Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT) Competitors $3.70 +0.01 (+0.27%) As of 07/3/2025 03:30 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PPT vs. GAM, VMO, IIM, MMU, VGM, VKQ, IQI, VCV, NQP, and DOGZShould you be buying Putnam Premier Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Putnam Premier Income Trust include General American Investors (GAM), 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 Dogness (International) (DOGZ). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry. Putnam Premier Income Trust vs. Its Competitors General American Investors INV VK MUN OPP Invvlu Mu Incm Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Inv Vk Tr Inv INV VK MUN TR Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust Inv Vk Ca Valu Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund Dogness (International) General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) and Putnam Premier Income Trust (NYSE:PPT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends. Does the media prefer GAM or PPT? In the previous week, General American Investors had 4 more articles in the media than Putnam Premier Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for General American Investors and 1 mentions for Putnam Premier Income Trust. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Putnam Premier Income Trust's score of 1.02 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 2 Very Positive mention(s) 3 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Putnam Premier Income Trust 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is GAM or PPT a better dividend stock? General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Putnam Premier Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GAM or PPT? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioGeneral American InvestorsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/APutnam Premier Income TrustN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A Which has more risk & volatility, GAM or PPT? General American Investors has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Putnam Premier Income Trust has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GAM or PPT? 36.9% of General American Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Putnam Premier Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 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. Is GAM or PPT more profitable? Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets General American InvestorsN/A N/A N/A Putnam Premier Income Trust N/A N/A N/A SummaryGeneral American Investors beats Putnam Premier Income Trust on 5 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Putnam Premier Income Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PPT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PPT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart PPT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPutnam Premier Income TrustFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$356.20M$3.72B$12.04B$20.64BDividend Yield8.46%6.79%5.57%3.74%P/E RatioN/AN/A20.0728.10Price / SalesN/A20.3125.8754.14Price / CashN/A17.5321.5022.31Price / BookN/A1.172.284.59Net IncomeN/A$158.51M$1.00B$986.06M7 Day Performance0.68%1.51%2.21%2.79%1 Month PerformanceN/A2.56%4.45%5.42%1 Year Performance2.78%2.90%540.85%14.63% Putnam Premier Income Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PPTPutnam Premier Income TrustN/A$3.70+0.3%N/A+3.1%$356.20MN/A0.00N/ANews CoveragePositive NewsGAMGeneral American InvestorsN/A$54.50+0.9%N/A+13.4%$1.27BN/A0.003,313News CoveragePositive NewsVMOINV VK MUN OPPN/A$9.06-0.1%N/A-7.3%$611.01MN/A0.00N/ADividend AnnouncementIIMInvvlu Mu IncmN/A$11.60flatN/A-6.0%$545.99MN/A0.00147,000Dividend AnnouncementMMUWestern Asset Managed Municipals FundN/A$9.82-0.6%N/A-2.7%$539.63MN/A0.00147,000VGMInv Vk Tr InvN/A$9.44+0.2%N/A-7.4%$510.86MN/A0.00147,000Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementVKQINV VK MUN TRN/A$9.10+0.2%N/A-7.6%$502.45MN/A0.00147,000Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementIQIInvesco Quality Municipal Income TrustN/A$9.33+0.2%N/A-5.8%$492.35MN/A0.00147,000Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementVCVInv Vk Ca ValuN/A$10.16+0.2%N/A-0.1%$485.61MN/A0.00N/ANews CoverageDividend AnnouncementNQPNuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income FundN/A$11.07+0.4%N/A-9.1%$410.56MN/A0.00147,000News CoverageDividend AnnouncementDOGZDogness (International)0.1502 of 5 stars$29.21-0.8%N/A-44.7%$374.93M$20.26M0.00320 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies General American Investors Competitors INV VK MUN OPP Competitors Invvlu Mu Incm Competitors Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Competitors Inv Vk Tr Inv Competitors INV VK MUN TR Competitors Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust Competitors Inv Vk Ca Valu Competitors Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund Competitors Dogness (International) Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:PPT) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s RevengeElon Musk and President Trump's new feud is all over the news... 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