CION Investment (CION) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer CION or ADX?

In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 1 more articles in the media than CION Investment. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 4 mentions for CION Investment. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat CION Investment's score of 0.70 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
CION Investment	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

Do analysts recommend CION or ADX?

CION Investment currently has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 5.94%. Given CION Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe CION Investment is more favorable than Adams Diversified Equity Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CION Investment	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CION or ADX?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund received 142 more outperform votes than CION Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave CION Investment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CION Investment	Outperform Votes 4 28.57%	Underperform Votes 10 71.43%
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	Outperform Votes 146 53.09%	Underperform Votes 129 46.91%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CION or ADX?

CION Investment has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Adams Diversified Equity Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CION Investment	$45.95M	12.53	$95.31M	$0.63	17.23
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	$564.12M	4.01	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is CION or ADX a better dividend stock?

CION Investment pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.2%. CION Investment pays out 228.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CION or ADX?

32.0% of CION Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of CION Investment 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CION or ADX more profitable?

CION Investment has a net margin of 31.21% compared to Adams Diversified Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. CION Investment's return on equity of 11.49% beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CION Investment	31.21%	11.49%	5.04%
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, CION or ADX?

CION Investment has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CION Investment and Adams Diversified Equity Fund tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.