ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited (NYSE: ASA) is a closed-end investment company focused on the global precious-metals sector. The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in companies involved in the exploration, development, and production of gold, silver, platinum-group metals, and other precious metals.

Its portfolio generally consists of publicly traded mining and metals companies, including producers, developers, and exploration companies. ASA may also invest in businesses that provide related exposure to precious-metals prices and the mining industry. Through these holdings, the fund offers investors diversified exposure to companies operating across major mining regions worldwide rather than directly owning and operating mines itself.

ASA was established in Bermuda and has operated as a precious-metals investment company for decades. The fund is externally advised by Merk Investments LLC, an investment management firm led by Axel Merk. Its investments and results are influenced by precious-metals prices, mining-company operations, geopolitical conditions, currency movements, and broader commodity-market trends.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $50.50 to $54.01
• 50-Day Range: $51.32 to $65.27
• 52-Week Range: $43.20 to $83.20
• Volume: 50,962 shs
• Average Volume: 48,103 shs
• Market Capitalization: $968.31 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 0.14%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

ASA Gold and Precious Metals Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

ASA Gold and Precious Metals scored higher than 28% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 740th out of 846 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: N/A
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.11% of the float of ASA Gold and Precious Metals has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.34, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in ASA Gold and Precious Metals has recently increased by 553.69%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a dividend yield of 0.13%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

ASA Gold and Precious Metals does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.48

News Sentiment

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a news sentiment score of 0.48. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.66 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for ASA Gold and Precious Metals this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for ASA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added ASA Gold and Precious Metals to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, ASA Gold and Precious Metals insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.69% of the stock of ASA Gold and Precious Metals is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 1/28/2014
• Today: 10/15/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 11/30/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ASA
• CIK: 1230869
• Web: www.asaltd.com
• Phone: (800) 432-3378
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,100
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 18,870,000
• Free Float: 18,553,000
• Market Cap: $968.31 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.77