BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF) Competitors

ASA Gold and Precious Metals (NYSE:ASA) and BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (NYSE:DHF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Is ASA or DHF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ASA or DHF?

BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund received 61 more outperform votes than ASA Gold and Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.49% of users gave ASA Gold and Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 69.34% of users gave BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 86 70.49%	Underperform Votes 36 29.51%
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	Outperform Votes 147 69.34%	Underperform Votes 65 30.66%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in ASA or DHF?

36.2% of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ASA or DHF a better dividend stock?

ASA Gold and Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%.

Which has more risk & volatility, ASA or DHF?

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ASA or DHF?

In the previous week, ASA Gold and Precious Metals had 5 more articles in the media than BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals and 2 mentions for BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund. BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat ASA Gold and Precious Metals' score of 0.60 indicating that BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, ASA or DHF?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	$118.94M	5.22	N/A	N/A	N/A
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund	$33.52M	5.39	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund beats ASA Gold and Precious Metals on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.