Eagle Point Credit (ECC) Competitors

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

Is ECC or ADX a better dividend stock?

Eagle Point Credit pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.0%. Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.3%. Eagle Point Credit pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is ECC or ADX more profitable?

Eagle Point Credit has a net margin of 44.67% compared to Adams Diversified Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Eagle Point Credit's return on equity of 12.53% beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Eagle Point Credit	44.67%	12.53%	8.84%
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ECC or ADX?

Eagle Point Credit 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
Eagle Point Credit	$97.61M	6.32	$118.75M	$0.84	9.54
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	$564.12M	3.99	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

19.5% of Eagle Point Credit shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Eagle Point Credit shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ECC or ADX?

Eagle Point Credit received 138 more outperform votes than Adams Diversified Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.77% of users gave Eagle Point Credit an outperform vote while only 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Eagle Point Credit	Outperform Votes 284 68.77%	Underperform Votes 129 31.23%
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	Outperform Votes 146 53.09%	Underperform Votes 129 46.91%

Which has more volatility and risk, ECC or ADX?

Eagle Point Credit has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less 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.

Do analysts rate ECC or ADX?

Eagle Point Credit presently has a consensus target price of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 31.00%. Given Eagle Point Credit's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Eagle Point Credit is more favorable than Adams Diversified Equity Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Eagle Point Credit	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
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 media refer more to ECC or ADX?

In the previous week, Eagle Point Credit and Eagle Point Credit both had 5 articles in the media. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Eagle Point Credit's score of 1.24 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
Eagle Point Credit	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 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

Summary

Eagle Point Credit beats Adams Diversified Equity Fund on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.