ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA) Competitors

ASA Gold and Precious Metals (NYSE:ASA) and SRH Total Return Fund (NYSE:STEW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and earnings.

Do analysts prefer ASA or STEW?

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
SRH Total Return Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is ASA or STEW a better dividend stock?

ASA Gold and Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. SRH Total Return Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%.

Which has more risk & volatility, ASA or STEW?

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SRH Total Return Fund has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ASA or STEW?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	$65.95M	6.57	N/A	N/A	N/A
SRH Total Return Fund	$394.21M	3.85	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to ASA or STEW?

In the previous week, SRH Total Return Fund had 1 more articles in the media than ASA Gold and Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for SRH Total Return Fund and 1 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals. SRH Total Return Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat ASA Gold and Precious Metals' score of 0.00 indicating that SRH Total Return Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SRH Total Return Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ASA or STEW?

ASA Gold and Precious Metals received 86 more outperform votes than SRH Total Return Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 86 70.49%	Underperform Votes 36 29.51%
SRH Total Return Fund	N/A	N/A

Is ASA or STEW more profitable?

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

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

15.6% of SRH Total Return Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SRH Total Return Fund 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

SRH Total Return Fund beats ASA Gold and Precious Metals on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.