Amcor (AMCR) Competitors

Amcor (NYSE:AMCR) and Tri-Continental (NYSE:TY) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, AMCR or TY?

Amcor has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AMCR or TY more profitable?

Amcor has a net margin of 5.89% compared to Tri-Continental's net margin of 0.00%. Amcor's return on equity of 26.14% beat Tri-Continental's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amcor	5.89%	26.14%	6.21%
Tri-Continental	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is AMCR or TY a better dividend stock?

Amcor pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Amcor pays out 91.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Amcor has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate AMCR or TY?

Amcor presently has a consensus price target of $11.31, indicating a potential upside of 25.16%. Given Amcor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Amcor is more favorable than Tri-Continental.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amcor	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Tri-Continental	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AMCR or TY?

Amcor has higher revenue and earnings than Tri-Continental.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amcor	$13.46B	0.97	$730M	$0.56	16.14
Tri-Continental	$321.66M	5.00	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AMCR or TY?

Tri-Continental received 152 more outperform votes than Amcor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.02% of users gave Tri-Continental an outperform vote while only 52.99% of users gave Amcor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amcor	Outperform Votes 71 52.99%	Underperform Votes 63 47.01%
Tri-Continental	Outperform Votes 223 71.02%	Underperform Votes 91 28.98%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AMCR or TY?

45.1% of Amcor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of Tri-Continental shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Amcor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Tri-Continental shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer AMCR or TY?

In the previous week, Amcor had 14 more articles in the media than Tri-Continental. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Amcor and 2 mentions for Tri-Continental. Amcor's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Tri-Continental's score of 0.78 indicating that Amcor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Amcor	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Tri-Continental	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Amcor beats Tri-Continental on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.