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ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA) Competitors

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$32.12 +0.05 (+0.16%)
As of 07/3/2025 03:30 PM Eastern

ASA vs. ADX, PTY, OXLC, USA, NUV, GAB, RVT, STEW, BCAT, and CET

Should you be buying ASA Gold and Precious Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASA Gold and Precious Metals include Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Small-Cap Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), and Central Securities (CET). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

ASA Gold and Precious Metals vs. Its Competitors

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

Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, ASA Gold and Precious Metals had 1 more articles in the media than Adams Diversified Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals and 3 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat ASA Gold and Precious Metals' score of 0.37 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Adams Diversified Equity FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
ASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.2%. ASA Gold and Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%.

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Adams Diversified Equity Fund beats ASA Gold and Precious Metals on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ASA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ASA vs. The Competition

MetricASA Gold and Precious MetalsFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$691.37M$3.72B$12.13B$20.73B
Dividend Yield0.16%6.77%5.53%3.72%
P/E RatioN/A0.1319.0926.30
Price / SalesN/A18.8425.6738.45
Price / CashN/A17.7518.7118.22
Price / BookN/A1.172.284.61
Net IncomeN/A$158.51M$998.26M$983.39M
7 Day Performance4.74%1.51%2.25%2.79%
1 Month Performance-4.12%2.44%3.69%4.37%
1 Year Performance67.55%2.80%541.99%15.08%

ASA Gold and Precious Metals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ASA
ASA Gold and Precious Metals
N/A$32.12
+0.2%
N/A+67.6%$691.37MN/A0.001,100
ADX
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
N/A$21.75
+1.3%
N/A-0.5%$2.53BN/A0.0030Positive News
PTY
Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
N/A$13.90
+0.9%
N/A-3.7%$2.50BN/A0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
2.644 of 5 stars
$4.20
+1.4%
N/A-23.9%$1.90B$57.31M5.06601Positive News
USA
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
N/A$6.85
+1.2%
N/A+0.4%$1.83BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
N/A$8.71
+0.3%
N/A+0.7%$1.80BN/A0.00640News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
GAB
Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.82
+0.7%
N/A+12.5%$1.78BN/A0.00N/APositive News
RVT
Royce Small-Cap Trust
N/A$15.06
+0.8%
N/A+8.4%$1.72BN/A0.0050
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$17.68
+0.7%
N/A+22.4%$1.69BN/A0.00N/APositive News
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$15.17
+0.5%
N/A-9.9%$1.63B$197.67M0.00147,000News Coverage
Dividend Cut
CET
Central Securities
N/A$47.86
+0.2%
N/A+9.2%$1.38B$296.20M0.006Positive News

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This page (NYSE:ASA) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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