Eagle Point Credit (ECC) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend ECC or ADX?

Eagle Point Credit presently has a consensus price target of $10.33, indicating a potential upside of 36.96%. Given Eagle Point Credit's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Eagle Point Credit is more favorable than Adams Diversified Equity Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eagle Point Credit	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk and volatility, ECC or ADX?

Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% 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.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ECC or ADX?

Eagle Point Credit has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Adams Diversified Equity Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eagle Point Credit	$97.61M	5.95	$118.75M	$0.84	8.98
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	$564.12M	4.19	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is ECC or ADX a better dividend stock?

Eagle Point Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.3%. Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.5%. Eagle Point Credit pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ECC or ADX?

Eagle Point Credit received 138 more outperform votes than Adams Diversified Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.60% of users gave Eagle Point Credit an outperform vote while only 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eagle Point Credit	Outperform Votes 284 68.60%	Underperform Votes 130 31.40%
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	Outperform Votes 146 53.09%	Underperform Votes 129 46.91%

Is ECC or ADX more profitable?

Eagle Point Credit has a net margin of 44.67% compared to Adams Diversified Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Eagle Point Credit's return on equity of 12.53% beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eagle Point Credit	44.67%	12.53%	8.84%
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor ECC or ADX?

In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 4 more articles in the media than Eagle Point Credit. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 1 mentions for Eagle Point Credit. Eagle Point Credit's average media sentiment score of 1.93 beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's score of 1.74 indicating that Eagle Point Credit is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Eagle Point Credit	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

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

19.5% of Eagle Point Credit shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Eagle Point Credit shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Eagle Point Credit beats Adams Diversified Equity Fund on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.