Amcor (AMCR) Competitors

Tri-Continental (NYSE:TY) and Amcor (NYSE:AMCR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Does the media favor TY or AMCR?

In the previous week, Amcor had 1 more articles in the media than Tri-Continental. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Amcor and 4 mentions for Tri-Continental. Tri-Continental's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Amcor's score of 0.77 indicating that Tri-Continental is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tri-Continental	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Amcor	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TY or AMCR more profitable?

Amcor has a net margin of 5.68% compared to Tri-Continental's net margin of 0.00%. Amcor's return on equity of 25.60% beat Tri-Continental's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tri-Continental	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amcor	5.68%	25.60%	6.12%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TY or AMCR?

Amcor has higher revenue and earnings than Tri-Continental.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tri-Continental	$282.60M	6.17	N/A	N/A	N/A
Amcor	$13.64B	1.03	$730M	$0.53	18.31

Do analysts prefer TY or AMCR?

Amcor has a consensus price target of $11.46, suggesting a potential upside of 18.05%. Given Amcor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amcor is more favorable than Tri-Continental.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tri-Continental	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Amcor	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TY or AMCR?

Tri-Continental received 154 more outperform votes than Amcor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.02% of users gave Tri-Continental an outperform vote while only 52.67% of users gave Amcor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tri-Continental	Outperform Votes 223 71.02%	Underperform Votes 91 28.98%
Amcor	Outperform Votes 69 52.67%	Underperform Votes 62 47.33%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TY or AMCR?

10.2% of Tri-Continental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.1% of Amcor shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Tri-Continental shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Amcor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, TY or AMCR?

Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amcor has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TY or AMCR a better dividend stock?

Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Amcor pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Amcor pays out 96.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Amcor beats Tri-Continental on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.