BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund (MUJ) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ADX or MUJ?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund received 18 more outperform votes than BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.97% of users gave BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund 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%
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund	Outperform Votes 128 64.97%	Underperform Votes 69 35.03%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ADX or MUJ?

28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ADX or MUJ more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has better valuation and earnings, ADX or MUJ?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	$564.12M	3.85	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund	$29.93M	20.45	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, ADX or MUJ?

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, BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ADX or MUJ?

In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 1 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 2 mentions for BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund's score of 1.32 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ADX or MUJ a better dividend stock?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $2.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.8%. BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%.

Summary

Adams Diversified Equity Fund beats BlackRock MuniHoldings New Jersey Quality Fund on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.