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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

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 preferable earnings & valuation, ASA or PCF?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ASA Gold and Precious Metals	$65.95M	6.53	N/A	N/A	N/A
High Income Securities Fund	$19.13M	6.22	N/A	N/A	N/A

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 11.6%.

Does the media favor ASA or PCF?

In the previous week, ASA Gold and Precious Metals and ASA Gold and Precious Metals both had 3 articles in the media. High Income Securities Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat ASA Gold and Precious Metals' score of 1.01 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, ASA or PCF?

ASA Gold and Precious Metals has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% 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.

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of High Income Securities Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock 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 9 factors compared between the two stocks.