TY vs. GAM, MYI, VMO, IIM, MMU, VGM, VKQ, IQI, VCV, and PPT
Should you be buying Tri Continental stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tri Continental include General American Investors (GAM), 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 Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.
Tri Continental vs. Its Competitors
Tri Continental (NYSE:TY) and General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends.
Tri Continental has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General American Investors has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, General American Investors had 1 more articles in the media than Tri Continental. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for General American Investors and 2 mentions for Tri Continental. Tri Continental's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat General American Investors' score of 0.52 indicating that Tri Continental is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 7.7%.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of General American Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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:TY) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
