Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX) Competitors

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

Is OBDC or ADX more profitable?

Blue Owl Capital has a net margin of 38.29% compared to Adams Diversified Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Blue Owl Capital's return on equity of 11.73% beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Owl Capital	38.29%	11.73%	4.98%
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend OBDC or ADX?

Blue Owl Capital presently has a consensus target price of $15.64, indicating a potential upside of 10.39%. Given Blue Owl Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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
Blue Owl Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is OBDC or ADX a better dividend stock?

Blue Owl Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $3.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.4%. Blue Owl Capital pays out 98.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Blue Owl Capital has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

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

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

Does the media refer more to OBDC or ADX?

In the previous week, Blue Owl Capital had 20 more articles in the media than Adams Diversified Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Blue Owl Capital and 2 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Blue Owl Capital's score of 0.96 indicating that Adams Diversified Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Owl Capital	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, OBDC or ADX?

Blue Owl Capital has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, OBDC or ADX?

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
Blue Owl Capital	$1.60B	4.54	$741.06M	$1.51	9.38
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

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