Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP) Competitors

Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) and Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NYSE:NXP) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.

Is ADX or NXP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ADX or NXP?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund received 75 more outperform votes than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.96% of users gave Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 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%
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	Outperform Votes 71 63.96%	Underperform Votes 40 36.04%

Which has more risk & volatility, ADX or NXP?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ADX or NXP?

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
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to ADX or NXP?

In the previous week, Adams Diversified Equity Fund had 5 more articles in the media than Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Adams Diversified Equity Fund and 4 mentions for Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Adams Diversified Equity Fund's score of 0.63 indicating that Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ADX or NXP?

28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ADX or NXP 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%. Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio pays an annual dividend of $0.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%.

Summary

Adams Diversified Equity Fund beats Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.