General American Investors (GAM) Competitors

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

Is GAM or MQY more profitable?

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

Does the media refer more to GAM or MQY?

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 1.71 beat BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund's score of 0.81 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GAM or MQY?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
General American Investors	$301.04M	4.09	N/A	N/A	N/A
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GAM or MQY?

36.8% of General American Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 25.5% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.3% of General American Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GAM or MQY?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
General American Investors	Outperform Votes 95 59.01%	Underperform Votes 66 40.99%
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund	Outperform Votes 110 63.22%	Underperform Votes 64 36.78%

Which has more risk and volatility, GAM or MQY?

General American Investors has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GAM or MQY a better dividend stock?

General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%.

Summary

General American Investors beats BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.