Eagle Point Credit (ECC) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend ADX or ECC?

Eagle Point Credit has a consensus target price of $10.33, suggesting a potential upside of 32.82%. Given Eagle Point Credit's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Eagle Point Credit	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ADX or ECC?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ADX or ECC?

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

Is ADX or ECC a better dividend stock?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.0%. Eagle Point Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.6%. 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 media prefer ADX or ECC?

In the previous week, Eagle Point Credit had 2 more articles in the media than Adams Diversified Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Eagle Point Credit and 2 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund. Eagle Point Credit's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's score of 1.20 indicating that Eagle Point Credit is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eagle Point Credit	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is ADX or ECC 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
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Eagle Point Credit	44.67%	12.53%	8.84%

Which has better valuation & earnings, ADX or ECC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	$564.12M	3.92	N/A	N/A	N/A
Eagle Point Credit	$97.61M	6.13	$118.75M	$0.84	9.26

Which has more risk and volatility, ADX or ECC?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Eagle Point Credit beats Adams Diversified Equity Fund on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.