DNP vs. ADX, NUV, HTGC, PTY, USA, GAB, GSBD, TY, RVT, and STEW
Should you be buying DNP Select Income Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DNP Select Income Fund include Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Hercules Capital (HTGC), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Tri-Continental (TY), Royce Value Trust (RVT), and SRH Total Return Fund (STEW). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
DNP Select Income Fund vs.
DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) and Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, DNP Select Income Fund had 7 more articles in the media than Adams Diversified Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund and 1 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 0.88 indicating that Adams Diversified Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DNP Select Income Fund received 48 more outperform votes than Adams Diversified Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.80% of users gave DNP Select Income Fund an outperform vote while only 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote.
7.8% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.8% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%.
Summary
Adams Diversified Equity Fund beats DNP Select Income Fund on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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