ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA) Competitors

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

Is ASA or RVT a better dividend stock?

ASA Gold and Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Royce Value Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ASA or RVT?

Royce Value Trust received 104 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 65.29% of users gave Royce Value Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 86 70.49%	Underperform Votes 36 29.51%
Royce Value Trust	Outperform Votes 190 65.29%	Underperform Votes 101 34.71%

Is ASA or RVT more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A
Royce Value Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate ASA or RVT?

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)	N/A
Royce Value Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor ASA or RVT?

In the previous week, Royce Value Trust had 1 more articles in the media than ASA Gold and Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Royce Value Trust and 2 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals. Royce Value Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat ASA Gold and Precious Metals' score of 1.32 indicating that Royce Value Trust 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
Royce Value Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ASA or RVT?

25.6% of Royce Value Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Royce Value Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ASA or RVT?

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royce Value Trust has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ASA or RVT?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Royce Value Trust	$151.28M	11.57	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Royce Value Trust beats ASA Gold and Precious Metals on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.