Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ADX or OBDC?

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

Is ADX or OBDC a better dividend stock?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.4%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ADX or OBDC?

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
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	$1.60B	4.69	$741.06M	$1.55	9.46

Do analysts rate ADX or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital has a consensus target price of $15.64, indicating a potential upside of 6.70%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer ADX or OBDC?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 5 more articles in the media than Adams Diversified Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 3 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund. Blue Owl Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's score of 1.00 indicating that Blue Owl Capital 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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Blue Owl Capital	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is ADX or OBDC more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 39.42% compared to Adams Diversified Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 11.72% beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	39.42%	11.72%	4.99%

Which has more risk and volatility, ADX or OBDC?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats Adams Diversified Equity Fund on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.