GAM vs. TY, VMO, IIM, MMU, VGM, VKQ, IQI, VCV, NQP, and PPT
Should you be buying General American Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General American Investors include Tri Continental (TY), INV VK MUN OPP (VMO), Invvlu Mu Incm (IIM), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), Inv Vk Tr Inv (VGM), INV VK MUN TR (VKQ), Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (IQI), INV VK CA VALU (VCV), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), and Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.
General American Investors vs. Its Competitors
General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) and Tri Continental (NYSE:TY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
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 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
36.9% 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 insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Tri Continental shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, General American Investors had 1 more articles in the media than Tri Continental. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for General American Investors and 1 mentions for Tri Continental. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Tri Continental's score of -0.11 indicating that General American Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.
General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Tri Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%.
Summary
General American Investors beats Tri Continental on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:GAM) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
