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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

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, General American Investors had 2 more articles in the media than Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for General American Investors and 0 mentions for Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund's score of 0.84 indicating that General American Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund	Positive
General American Investors	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, RFI or GAM?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, RFI or GAM?

Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General American Investors has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more 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 8.0%. General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of RFI or GAM?

20.4% of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of General American Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of General American Investors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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