General American Investors (GAM) 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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Is TY or GAM a better dividend stock?

Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%.

Does the media refer more to TY or GAM?

In the previous week, General American Investors had 4 more articles in the media than Tri-Continental. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for General American Investors and 3 mentions for Tri-Continental. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Tri-Continental's score of 0.90 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
Tri-Continental	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
General American Investors	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TY or GAM?

Tri-Continental received 128 more outperform votes than General American Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.02% of users gave Tri-Continental an outperform vote while only 59.01% of users gave General American Investors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tri-Continental	Outperform Votes 223 71.02%	Underperform Votes 91 28.98%
General American Investors	Outperform Votes 95 59.01%	Underperform Votes 66 40.99%

Is TY or GAM more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tri-Continental	N/A	N/A	N/A
General American Investors	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk and volatility, TY or GAM?

Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General American Investors has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, TY or GAM?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tri-Continental	$321.66M	4.99	N/A	N/A	N/A
General American Investors	$251.67M	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TY or GAM?

10.2% of Tri-Continental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of General American Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Tri-Continental shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of General American Investors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Tri-Continental beats General American Investors on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.