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).
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.
General American Investors received 95 more outperform votes than Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
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.
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.
Summary
General American Investors beats Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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