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

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 higher earnings & valuation, GAM or RFI?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
General American Investors	$251.67M	4.97	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund	$17.51M	17.83	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, GAM or RFI?

General American Investors has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GAM or RFI a better dividend stock?

General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 media prefer 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 5 mentions for General American Investors and 2 mentions for Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund. Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat General American Investors' score of 1.45 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	4 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

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