Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GAM or RFI?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GAM or RFI?

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

Does the media refer more to GAM or RFI?

In the previous week, General American Investors had 1 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for General American Investors and 1 mentions for Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund. Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat General American Investors' score of 1.00 indicating that Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
General American Investors	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GAM or RFI?

36.9% of General American Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of General American Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is GAM or RFI a better dividend stock?

General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%.

Is GAM or RFI more profitable?

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

Which has more volatility & risk, GAM or RFI?

General American Investors has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

General American Investors and Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.