GAM vs. TY, MYI, VMO, IIM, MMU, VGM, VKQ, IQI, VCV, and RCS
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 III (MYI), 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), and PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.
General American Investors vs. Its Competitors
Tri Continental (NYSE:TY) and General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Tri Continental has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General American Investors has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, General American Investors had 2 more articles in the media than Tri Continental. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for General American Investors and 0 mentions for Tri Continental. Tri Continental's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat General American Investors' score of 0.37 indicating that Tri Continental is being referred to more favorably in the media.
10.2% of Tri Continental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of General American Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Tri Continental shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of General American Investors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Tri Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%.
Summary
Tri Continental and General American Investors tied by winning 3 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 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
