DNP Select Income Fund - DNP Competitors

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.

Is DNP or ADX more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to DNP or ADX?

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.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DNP Select Income Fund	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	1 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 stronger earnings & valuation, DNP or ADX?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	-$458.78 million	-3.93	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, DNP or ADX?

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DNP or ADX?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	Outperform Votes 146 53.09%	Underperform Votes 129 46.91%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in DNP or ADX?

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.

Is DNP or ADX a better dividend stock?

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%.

Do analysts rate DNP or ADX?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DNP Select Income Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Adams Diversified Equity Fund beats DNP Select Income Fund on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.