SuRo Capital (SSSS) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ASA or SSSS?

SuRo Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ASA Gold and Precious Metals.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	$65.95M	6.53	N/A	N/A	N/A
SuRo Capital	$6.60M	17.29	$5.07M	-$1.89	-2.58

Which has more risk & volatility, ASA or SSSS?

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SuRo Capital has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ASA or SSSS more profitable?

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a net margin of 0.00% compared to SuRo Capital's net margin of -801.00%. ASA Gold and Precious Metals' return on equity of 0.00% beat SuRo Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A
SuRo Capital	-801.00%	-7.28%	-5.10%

Does the media prefer ASA or SSSS?

In the previous week, ASA Gold and Precious Metals had 2 more articles in the media than SuRo Capital. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals and 2 mentions for SuRo Capital. ASA Gold and Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat SuRo Capital's score of 0.89 indicating that ASA Gold and Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SuRo Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate ASA or SSSS?

SuRo Capital has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.95%. Given SuRo Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SuRo Capital is more favorable than ASA Gold and Precious Metals.

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)	0.00
SuRo Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ASA or SSSS?

ASA Gold and Precious Metals received 38 more outperform votes than SuRo Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave SuRo Capital an outperform vote while only 70.49% of users gave ASA Gold and Precious Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 86 70.49%	Underperform Votes 36 29.51%
SuRo Capital	Outperform Votes 48 72.73%	Underperform Votes 18 27.27%

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

13.0% of SuRo Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of SuRo Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

SuRo Capital beats ASA Gold and Precious Metals on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.