Adams Diversified Equity Fund

The Adams Express Company (the Fund) is a diversified investment company. The Company is an internally-managed closed-end fund whose investment objectives are preservation of capital, the attainment of reasonable income from investments, and an opportunity for capital appreciation. In order to conduct the Company’s business, the Company, through its transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, collects and maintains certain non-public personal information about its stockholders of record with respect to their transactions in shares of its securities. The Company’s investments include common stocks and short-term investments.

The Adams Diversified Equity Fund employs a fundamental, technical, and quantitative analysis with a bottom-up stock-picking approach. They target outperforming the S&P 500 Index. The article takes a look at ADX and measures its performance against its proclaimed goal; outperforming ETFs like SPY. Whether ADX achieved its goal of outperformance depends on what investors did with their dividends and the time period. Understanding the calculations also matters.

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BALTIMORE, April 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adams Funds, comprised of Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ADX) and Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc. (NYSE: PEO), two of the nation's oldest closed-end funds, today announced the election of Christine M. Sloan as Treasurer, effective immediately.

Christine M. Sloan Elected Treasurer of Adams Diversified Equity Fund and Adams Natural Resources Fund

BALTIMORE, April 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adams Funds, comprised of Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ADX) and Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc. (NYSE: PEO), two of the nation's oldest closed-end funds, today announced that, after 10 years leading the Companies, Mark E. Stoeckle has retired. He served as Adams Funds' Chief Executive Officer since February 2013 and President of ADX since January 2015. He also led the Funds' Management Committee.

Adams Diversified Equity Fund and Adams Natural Resources Fund Announce Retirement of Mark E. Stoeckle

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The ADX fund has been in operation since 1929. It provides long-term capital appreciation and high current distributions from a portfolio of diversified equities. The ADX fund pays a 6%+ distribution yield.

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BALTIMORE, Jan. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ADX), one of the nation's oldest closed-end funds, today announced that D. Cotton Swindell has been elected President of the Fund effective upon CEO and President Mark Stoeckle's retirement in April.

D. Cotton Swindell Elected President of Adams Diversified Equity Fund

BALTIMORE, Jan. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ADX) announces the Fund's investment returns for 2022.

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BALTIMORE, Dec. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ADX) has determined that $15.01 per share is the issue price for the closed-end fund's year-end distribution to shareholders who have elected to receive all or a portion of the distribution in the form of stock. This price is the mean between the high and low sales prices of the Fund's stock on the New York Stock Exchange on December 7, 2022.

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ADX has a committed distribution of 6 percent, whereas the actual yield is even higher. It has generated a long-term return of almost 18 percent, beating the S&P 500. Due to the poor performance of the broader market, and especially the technology stocks, price performance has been poor this year. ADX thus is available at a deep discount.

ADX: Large-Cap Diversified Equity Fund With A Committed 6% Distribution

This impressive closed-end fund offers big distribution yield of at least 6% each year, and usually more. It also trades at a very large and attractive discount (-14.1%) as compared to its net asset value.

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BALTIMORE, Sept. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adams Funds, comprised of Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ADX) and Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc. (NYSE: PEO), two of the nation's oldest closed-end funds, today announced that Mark E. Stoeckle will retire as Chief Executive Officer and that the Boards of Directors have appointed James P. Haynie to succeed him.

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ADX has a minimum 6% annual distribution policy; this is done through a small quarterly and is topped off at year-end. In 2021, we saw an abnormally large payout that isn't likely to be repeated.

ADX: A Minimum 6% Managed Distribution In A Challenging Market

ADX is an equity-focused CEF that has been around since 1929. The fund invests in a blend of high-quality, large-cap companies and currently shows up with a trailing twelve months 17% dividend yield.

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BALTIMORE, July 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ADX) today declared a distribution of $.05 per share from net investment income payable September 1, 2022, to shareholders of record August 18, 2022. This represents the third payment this year toward the Fund's annual 6% minimum distribution rate commitment. Details regarding the Fund's annual 6% minimum distribution rate commitment can be found at adamsfunds.com.

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ADX is a plain vanilla equity fund that mostly mirrors the S&P 500, with significantly less holdings. The bit of a twist is the annual year-end special distribution that the fund pays out.

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BALTIMORE, April 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Boards of Directors of Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE: ADX) and Adams Natural Resources Fund (NYSE: PEO) have elected Kenneth J. Dale to serve as the Non-Executive Chairperson of the Boards of Directors of both Funds, effective April 21, 2022.

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ADX was launched in 1929 and has paid distributions without interruptions since 1935.

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BALTIMORE, Jan. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ADX) announces the Fund's investment returns for 2021. “We were pleased to generate a 29.8% return in 2021, outperforming our benchmark and three percentage points ahead of our peer group,” said Mark Stoeckle, CEO of Adams Funds.

Adams Diversified Equity Fund Announces 2021 Performance

BALTIMORE, Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ADX) has determined that $19.14 per share is the issue price for the closed-end fund's year-end distribution to shareholders who have elected to receive all or a portion of the distribution in the form of stock. This price is the mean between the high and low sales prices of the Fund's stock on the New York Stock Exchange on December 8, 2021.

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BALTIMORE, Nov. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. (NYSE: ADX) declared today a year-end distribution of $2.83 per share. The total distributions by the Fund for 2021 will be $2.98, including the distributions totaling $0.15 per share made prior to today's announcement.

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