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

Does the media prefer ADX or CCAP?

In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 8 more articles in the media than Crescent Capital BDC. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 2 mentions for Crescent Capital BDC. Crescent Capital BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's score of 0.54 indicating that Crescent Capital BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 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)	Very Positive

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, 55.93% 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 55.93%	Underperform Votes 26 44.07%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ADX or CCAP?

Crescent Capital BDC has higher revenue and earnings than Adams Diversified Equity Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Crescent Capital BDC	$184.13M	3.89	$83.84M	$2.55	7.58

Which has more risk & volatility, ADX or CCAP?

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, Crescent Capital BDC has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Crescent Capital BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ADX or CCAP more profitable?

Crescent Capital BDC has a net margin of 47.06% compared to Adams Diversified Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Crescent Capital BDC's return on equity of 12.20% 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	47.06%	12.20%	5.57%

Do analysts rate ADX or CCAP?

Crescent Capital BDC has a consensus price target of $19.17, suggesting a potential downside of 0.90%. Given Crescent Capital BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is ADX or CCAP a better dividend stock?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Crescent Capital BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Crescent Capital BDC pays out 65.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Crescent Capital BDC beats Adams Diversified Equity Fund on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.