High Income Securities Fund (PCF) Competitors

ASA Gold and Precious Metals (NYSE:ASA) and High Income Securities Fund (NYSE:PCF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.

Which has better valuation and earnings, ASA or PCF?

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
High Income Securities Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is ASA or PCF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A
High Income Securities Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, ASA or PCF?

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, High Income Securities Fund has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ASA or PCF 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%. High Income Securities Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%.

Does the media prefer ASA or PCF?

In the previous week, ASA Gold and Precious Metals had 3 more articles in the media than High Income Securities Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ASA Gold and Precious Metals and 1 mentions for High Income Securities Fund. High Income Securities Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat ASA Gold and Precious Metals' score of 0.94 indicating that High Income Securities 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
High Income Securities Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

16.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ASA or PCF?

High Income Securities Fund received 19 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 62.13% of users gave High Income Securities Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 86 70.49%	Underperform Votes 36 29.51%
High Income Securities Fund	Outperform Votes 105 62.13%	Underperform Votes 64 37.87%

Summary

High Income Securities Fund beats ASA Gold and Precious Metals on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.