How to buy ASA Gold and Precious Metals stock

ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited is an asset management business based in the US. ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares (ASA) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

How to buy shares in ASA Gold and Precious Metals

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for ASA Gold and Precious Metals. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ASA. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until ASA Gold and Precious Metals reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of ASA Gold and Precious Metals, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of ASA Gold and Precious Metals. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

ASA Gold and Precious Metals share price

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ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$8.1502 - USD$25.4375
50-day moving average	USD$21.4936
200-day moving average	USD$21.594
Wall St. target price	N/A
PE ratio	2.1868
Dividend yield	USD$0.02 (0.1%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$9.251

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ASA Gold and Precious Metals financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.3 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$1.3 million
Return on assets TTM	-0.43%
Return on equity TTM	47.6%
Profit margin	13393.28%
Book value	$24.051
Market capitalisation	USD$390.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares

There are currently 81,271 ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares held short by investors – that's known as ASA Gold and Precious Metals's "short interest". This figure is 52.6% up from 53,250 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares can be evaluated.

ASA Gold and Precious Metals's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

ASA Gold and Precious Metals's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares traded daily (recently around 104193.58974359). ASA Gold and Precious Metals's SIR currently stands at 0.78. In other words for every 100,000 ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares traded daily on the market, roughly 780 shares are currently held short.

However ASA Gold and Precious Metals's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares, or, against the total number of tradable ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case ASA Gold and Precious Metals's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0049% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares, roughly 5 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against ASA Gold and Precious Metals.

Find out more about how you can short ASA Gold and Precious Metals stock.

Have ASA Gold and Precious Metals's shares ever split?

ASA Gold and Precious Metals's shares were split on a 3:1 basis on 4 May 2010. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 66.7% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares which in turn could have impacted ASA Gold and Precious Metals's share price.

ASA Gold and Precious Metals share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, ASA Gold and Precious Metals's shares have ranged in value from as little as $8.1502 up to $25.4375. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while ASA Gold and Precious Metals's is 0.9162. This would suggest that ASA Gold and Precious Metals's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

ASA Gold and Precious Metals overview

ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm invests in the public equity markets across the globe. It primarily invests in stocks of companies engaged in the exploration, mining or processing of gold, silver, platinum, diamonds, or other precious minerals. It also invests in exchange traded funds. The firm employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up approach to create its portfolios. The firm obtains external research to complement its in-house research. ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited was founded in 1958 and is based in San Mateo, California with an additional office in Buffalo, New York.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of ASA Gold and Precious Metals is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.233% of ASA Gold and Precious Metals shares are held by insiders and 41.136% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for ASA Gold and Precious Metals?

  ASA Gold and Precious Metals's fiscal year ends in November.

• Where is ASA Gold and Precious Metals based?

  ASA Gold and Precious Metals's address is: 400 South El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA, United States, 94402

• What is ASA Gold and Precious Metals's ISIN number?

  ASA Gold and Precious Metals's international securities identification number is: BMG3156P1032

• What is ASA Gold and Precious Metals's CUSIP number?

  ASA Gold and Precious Metals's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: G3156P103