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General American Investors (GAM) Competitors

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$49.57 -0.14 (-0.28%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

GAM vs. MQY, MYI, DOGZ, MMU, MYD, MUA, NQP, RCS, PPT, and RFI

Should you be buying General American Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General American Investors include BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), PIMCO Strategic Income Fund (RCS), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), and Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (RFI). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

General American Investors vs.

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (NYSE:MQY) and General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund received 15 more outperform votes than General American Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.22% of users gave BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave General American Investors an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRock MuniYield Quality FundOutperform Votes
110
63.22%
Underperform Votes
64
36.78%
General American InvestorsOutperform Votes
95
59.01%
Underperform Votes
66
40.99%

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock MuniYield Quality FundN/A N/A N/A
General American Investors N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, General American Investors had 3 more articles in the media than BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for General American Investors and 1 mentions for BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that General American Investors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
General American Investors
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniYield Quality FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
General American InvestorsN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of General American Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of General American Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General American Investors has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

General American Investors beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GAM vs. The Competition

MetricGeneral American InvestorsInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.19B$8.28B$10.35B$19.85B
Dividend YieldN/A6.42%10.18%3.52%
P/E RatioN/A0.4649.6042.73
Price / SalesN/A13.913,386.8319.27
Price / CashN/A6.9730.6817.86
Price / BookN/A0.902.895.52
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$994.27M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-9.06%-0.51%-0.05%0.45%
1 Month Performance-7.80%-1.92%7.13%1.05%
1 Year Performance19.45%11.36%24.11%24.67%

General American Investors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GAM
General American Investors
N/A$49.57
-0.3%
N/A+19.1%$1.19BN/A0.003,313Ex-Dividend
Positive News
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
N/A$12.32
-0.2%
N/A+8.8%$902.50MN/A0.00N/A
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$11.33
-0.3%
N/A+6.8%$773.20MN/A0.00147,000
DOGZ
Dogness (International)
0.9688 of 5 stars
$45.80
-5.2%
N/A+1,412.0%$583.08M$14.85M0.00320Short Interest ↓
Positive News
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$10.44
+0.1%
N/A+5.6%$569.67MN/A0.00147,000Dividend Increase
Positive News
MYD
BlackRock MuniYield Fund
N/A$11.16
-0.2%
N/A+10.4%$521.63MN/A0.00147,000
MUA
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund
N/A$11.94
-0.3%
N/A+19.4%$463.19MN/A0.00147,000Positive News
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.77
+0.1%
N/A+9.3%$437.73MN/A0.00147,000
RCS
PIMCO Strategic Income Fund
N/A$7.68
-0.1%
N/A+36.4%$354.28MN/A0.00N/A
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.54
+0.3%
N/A+4.1%$339.83MN/A0.00N/A
RFI
Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund
N/A$12.63
+0.2%
N/A+14.5%$334.82MN/A0.00N/A

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This page (NYSE:GAM) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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