production profiles.

Governance is overseen by an experienced board of directors and an external investment adviser based in Guernsey. With more than six decades of operational history, ASA Gold & Precious Metals has maintained a consistent dividend distribution policy and adapts its portfolio strategy to reflect shifts in metal prices, industry dynamics and broader market conditions.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $59.01 to $61.78
• 50-Day Range: $54.95 to $72.50
• 52-Week Range: $29.94 to $83.20
• Volume: 105,514 shs
• Average Volume: 72,607 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.15 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 0.11%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

ASA Gold and Precious Metals Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

ASA Gold and Precious Metals scored higher than 44% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 692nd out of 881 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: N/A
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.05% of the float of ASA Gold and Precious Metals has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.21, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in ASA Gold and Precious Metals has recently decreased by 46.66%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a dividend yield of 0.11%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

ASA Gold and Precious Metals does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.09

News Sentiment

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a news sentiment score of 1.09. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.61 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for ASA Gold and Precious Metals this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, ASA Gold and Precious Metals insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.69% of the stock of ASA Gold and Precious Metals is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 1/28/2014
• Record date for 5/13 Dividend: 5/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 5/13 Dividend: 5/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 5/13/2026
• Today: 5/21/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 11/30/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: FIN - INVEST FUND
• Sub-Industry: Financial Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ASA
• CIK: 1230869
• Web: www.asaltd.com
• Phone: (800) 432-3378
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,100
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 18,870,000
• Free Float: 18,553,000
• Market Cap: $1.15 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.70