Amcor (AMCR) Competitors

Amcor (NYSE:AMCR) and General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

Is AMCR or GAM more profitable?

Amcor has a net margin of 5.68% compared to General American Investors' net margin of 0.00%. Amcor's return on equity of 25.60% beat General American Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amcor	5.68%	25.60%	6.12%
General American Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, AMCR or GAM?

Amcor has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General American Investors has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend AMCR or GAM?

Amcor currently has a consensus target price of $10.94, indicating a potential upside of 5.85%. Given Amcor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amcor is more favorable than General American Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amcor	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
General American Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AMCR or GAM?

General American Investors received 31 more outperform votes than Amcor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.01% of users gave General American Investors an outperform vote while only 50.79% of users gave Amcor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amcor	Outperform Votes 64 50.79%	Underperform Votes 62 49.21%
General American Investors	Outperform Votes 95 59.01%	Underperform Votes 66 40.99%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AMCR or GAM?

45.1% of Amcor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of General American Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Amcor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of General American Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AMCR or GAM?

Amcor has higher revenue and earnings than General American Investors.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amcor	$13.64B	1.10	$730M	$0.53	19.50
General American Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor AMCR or GAM?

In the previous week, Amcor had 23 more articles in the media than General American Investors. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Amcor and 4 mentions for General American Investors. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Amcor's score of 0.55 indicating that General American Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amcor	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
General American Investors	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Amcor beats General American Investors on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.