Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX) Competitors

Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) and Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NYSE:NUV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has more risk & volatility, ADX or NUV?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Municipal Value Fund has a beta of 0.3, suggesting that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ADX or NUV?

In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 2 mentions for Nuveen Municipal Value Fund. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's score of 0.48 indicating that Nuveen Municipal Value Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ADX or NUV?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is ADX or NUV more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate ADX or NUV?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is ADX or NUV a better dividend stock?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Nuveen Municipal Value Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ADX or NUV?

18.8% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.3% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ADX or NUV?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund received 15 more outperform votes than Nuveen Municipal Value Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.83% of users gave Nuveen Municipal Value Fund an outperform vote while only 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	Outperform Votes 146 53.09%	Underperform Votes 129 46.91%
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund	Outperform Votes 131 65.83%	Underperform Votes 68 34.17%

Summary

Adams Diversified Equity Fund beats Nuveen Municipal Value Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.