Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI) Competitors

Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (NYSE:RFI) and General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more volatility & risk, RFI or GAM?

Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General American Investors has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RFI or GAM a better dividend stock?

Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%.

Is RFI or GAM more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
General American Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer RFI or GAM?

In the previous week, Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund and Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund both had 9 articles in the media. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund's score of 0.66 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
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
General American Investors	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, RFI or GAM?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund	$17.51M	17.29	N/A	N/A	N/A
General American Investors	$251.67M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RFI or GAM?

Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund received 21 more outperform votes than General American Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.82% of users gave Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave General American Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund	Outperform Votes 116 75.82%	Underperform Votes 37 24.18%
General American Investors	Outperform Votes 95 59.01%	Underperform Votes 66 40.99%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RFI or GAM?

20.4% of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of General American Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of General American Investors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

General American Investors beats Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.