ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA) Competitors $20.00 +0.40 (+2.04%) (As of 12/20/2024 04:32 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends ASA vs. BCAT, STEW, CET, MFIC, NMFC, BCSF, BBDC, CGBD, HQH, and PHKShould you be buying ASA Gold and Precious Metals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASA Gold and Precious Metals include BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Central Securities (CET), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), New Mountain Finance (NMFC), Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF), Barings BDC (BBDC), Carlyle Secured Lending (CGBD), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry. ASA Gold and Precious Metals vs. BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust SRH Total Return Fund Central Securities MidCap Financial Investment New Mountain Finance Bain Capital Specialty Finance Barings BDC Carlyle Secured Lending Abrdn Healthcare Investors PIMCO High Income Fund ASA Gold and Precious Metals (NYSE:ASA) and BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (NYSE:BCAT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings. Which has more risk & volatility, ASA or BCAT? ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Which has higher earnings & valuation, ASA or BCAT? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioASA Gold and Precious Metals$65.95M6.53N/AN/AN/ABlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust$211.29M7.76N/AN/AN/A Is ASA or BCAT more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets ASA Gold and Precious MetalsN/A N/A N/A BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust N/A N/A N/A Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ASA or BCAT? ASA Gold and Precious Metals received 86 more outperform votes than BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformASA Gold and Precious MetalsOutperform Votes8670.49% Underperform Votes3629.51% BlackRock Capital Allocation Term TrustN/AN/A Do institutionals and insiders believe in ASA or BCAT? 36.1% of BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media prefer ASA or BCAT? In the previous week, ASA Gold and Precious Metals and ASA Gold and Precious Metals both had 3 articles in the media. ASA Gold and Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust's score of 0.63 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 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is ASA or BCAT 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%. BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.3%. SummaryASA Gold and Precious Metals and BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad ProsperityPubThis Indicator called BOTH NVDA ralliesRarely would I label something as “the best” But in this rare instance, I believe this is THE BEST indicator for trading Nvida’s stock. Except, it’s not another tech stock like Nvidia. But rather a stock hiding in broad daylight… So, if you’d like to see what this stock is… Click this link here. 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$430.48M$8.38B$10.99B$19.18BDividend Yield0.20%6.75%9.85%3.59%P/E RatioN/A0.4428.5441.28Price / Sales6.5314.6548.6117.59Price / CashN/A7.0330.3421.28Price / BookN/A0.882.735.32Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.03B$989.88M7 Day Performance-3.43%-2.96%-2.89%-3.54%1 Month PerformanceN/A-2.31%-2.86%-3.68%1 Year Performance25.94%3.73%11.28%12.14% 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$20.00+2.0%N/A+28.6%$430.48M$65.95M0.001,100News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeBCATBlackRock Capital Allocation Term TrustN/A$15.94-0.6%N/A+2.4%$1.71B$211.29M0.00147,000STEWSRH Total Return FundN/A$16.33-0.3%N/A+16.7%$1.58BN/A0.00N/ACETCentral SecuritiesN/A$46.73+0.3%N/A+21.9%$1.33B$300.48M0.006MFICMidCap Financial Investment2.297 of 5 stars$13.49-1.6%$14.71+9.1%-1.2%$1.27B$121.29M8.79N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsNMFCNew Mountain Finance2.1694 of 5 stars$11.73-0.5%$11.00-6.2%-12.7%$1.27B$124.62M11.23N/AEx-DividendInsider TradeNews CoveragePositive NewsBCSFBain Capital Specialty Finance1.4999 of 5 stars$17.12-0.7%$17.00-0.7%+10.8%$1.11B$297.79M8.661,000BBDCBarings BDC2.2782 of 5 stars$9.55-1.6%$10.00+4.7%+8.0%$1.01B$289.20M8.8526Positive NewsCGBDCarlyle Secured Lending0.9331 of 5 stars$17.91+0.4%$16.67-6.9%+16.4%$911.80M$241.63M9.97N/APositive NewsHQHAbrdn Healthcare InvestorsN/A$16.79-1.1%N/A+1.4%$849.91MN/A0.00147,000News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumePHKPIMCO High Income FundN/A$4.99-0.8%N/A+0.5%$729.18M$92.95M0.00147,000 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust Competitors SRH Total Return Fund Competitors Central Securities Competitors MidCap Financial Investment Competitors New Mountain Finance Competitors Bain Capital Specialty Finance Competitors Barings BDC Competitors Carlyle Secured Lending Competitors Abrdn Healthcare Investors Competitors PIMCO High Income 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 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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