Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD) Competitors

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

Is ADX or GSBD more profitable?

Goldman Sachs BDC has a net margin of 17.01% compared to Adams Diversified Equity Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Goldman Sachs BDC's return on equity of 15.72% 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
Goldman Sachs BDC	17.01%	15.72%	7.08%

Which has more risk and volatility, ADX or GSBD?

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, Goldman Sachs BDC has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ADX or GSBD?

Goldman Sachs BDC 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
Goldman Sachs BDC	$454.91M	3.16	$195.87M	$0.70	17.53

Is ADX or GSBD 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%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.7%. Goldman Sachs BDC pays out 257.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ADX or GSBD?

Goldman Sachs BDC received 128 more outperform votes than Adams Diversified Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.69% of users gave Goldman Sachs BDC 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%
Goldman Sachs BDC	Outperform Votes 274 55.69%	Underperform Votes 218 44.31%

Do analysts prefer ADX or GSBD?

Goldman Sachs BDC has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.96%. Given Goldman Sachs BDC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Goldman Sachs BDC 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
Goldman Sachs BDC	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ADX or GSBD?

28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.7% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Goldman Sachs BDC shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to ADX or GSBD?

In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Goldman Sachs BDC. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 8 mentions for Goldman Sachs BDC. Goldman Sachs BDC's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's score of 0.47 indicating that Goldman Sachs BDC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Goldman Sachs BDC	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Goldman Sachs BDC beats Adams Diversified Equity Fund on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.