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GAM vs. TY, MQY, MYI, VMO, IIM, MMU, VGM, VKQ, VCV, and IQI

Should you be buying General American Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General American Investors include Tri-Continental (TY), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust (VMO), Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust (IIM), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals (VGM), Invesco Municipal Trust (VKQ), Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust (VCV), and Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (IQI). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

General American Investors vs.

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

General American Investors has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
General American InvestorsOutperform Votes
95
59.01%
Underperform Votes
66
40.99%
Tri-ContinentalOutperform Votes
223
71.02%
Underperform Votes
91
28.98%

In the previous week, General American Investors had 2 more articles in the media than Tri-Continental. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for General American Investors and 1 mentions for Tri-Continental. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Tri-Continental's score of 0.67 indicating that General American Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
General American Investors
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Tri-Continental
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
General American Investors$251.67M4.96N/AN/AN/A
Tri-Continental$321.66M5.01N/AN/AN/A

Summary

Tri-Continental beats General American Investors on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GAM vs. The Competition

MetricGeneral American InvestorsInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.25B$6.92B$11.51B$19.39B
Dividend Yield8.97%6.78%5.46%3.84%
P/E RatioN/A3.5722.5234.27
Price / Sales4.9621.7927.3334.85
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6217.51
Price / BookN/A0.892.794.69
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.04B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.60%-0.50%0.30%-1.33%
1 Month Performance11.36%4.90%8.67%9.79%
1 Year Performance8.92%-0.20%537.82%3.27%

General American Investors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GAM
General American Investors
N/A$53.14
-1.0%
N/A+8.9%$1.25B$251.67M0.003,313Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TY
Tri-Continental
N/A$31.50
+0.3%
N/A+0.3%$1.64B$321.66M0.00N/A
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
N/A$11.17
-0.2%
N/A-9.8%$816.27M$16.07M0.00N/A
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$10.52
-0.7%
N/A-7.3%$716.02M$11.53M0.00147,000Positive News
VMO
Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust
N/A$9.26
-0.9%
N/A-5.1%$624.50M$24.46M0.00N/APositive News
IIM
Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust
N/A$11.83
-0.3%
N/A+0.4%$556.81M$22.00M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$10.05
-0.2%
N/A-4.2%$548.92M$60.65M0.00147,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
VGM
Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals
N/A$9.57
-0.7%
N/A-3.5%$519M$21.00M0.00147,000Positive News
VKQ
Invesco Municipal Trust
N/A$9.27
-0.9%
N/A-5.4%$512.97M$20.67M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
VCV
Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust
N/A$10.49
-1.8%
N/A+4.6%$502.38M$18.10M0.00N/A
IQI
Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust
N/A$9.37
-0.6%
N/A-3.5%$495.52M$20.51M0.00147,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:GAM) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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