TY vs. GAM, MQY, MYI, MMU, MYD, MUA, NQP, 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), BlackRock MuniAssets Fund (MUA), Nuveen Pennsylvania Quality Municipal Income Fund (NQP), 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.
General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) and Tri-Continental (NYSE:TY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
36.9% of General American Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.2% of Tri-Continental shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of General American Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of Tri-Continental shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
General American Investors has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tri-Continental has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $4.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Tri-Continental pays an annual dividend of $3.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%.
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.
In the previous week, General American Investors and General American Investors both had 2 articles in the media. Tri-Continental's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat General American Investors' score of 1.00 indicating that Tri-Continental is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Tri-Continental beats General American Investors on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TY) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
