GAM vs. TY, VMO, IIM, MMU, VGM, AGS, VKQ, VCV, IQI, and NQP
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), PlayAGS (AGS), INV VK MUN TR (VKQ), INV VK CA VALU (VCV), Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (IQI), and Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP). 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
In the previous week, General American Investors and General American Investors both had 2 articles in the media. Tri Continental's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat General American Investors' score of 0.94 indicating that Tri Continental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Tri Continental shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
General American Investors has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Tri Continental has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Tri Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%.
Summary
Tri Continental beats General American Investors 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 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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