General American Investors (GAM) Competitors

General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) and Tri-Continental (NYSE:TY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, GAM or TY?

General American Investors has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GAM or TY?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
General American Investors	$251.67M	4.78	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tri-Continental	$321.66M	5.05	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is GAM or TY a better dividend stock?

General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GAM or TY?

Tri-Continental received 128 more outperform votes than General American Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.02% of users gave Tri-Continental 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%
Tri-Continental	Outperform Votes 223 71.02%	Underperform Votes 91 28.98%

Is GAM or TY more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
General American Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tri-Continental	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor GAM or TY?

In the previous week, General American Investors and General American Investors both had 1 articles in the media. Tri-Continental's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat General American Investors' score of -1.00 indicating that Tri-Continental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
General American Investors	Negative
Tri-Continental	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GAM or TY?

36.8% of General American Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of Tri-Continental shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of General American Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Tri-Continental shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Tri-Continental beats General American Investors on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.