Amcor (AMCR) Competitors

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

Is AMCR or TY a better dividend stock?

Amcor pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Amcor pays out 92.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility & risk, AMCR or TY?

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AMCR or TY?

Amcor has higher revenue and earnings than Tri-Continental.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amcor	$13.64B	1.08	$730M	$0.55	18.61
Tri-Continental	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AMCR or TY?

Tri-Continental received 153 more outperform votes than Amcor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.02% of users gave Tri-Continental an outperform vote while only 53.03% of users gave Amcor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amcor	Outperform Votes 70 53.03%	Underperform Votes 62 46.97%
Tri-Continental	Outperform Votes 223 71.02%	Underperform Votes 91 28.98%

Does the media refer more to AMCR or TY?

In the previous week, Amcor had 16 more articles in the media than Tri-Continental. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Amcor and 1 mentions for Tri-Continental. Tri-Continental's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Amcor's score of 0.87 indicating that Tri-Continental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amcor	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tri-Continental	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate AMCR or TY?

Amcor presently has a consensus target price of $11.46, suggesting a potential upside of 11.94%. Given Amcor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amcor is more favorable than Tri-Continental.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amcor	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Tri-Continental	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is AMCR or TY more profitable?

Amcor has a net margin of 5.89% compared to Tri-Continental's net margin of 0.00%. Amcor's return on equity of 26.14% beat Tri-Continental's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amcor	5.89%	26.14%	6.21%
Tri-Continental	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AMCR or TY?

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

Summary

Amcor beats Tri-Continental on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.