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ADAMS DIVERSIFIED EQUITY FUND, INC.
ADAMS DIVERSIFIED EQUITY FUND, INC. (CIK: 0000002230) incorporated in Maryland, located at 500 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD. Institutional holdings reported to the SEC.

Institutional Holdings (2015Q4)
Portfolio Summary: 80 holdings with a total value of $1,453,268,000.
#
Name
Shares
Value ($)
%
Options
Notes
1 APPLE INC 581,200 61,177,000 4.21%
2 MICROSOFT CORP 836,800 46,426,000 3.19%
3 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW 719,000 39,085,000 2.69%
4 ADAM NAT RES FD INC 2,186,774 38,793,000 2.67%
5 PEPSICO INC 343,500 34,323,000 2.36%
6 AMAZON COM INC 50,000 33,795,000 2.33%
7 ALLERGAN PLC 107,096 33,468,000 2.30%
8 FACEBOOK INC 303,300 31,743,000 2.18%
9 COMCAST CORP NEW 559,800 31,590,000 2.17%
10 LOWES COS INC 405,000 30,796,000 2.12%
11 CVS HEALTH CORP 314,000 30,700,000 2.11%
12 HONEYWELL INTL INC 287,500 29,776,000 2.05%
13 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 450,000 29,714,000 2.04%
14 BOEING CO 205,000 29,641,000 2.04%
15 ISHARES NASDAQ BIOTECHNOLOGY ETF 35,500 27,619,000 1.90%
16 GOOGLE INC 35,597 27,014,000 1.86%
17 DISNEY WALT CO 252,600 26,543,000 1.83%
18 MERCK & CO INC 480,000 25,354,000 1.74%
19 VISA INC 322,000 24,971,000 1.72%
20 GILEAD SCIENCES INC 235,900 23,871,000 1.64%
21 CITIGROUP INC 447,000 23,132,000 1.59%
22 PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC 262,800 23,103,000 1.59%
23 ABBVIE INC 380,000 22,511,000 1.55%
24 MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 230,000 22,393,000 1.54%
25 UNION PAC CORP 278,000 21,740,000 1.50%
26 CIGNA CORPORATION 145,800 21,335,000 1.47%
27 KROGER CO 508,000 21,250,000 1.46%
28 PRUDENTIAL FINL INC 246,000 20,027,000 1.38%
29 AETNA INC NEW 183,900 19,883,000 1.37%
30 ALLSTATE CORP 318,000 19,745,000 1.36%
31 CELGENE CORP 164,000 19,641,000 1.35%
32 CHEVRON CORP NEW 218,000 19,611,000 1.35%
33 DOLLAR GEN CORP NEW 271,400 19,506,000 1.34%
34 EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORP 244,000 19,271,000 1.33%
35 VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 389,000 17,980,000 1.24%
36 HANESBRANDS INC 608,000 17,893,000 1.23%
37 CAPITAL ONE FINL CORP 245,000 17,684,000 1.22%
38 SIMON PROPERTY GROUP 89,500 17,402,000 1.20%
39 INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE IN 64,000 16,401,000 1.13%
40 AMERICAN INTL GROUP INC 263,000 16,298,000 1.12%
41 LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N 186,000 16,163,000 1.11%
42 DELTA AIRLINES INC DEL 311,900 15,810,000 1.09%
43 BLACKROCK INC 45,500 15,494,000 1.07%
44 NOVARTIS A G 177,000 15,229,000 1.05%
45 GARTNER INC 165,000 14,965,000 1.03%
46 BIOGEN INC 47,000 14,398,000 0.99%
47 SPECTRUM BRANDS HLDGS INC 131,500 13,387,000 0.92%
48 CISCO SYS INC 446,000 12,111,000 0.83%
49 NASDAQ OMX GROUP 208,000 12,099,000 0.83%
50 HALLIBURTON 354,400 12,064,000 0.83%
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Portfolio data is normalized using SEC Form 13F filings, including the Original 13F-HR (0000002230-16-000093, filed 2016.02.10).

From 2023-01-03 onward, the SEC requires values to be reported in nearest dollars. Earlier filings reported values in thousands; therefore, positions shown as $0 in older filings may represent actual values between $0–$999.