Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX) Competitors

Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) and Blue Owl Capital (NYSE:OBDC) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ADX or OBDC?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund received 127 more outperform votes than Blue Owl Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.52% of users gave Blue Owl Capital 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%
Blue Owl Capital	Outperform Votes 19 65.52%	Underperform Votes 10 34.48%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ADX or OBDC?

28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Blue Owl Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to ADX or OBDC?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 8 more articles in the media than Adams Diversified Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 5 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.47 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
Blue Owl Capital	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer ADX or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital has a consensus price target of $16.17, indicating a potential upside of 7.46%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Blue Owl Capital 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
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Which has better valuation and earnings, ADX or OBDC?

Blue Owl Capital 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	$564.12M	3.95	N/A	N/A	N/A
Blue Owl Capital	$665.75M	11.54	$753.61M	$1.53	9.83

Is ADX or OBDC a better dividend stock?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.4%. Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 96.7% 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 OBDC?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ADX or OBDC more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 37.26% compared to Adams Diversified Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 12.38% 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
Blue Owl Capital	37.26%	12.38%	5.37%

Summary

Blue Owl Capital beats Adams Diversified Equity Fund on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.