Crescent Capital BDC (CCAP) Competitors

Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) and Crescent Capital BDC (NASDAQ:CCAP) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is ADX or CCAP more profitable?

Crescent Capital BDC has a net margin of 37.32% compared to Adams Diversified Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Crescent Capital BDC's return on equity of 11.90% 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
Crescent Capital BDC	37.32%	11.90%	5.40%

Do analysts rate ADX or CCAP?

Crescent Capital BDC has a consensus price target of $19.20, indicating a potential upside of 7.93%. Given Crescent Capital BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Crescent Capital BDC 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
Crescent Capital BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ADX or CCAP?

Crescent Capital BDC 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	4.01	N/A	N/A	N/A
Crescent Capital BDC	$83.50M	7.90	$83.84M	$1.99	8.94

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ADX or CCAP?

28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.5% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ADX or CCAP?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund received 113 more outperform votes than Crescent Capital BDC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.10% of users gave Crescent Capital BDC 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%
Crescent Capital BDC	Outperform Votes 33 54.10%	Underperform Votes 28 45.90%

Is ADX or CCAP a better dividend stock?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.2%. Crescent Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Crescent Capital BDC pays out 84.4% 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 volatility and risk, ADX or CCAP?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor ADX or CCAP?

In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Crescent Capital BDC. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 4 mentions for Crescent Capital BDC. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Crescent Capital BDC's score of 1.22 indicating that Adams Diversified Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crescent Capital BDC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Crescent Capital BDC beats Adams Diversified Equity Fund on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.