ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA) Competitors

ASA Gold and Precious Metals (NYSE:ASA) and Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

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

28.4% of Adams Diversified 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 Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, ASA or ADX?

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ASA or ADX?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	$118.94M	5.17	N/A	N/A	N/A
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	$564.12M	3.89	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ASA or ADX?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund received 60 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 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 86 70.49%	Underperform Votes 36 29.51%
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	Outperform Votes 146 53.09%	Underperform Votes 129 46.91%

Is ASA or ADX 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%. Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.6%.

Is ASA or ADX more profitable?

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

Does the media refer more to ASA or ADX?

In the previous week, ASA Gold and Precious Metals had 16 more articles in the media than Adams Diversified Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals and 3 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat ASA Gold and Precious Metals' score of 1.27 indicating that Adams Diversified 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	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

ASA Gold and Precious Metals and Adams Diversified Equity Fund tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.