Barings Participation Investors (MPV) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, MPV or ASA?

Barings Participation Investors has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, MPV or ASA?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Barings Participation Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	$269.17M	2.88	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer MPV or ASA?

In the previous week, ASA Gold and Precious Metals had 17 more articles in the media than Barings Participation Investors. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals and 3 mentions for Barings Participation Investors. ASA Gold and Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat Barings Participation Investors' score of 0.72 indicating that ASA Gold and Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Barings Participation Investors	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is MPV or ASA more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barings Participation Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is MPV or ASA a better dividend stock?

Barings Participation Investors pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. ASA Gold and Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%.

Summary

ASA Gold and Precious Metals beats Barings Participation Investors on 4 of the 5 factors compared between the two stocks.