ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA) Competitors

abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:VFL) and ASA Gold and Precious Metals (NYSE:ASA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.

Do analysts prefer VFL or ASA?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is VFL or ASA a better dividend stock?

abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. ASA Gold and Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%.

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

33.3% of abrdn National Municipal Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of abrdn National Municipal Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is VFL or ASA more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VFL or ASA?

ASA Gold and Precious Metals received 86 more outperform votes than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 86 70.49%	Underperform Votes 36 29.51%

Does the media refer more to VFL or ASA?

In the previous week, ASA Gold and Precious Metals had 2 more articles in the media than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals and 0 mentions for abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat ASA Gold and Precious Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that ASA Gold and Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund	Neutral
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, VFL or ASA?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
abrdn National Municipal Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, VFL or ASA?

abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ASA Gold and Precious Metals beats abrdn National Municipal Income Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.