ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA) Competitors

Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) and ASA Gold and Precious Metals (NYSE:ASA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is ADX or ASA more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is ADX or ASA a better dividend stock?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.5%. ASA Gold and Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ADX or ASA?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund received 60 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 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	Outperform Votes 146 53.09%	Underperform Votes 129 46.91%
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 86 70.49%	Underperform Votes 36 29.51%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ADX or ASA?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	$564.12M	4.19	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	$118.94M	5.49	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer ADX or ASA?

In the previous week, ASA Gold and Precious Metals had 2 more articles in the media than Adams Diversified Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals and 5 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat ASA Gold and Precious Metals' score of 1.16 indicating that Adams Diversified Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, ADX or ASA?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ADX or ASA?

28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Adams Diversified Equity Fund beats ASA Gold and Precious Metals on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.