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TY vs. GAM, MQY, MYI, MMU, MYD, NQP, MUA, DOGZ, PPT, and PMO

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 (MQY), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund (MMU), BlackRock MuniYield Fund (MYD), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Dogness (International) (DOGZ), Putnam Premier Income Trust (PPT), and Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust (PMO). These companies are all part of the "misc." industry.

Tri-Continental vs.

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

In the previous week, General American Investors had 6 more articles in the media than Tri-Continental. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for General American Investors and 3 mentions for Tri-Continental. Tri-Continental's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat General American Investors' score of 1.00 indicating that Tri-Continental is being referred to more favorably in the 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%.

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Tri-ContinentalOutperform Votes
223
71.02%
Underperform Votes
91
28.98%
General American InvestorsOutperform Votes
95
59.01%
Underperform Votes
66
40.99%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tri-Continental$321.66M4.80N/AN/AN/A
General American Investors$251.67MN/AN/AN/AN/A

Summary

Tri-Continental beats General American Investors on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TY vs. The Competition

MetricTri-ContinentalInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.54B$7.33B$10.53B$17.90B
Dividend Yield10.13%6.76%5.42%3.79%
P/E RatioN/A3.6521.3529.78
Price / Sales4.8015.3424.9623.62
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6217.54
Price / BookN/A0.872.584.16
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-6.41%-3.86%-5.06%-8.77%
1 Month Performance-8.86%-5.15%494.21%-9.69%
1 Year Performance-5.16%-1.80%530.63%-4.84%

Tri-Continental Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TY
Tri-Continental
N/A$28.33
-4.3%
N/A-2.6%$1.53B$321.66M0.00N/APositive News
GAM
General American Investors
N/A$51.10
+1.5%
N/A+7.2%$1.26B$251.67M0.003,313Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
MQY
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund
N/A$11.89
+1.0%
N/A-3.8%$868.52M$43.54M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
MYI
BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III
N/A$11.10
+0.8%
N/A-2.3%$755.70M$38.59M0.00147,000Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
MMU
Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund
N/A$10.32
+0.7%
N/A+1.3%$563.67M$60.65M0.00147,000News Coverage
MYD
BlackRock MuniYield Fund
N/A$10.62
+0.6%
N/A-1.8%$495.51M$24.27M0.00147,000Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
NQP
Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund
N/A$11.38
flat
N/A-2.7%$423.59M$32.93M0.00147,000Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
MUA
BlackRock MuniAssets Fund
N/A$10.94
+0.9%
N/A-2.8%$422.98M$46.97M0.00147,000Dividend Announcement
Positive News
DOGZ
Dogness (International)
0.3247 of 5 stars
$29.70
-12.1%
N/A+255.0%$378.11M$14.85M0.00320
PPT
Putnam Premier Income Trust
N/A$3.58
+0.3%
N/A+2.7%$344.64M$32.69M0.00N/APositive News
PMO
Putnam Municipal Opportunities Trust
N/A$10.32
-0.1%
N/A+2.6%$328.29M$69.50M0.00801Positive News
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This page (NYSE:TY) was last updated on 4/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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