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 risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, GAM or RFI?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
General American Investors	$301.04M	4.09	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund	$19.06M	16.29	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to GAM or RFI?

In the previous week, Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund had 1 more articles in the media than General American Investors. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund and 4 mentions for General American Investors. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund's score of 0.94 indicating that General American Investors is being referred to more favorably in the 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)	Very Positive
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Which has more volatility and 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 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in GAM or RFI?

36.8% of General American Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of General American Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund 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.

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 8.8%. Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%.

Summary

General American Investors and Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.