Bain Capital Specialty Finance (BCSF) Competitors

Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) and Bain Capital Specialty Finance (NYSE:BCSF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do analysts rate ADX or BCSF?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.10%. Given Bain Capital Specialty Finance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bain Capital Specialty Finance 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
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is ADX or BCSF more profitable?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a net margin of 43.62% compared to Adams Diversified Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance'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
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	43.62%	11.90%	5.43%

Is ADX or BCSF 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%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. Bain Capital Specialty Finance 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 risk & volatility, ADX or BCSF?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bain Capital Specialty Finance has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ADX or BCSF?

Bain Capital Specialty Finance 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
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	$297.79M	3.76	$123.38M	$1.99	8.73

Does the media favor ADX or BCSF?

In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Bain Capital Specialty Finance. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 5 mentions for Bain Capital Specialty Finance. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Bain Capital Specialty Finance's score of 0.34 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ADX or BCSF?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund received 87 more outperform votes than Bain Capital Specialty Finance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 43.70% of users gave Bain Capital Specialty Finance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	Outperform Votes 146 53.09%	Underperform Votes 129 46.91%
Bain Capital Specialty Finance	Outperform Votes 59 43.70%	Underperform Votes 76 56.30%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ADX or BCSF?

28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Bain Capital Specialty Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Bain Capital Specialty Finance beats Adams Diversified Equity Fund on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.