ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA) Competitors

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PTY) and ASA Gold and Precious Metals (NYSE:ASA) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PTY or ASA?

10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PTY or ASA?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund received 38 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 64.92% of users gave PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 124 64.92%	Underperform Votes 67 35.08%
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 86 70.49%	Underperform Votes 36 29.51%

Is PTY or ASA a better dividend stock?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. ASA Gold and Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PTY or ASA?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	$230.95M	10.84	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	$118.94M	5.24	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to PTY or ASA?

In the previous week, ASA Gold and Precious Metals had 3 more articles in the media than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals and 5 mentions for PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund. ASA Gold and Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's score of 0.59 indicating that ASA Gold and Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PTY or ASA more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, PTY or ASA?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund and ASA Gold and Precious Metals tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.