  For any positive integer $n$, let $\sigma(n)=\sum_{d\mid n} d$. In 1936, P.
Erd\"os proved that the natural density of the set of positive integers $n$ for
which $\sigma(n+1) \geq \sigma(n)$ is $\frac{1}{2}$. In 2020, M. Kobayashi and
T. Trudgian showed that the natural density of positive integers $n$ with
$\sigma(2n+1) \geq \sigma(2n)$ is between 0.053 and 0.055. In this paper, we
generalize M. Kobayashi and T. Trudgian's result \cite{KT20} and give a new
estimate on the natural density of positive integers $n$ for which
$\sigma(kn+r_1) \geq \sigma(kn+r_2)$. We also calculate some special cases with
certain $k,r_1$ and $r_2$.
