ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA) Competitors

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

Is ASA or VFL a better dividend stock?

ASA Gold and Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%.

Which has more risk and volatility, ASA or VFL?

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn National Municipal Income Fund has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ASA or VFL?

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

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

Do analysts recommend ASA or VFL?

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

Is ASA or VFL more profitable?

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

Does the media refer more to ASA or VFL?

In the previous week, ASA Gold and Precious Metals had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals and 0 mentions for abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. ASA Gold and Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat abrdn National Municipal Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that ASA Gold and Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ASA or VFL?

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

Summary

ASA Gold and Precious Metals beats abrdn National Municipal Income Fund on 4 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.