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ASA (ASA Gold And Precious Metals) GF Score : 43/100 (As of Mar. 25, 2025)


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What is ASA Gold And Precious Metals GF Score?

ASA Gold And Precious Metals has the GF Score of 43, which implies that the company might have Worst future performance potential, or not enough data.

The GF Score is a stock performance ranking system developed by GuruFocus using five aspects of valuation, which has been found to be closely correlated to the long-term performances of stocks by backtesting from 2006 to 2021. The stocks with a higher GF Score generally generate higher returns than those with lower GF Scores. Therefore, when picking stocks, investors should invest in companies with high GF Scores. The GF Score ranges from 0 to 100, with 100 as the highest rank.

GF Score takes following five key aspects into consideration:

1. Financial Strength : 8/10
2. Profitability Rank : 3/10
3. Growth Rank : 0/10
4. GF Value Rank : 0/10
5. Momentum Rank : 6/10

Each one of these components is ranked and the ranks also have positive correlation with the long term performances of stocks. The GF score is calculated using the five key aspects of analysis. Through backtesting, we know that each of these key aspects has a different impact on the stock price performance. Thus, they are weighted differently when calculating the total score. The Profitability Rank and the Growth Rank are weighted fully, while other parameters have less weight.

Based on research and backtesting result, GuruFocus believes ASA Gold And Precious Metals might have Worst future performance potential, or not enough data.

Please click GF Score to see more details on the GF Score's 5 Key Aspects of Analysis.


Competitive Comparison of ASA Gold And Precious Metals's GF Score

For the Asset Management subindustry, ASA Gold And Precious Metals's GF Score, along with its competitors' market caps and GF Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


ASA Gold And Precious Metals's GF Score Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, ASA Gold And Precious Metals's GF Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where ASA Gold And Precious Metals's GF Score falls into.



ASA Gold And Precious Metals  (NYSE:ASA) GF Score Explanation

Based on the historical long-term performances among five valuation aspects, the GF Score is found to be closely correlated to the long-term performances of stocks. It ranges from 0 to 100, with 100 as the highest. GuruFocus divided GF Score into following 5 categories:

GF Score Performance Potential and All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
91 - 100Highest outperformance potential
81 - 90Good outperformance potential
71 - 80Likely to have average performance
51 - 70Poor future performance potential
0 - 50Worst future performance potential, or not enough data

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our GF Score filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab.


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ASA Gold And Precious Metals Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Three Canal Plaza, Suite 600, Portland, ME, USA, 04101
ASA Gold And Precious Metals Ltd is a closed-end, non-diversified investment company. Its objective is to provide long-term capital appreciation through investing in companies engaged in the exploration for, development of projects, or mining of precious metals and minerals.
Executives
Alexander Merk officer: COO 44 MONTGOMERY STREET, #3730, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
William Donovan director 100 VISTA CIRCLE, APARTMENT 315, PITTSBURGH PA 15238
Mary Joan Hoene director 400 S EL CAMINO REAL, STE 710, SAN MATEO CA 94402
Bruce D Hansen director 1700 LINCOLN STREET, 28TH FLOOR, DENVER CO 80203
Saba Capital Management, L.p. 10 percent owner 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 58TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10174
Boaz Weinstein 10 percent owner 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 58TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10174
Nancy J. Tyminski other: Deputy CCO 3 CANAL PLAZA, SUITE 600, PORTLAND ME 04101
James E Holman other: Analyst, Merk Investments, LLC THREE CANAL PLAZA, SUITE 600, PORTLAND ME 04101
Peter Maletis officer: President 44 MONTGOMERY STREET, #3730, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Anthony J. Artabane director 4 LITTLE KINGS LANE, RYE BROOK NY 10573
Zachary R Tackett officer: Secretary 77 CONGRESS STREET, APT. #1, PORTLAND ME 04101
Gino E Malaspina officer: Secretary 3 CANAL PLAZA, SUITE 600, PORTLAND ME 04101
Karen Shaw officer: PFO 3 BUNKER HILL TERRACE, SCARBOROUGH ME 04074
David J Christensen officer: Vice President - Investments 400 S. EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 710, SAN MATEO CA 94402
Danielle Kulp officer: Secretary and Deputy CCO 1409 KUTZ DRIVE, POTTSTOWN PA 19465