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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

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 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	4.20	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is GAM or RFI a better dividend stock?

General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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 risk & volatility, GAM or RFI?

General American Investors has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer GAM or RFI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
General American Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor GAM or RFI?

In the previous week, General American Investors had 3 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for General American Investors and 1 mentions for Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund's score of 0.00 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

General American Investors beats Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.