ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA) Competitors $24.68 +0.27 (+1.11%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$24.71 +0.03 (+0.14%) As of 04:17 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends ASA vs. USA, RVT, OXLC, GAB, BCAT, STEW, GSBD, CET, MFIC, and NMFCShould you be buying ASA Gold and Precious Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASA Gold and Precious Metals include Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Central Securities (CET), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), and New Mountain Finance (NMFC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. ASA Gold and Precious Metals vs. Liberty All-Star Equity Fund Royce Value Trust Oxford Lane Capital The Gabelli Equity Trust BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust SRH Total Return Fund Goldman Sachs BDC Central Securities MidCap Financial Investment New Mountain Finance ASA Gold and Precious Metals (NYSE:ASA) and Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE:USA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ASA or USA? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioASA Gold and Precious Metals$118.94M4.47N/AN/AN/ALiberty All-Star Equity Fund$355.30M5.20N/AN/AN/A Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ASA or USA? Liberty All-Star Equity Fund received 237 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 68.87% of users gave Liberty All-Star Equity Fund an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformASA Gold and Precious MetalsOutperform Votes8670.49% Underperform Votes3629.51% Liberty All-Star Equity FundOutperform Votes32368.87% Underperform Votes14631.13% Which has more risk & volatility, ASA or USA? ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty All-Star Equity Fund has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ASA or USA? 9.9% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is ASA or USA more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets ASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A N/A N/A Liberty All-Star Equity Fund N/A N/A N/A Is ASA or USA a better dividend stock? ASA Gold and Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Liberty All-Star Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Does the media prefer ASA or USA? In the previous week, ASA Gold and Precious Metals had 1 more articles in the media than Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals and 2 mentions for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund. Liberty All-Star Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat ASA Gold and Precious Metals' score of 0.94 indicating that Liberty All-Star Equity 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) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Liberty All-Star Equity Fund 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryLiberty All-Star Equity Fund beats ASA Gold and Precious Metals on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks. Get ASA Gold and Precious Metals News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ASA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart ASA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricASA Gold and Precious MetalsInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$531.21M$8.06B$11.38B$19.92BDividend Yield0.16%6.81%5.64%3.90%P/E RatioN/A3.4824.6934.16Price / Sales4.4711.8325.3430.29Price / CashN/A7.5117.7017.60Price / BookN/A1.022.554.70Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B7 Day Performance-1.32%-0.32%-0.09%-2.49%1 Month Performance2.58%0.47%-0.22%-3.16%1 Year Performance77.81%4.78%13.75%8.03% ASA Gold and Precious Metals Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ASAASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A$24.68+1.1%N/A+75.9%$531.21M$118.94M0.001,100Short Interest ↑USALiberty All-Star Equity FundN/A$6.93-1.2%N/A+1.6%$1.88B$355.30M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓Positive NewsRVTRoyce Value TrustN/A$15.58-0.8%N/A+3.1%$1.80B$151.28M0.0050Short Interest ↓Positive NewsOXLCOxford Lane Capital1.6084 of 5 stars$5.03-0.4%N/A-1.9%$1.74B$194.42M6.06601Short Interest ↑News CoveragePositive NewsGABThe Gabelli Equity TrustN/A$5.54-0.3%N/A+0.8%$1.67B$147.98M0.00N/AShort Interest ↓BCATBlackRock Capital Allocation Term TrustN/A$15.32-0.3%N/A-2.7%$1.65B$211.29M0.00147,000Short Interest ↑Positive NewsSTEWSRH Total Return FundN/A$16.81+0.9%N/A+14.5%$1.62BN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↑GSBDGoldman Sachs BDC1.2417 of 5 stars$13.17-0.3%$13.00-1.3%-14.5%$1.54B$454.91M18.81N/ADividend IncreaseNews CoverageCETCentral SecuritiesN/A$47.18-0.1%N/A+19.8%$1.37B$296.20M0.006MFICMidCap Financial Investment1.9527 of 5 stars$14.51-0.6%$14.86+2.4%-6.5%$1.36B$276.52M9.30N/AEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementNMFCNew Mountain Finance1.8099 of 5 stars$11.94-0.3%$11.00-7.9%-9.0%$1.29B$374.84M11.37N/AEarnings ReportDividend Cut Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Liberty All-Star Equity Fund Competitors Royce Value Trust Competitors Oxford Lane Capital Competitors The Gabelli Equity Trust Competitors BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust Competitors SRH Total Return Fund Competitors Goldman Sachs BDC Competitors Central Securities Competitors MidCap Financial Investment Competitors New Mountain Finance Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:ASA) was last updated on 3/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersDOGE Social Security bombshell?Elon Musk just dropped another bombshell... 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