General American Investors (GAM) Competitors

$45.52
+0.07 (+0.15%)
(As of 03:59 PM ET)

GAM vs. QQQX, MUC, CET, MFIC, MQY, SLRC, HQH, STEW, MYI, and PHK

Should you be buying General American Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General American Investors include Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Central Securities (CET), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), SLR Investment (SLRC), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK).

General American Investors vs.

Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (NASDAQ:QQQX) and General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General American Investors has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

23.6% of Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of General American Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
General American Investors
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite FundN/A N/A N/A
General American Investors N/A N/A N/A

General American Investors received 95 more outperform votes than Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite FundN/AN/A
General American InvestorsOutperform Votes
95
59.01%
Underperform Votes
66
40.99%

Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. General American Investors has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
General American InvestorsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, General American Investors had 14 more articles in the media than Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for General American Investors and 1 mentions for Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund's score of 0.25 indicating that Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
General American Investors
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

General American Investors beats Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GAM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GAM vs. The Competition

MetricGeneral American InvestorsInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.09B$7.04B$8.31B$17.29B
Dividend Yield5.76%6.42%10.62%3.54%
P/E RatioN/A0.7359.7524.98
Price / SalesN/A18.593,625.0810.47
Price / CashN/A7.7527.8615.39
Price / BookN/A0.982.384.97
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.01B$964.11M
7 Day Performance-0.09%-0.14%-0.96%-0.78%
1 Month Performance-2.53%-2.35%-2.55%-4.42%
1 Year Performance15.06%2.09%11.10%94.31%

General American Investors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QQQX
Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund
0 of 5 stars
$22.92
+1.5%
N/A-3.8%$1.11BN/A0.00N/AUpcoming Earnings
News Coverage
MUC
BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund
0 of 5 stars
$10.74
+0.7%
N/A-1.8%$1.03BN/A0.00147,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
CET
Central Securities
0 of 5 stars
$40.93
+0.6%
N/AN/A$1.16BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
MFIC
MidCap Financial Investment
0.7085 of 5 stars
$15.26
flat
$14.79
-3.1%
+34.3%$995.76M$133.15M8.38N/AUpcoming Earnings
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
0 of 5 stars
$11.92
+0.6%
N/A-0.6%$871.11MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↑
News Coverage
Negative News
SLRC
SLR Investment
0.6586 of 5 stars
$15.41
+1.3%
$14.25
-7.5%
+6.0%$840.77M$229.31M11.01N/AUpcoming Earnings
News Coverage
HQH
Abrdn Healthcare Investors
0 of 5 stars
$16.15
+0.2%
N/A-7.2%$780.85MN/A0.00147,000
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
0 of 5 stars
$14.45
+0.3%
N/A+11.2%$1.40BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
0 of 5 stars
$11.00
+0.5%
N/A-1.7%$748.66MN/A0.00147,000
PHK
PIMCO High Income Fund
0 of 5 stars
$4.79
+0.6%
N/A+1.4%$699.23MN/A0.00147,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:GAM) was last updated on 5/1/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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