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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.

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 17.7%. Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Eagle Point Credit pays out 210.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, ECC or ADX?

Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ECC or ADX?

Eagle Point Credit received 137 more outperform votes than Adams Diversified Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.69% 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 283 68.69%	Underperform Votes 129 31.31%
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	Outperform Votes 146 53.09%	Underperform Votes 129 46.91%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ECC or ADX?

Eagle Point Credit has higher revenue and earnings than Adams Diversified Equity Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Eagle Point Credit	$139.07M	5.24	$118.75M	$0.80	11.83
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ECC or ADX?

19.5% of Eagle Point Credit shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Eagle Point Credit 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor ECC or ADX?

In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 5 more articles in the media than Eagle Point Credit. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 4 mentions for Eagle Point Credit. Eagle Point Credit's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's score of 0.80 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ECC or ADX more profitable?

Eagle Point Credit has a net margin of 36.60% compared to Adams Diversified Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Eagle Point Credit's return on equity of 12.87% beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eagle Point Credit	36.60%	12.87%	9.17%
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend ECC or ADX?

Eagle Point Credit currently has a consensus price target of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.65%. Given Eagle Point Credit's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly 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)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Eagle Point Credit beats Adams Diversified Equity Fund on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.