Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX) Competitors

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) and Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is OBDC or ADX a better dividend stock?

Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.6%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 95.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blue Owl Capital has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to OBDC or ADX?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 13 more articles in the media than Adams Diversified Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 4 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 1.11 indicating that Adams Diversified Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Owl Capital	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, OBDC or ADX?

Blue Owl Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Adams Diversified Equity Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Owl Capital	$725.01M	10.33	$753.61M	$1.55	9.45
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	$564.12M	4.24	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is OBDC or ADX more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 37.26% compared to Adams Diversified Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 12.38% beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	37.26%	12.38%	5.37%
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OBDC or ADX?

42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, OBDC or ADX?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend OBDC or ADX?

Blue Owl Capital currently has a consensus price target of $15.64, suggesting a potential upside of 6.78%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital is more favorable than Adams Diversified Equity Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OBDC or ADX?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund received 122 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Blue Owl Capital an outperform vote while only 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 24 66.67%	Underperform Votes 12 33.33%
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	Outperform Votes 146 53.09%	Underperform Votes 129 46.91%

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats Adams Diversified Equity Fund on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.