Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX) Competitors

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (NYSE:PTY) and Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE:ADX) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PTY or ADX?

Adams Diversified Equity Fund received 22 more outperform votes than PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.92% of users gave PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund an outperform vote while only 53.09% of users gave Adams Diversified Equity Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	Outperform Votes 124 64.92%	Underperform Votes 67 35.08%
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	Outperform Votes 146 53.09%	Underperform Votes 129 46.91%

Is PTY or ADX a better dividend stock?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Adams Diversified Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%.

Does the media prefer PTY or ADX?

In the previous week, PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund and PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund both had 3 articles in the media. Adams Diversified Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund's score of 0.45 indicating that PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, PTY or ADX?

PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Adams Diversified Equity Fund has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate PTY or ADX?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is PTY or ADX more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

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

10.3% of PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Adams Diversified Equity Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PTY or ADX?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Adams Diversified Equity Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Adams Diversified Equity Fund beats PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.