ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA) Competitors $23.42 -0.16 (-0.68%) Closing price 01/31/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$23.39 -0.03 (-0.13%) As of 01/31/2025 06:01 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. OXLC, BCAT, GAB, STEW, GSBD, CET, MFIC, NMFC, BCSF, and MUCShould you be buying ASA Gold and Precious Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASA Gold and Precious Metals include Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Central Securities (CET), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), and BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. ASA Gold and Precious Metals vs. Oxford Lane Capital BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust The Gabelli Equity Trust SRH Total Return Fund Goldman Sachs BDC Central Securities MidCap Financial Investment New Mountain Finance Bain Capital Specialty Finance BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund Oxford Lane Capital (NASDAQ:OXLC) and ASA Gold and Precious Metals (NYSE:ASA) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations. Does the MarketBeat Community favor OXLC or ASA? Oxford Lane Capital received 111 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 58.81% of users gave Oxford Lane Capital an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformOxford Lane CapitalOutperform Votes19758.81% Underperform Votes13841.19% ASA Gold and Precious MetalsOutperform Votes8670.49% Underperform Votes3629.51% Does the media prefer OXLC or ASA? In the previous week, Oxford Lane Capital had 11 more articles in the media than ASA Gold and Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Oxford Lane Capital and 2 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals. Oxford Lane Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat ASA Gold and Precious Metals' score of 0.32 indicating that Oxford Lane Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Oxford Lane Capital 2 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive ASA Gold and Precious Metals 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of OXLC or ASA? 6.7% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Oxford Lane Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Which has more volatility & risk, OXLC or ASA? Oxford Lane Capital has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is OXLC or ASA a better dividend stock? Oxford Lane Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.4%. ASA Gold and Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Oxford Lane Capital pays out 74.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Is OXLC or ASA more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Oxford Lane CapitalN/A N/A N/A ASA Gold and Precious Metals N/A N/A N/A Which has preferable valuation & earnings, OXLC or ASA? Oxford Lane Capital has higher revenue and earnings than ASA Gold and Precious Metals. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioOxford Lane Capital$194.42M9.07$484.27M$1.403.64ASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A SummaryOxford Lane Capital beats ASA Gold and Precious Metals on 8 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$488.61M$8.11B$11.85B$20.11BDividend Yield0.18%6.88%5.76%3.64%P/E RatioN/A0.4725.4340.96Price / SalesN/A13.3527.5018.55Price / CashN/A7.1118.3120.47Price / BookN/A0.992.675.90Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.07B$1.02B7 Day Performance3.13%0.22%0.35%-0.56%1 Month Performance15.83%2.47%1.69%4.15%1 Year Performance57.08%4.87%14.82%16.89% 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$23.42-0.7%N/A+60.5%$488.61MN/A0.001,100Short Interest ↑OXLCOxford Lane Capital2.3525 of 5 stars$5.08-1.4%N/A-0.4%$1.76B$194.42M3.63601Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementBCATBlackRock Capital Allocation Term TrustN/A$15.67+0.6%N/A+0.9%$1.68B$211.29M0.00147,000Short Interest ↓News CoverageGABThe Gabelli Equity TrustN/A$5.49+0.8%N/A+8.4%$1.66BN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsSTEWSRH Total Return FundN/A$16.50+1.5%N/A+17.9%$1.59BN/A0.00N/AUpcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓News CoveragePositive NewsGSBDGoldman Sachs BDC1.2222 of 5 stars$12.27-1.1%$13.00+6.0%-15.1%$1.44B$454.91M17.53N/AShort Interest ↑CETCentral SecuritiesN/A$46.77+0.6%N/A+27.2%$1.33BN/A0.006MFICMidCap Financial Investment1.9207 of 5 stars$13.49+0.4%$14.71+9.1%+0.9%$1.27B$276.52M8.65N/AAnalyst ForecastPositive NewsNMFCNew Mountain Finance2.0333 of 5 stars$11.27+0.4%$11.00-2.4%-9.0%$1.22B$374.84M10.73N/APositive NewsBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.6203 of 5 stars$17.37-0.3%$17.00-2.1%+19.7%$1.12B$297.79M8.731,000Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↓News CoverageMUCBlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality FundN/A$10.68+0.6%N/A-2.5%$1.03BN/A0.00147,000Short Interest ↓ Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Oxford Lane Capital Competitors BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust Competitors The Gabelli Equity Trust Competitors SRH Total Return Fund Competitors Goldman Sachs BDC Competitors Central Securities Competitors MidCap Financial Investment Competitors New Mountain Finance Competitors Bain Capital Specialty Finance Competitors BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund 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 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s #1 AI Stock” SET TO SOARForget ChatGPT! 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