GAM

HoldSecond Wind

General American Investors Company, Inc. · Financial Services · United States · $1.5B cap · $1.3M/day traded

$64.22 +0.4% · close 27 Oct · scored 28 Oct

Second Wind: Cheap and rising again, but the business does not yet earn the optimism.

56
StockRank
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Quality
45
Value
50
Momentum
55

As of 28 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for General American Investors Company, Inc. (GAM) is 56/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 45, Value 50, Momentum 55, each scored against its sector).

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P/E (TTM)
4.0x
peers 13.0x
ROE
20.9%
peers 9.6%
D/E
0.0x
peers 0.3x
Dividend %
10.0%
trailing yield

ABOUT GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS COMPANY, INC.

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General American Investors Company, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm invests in the public equity markets of United States. It invests in growth stocks of companies.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)

Year20212022202320242025CAGRTTM
Revenue—-171.8M279.6M251.7M346.1M11.3%24.4M
EPS12.36-7.2011.6710.8114.564.2%15.94
Shares—24.0M23.7M23.5M24.0M+0.2%23.8M
Debt—3.5M3.0M2.4M1.8M-20.0%1.5M
Equity—1.0B1.4B1.5B1.8B19.0%—
Op CF———————
Inv CF———————
Fin CF———————
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PRICE (1Y) · USD-0.4%
63.464.064.565.065.516 Sep7 Oct27 Oct
SMA 50SMA 200

Price checkIn an uptrendExperimental

Above its 200-day average and 6% below its 52-week high.

SwingsVery calm

Calmer than 98% of stocks we rank over the past year (12% a year).

How this is worked out

StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.

The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.

In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.

What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.

What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.

Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.

Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.

Close
$64.22
RSI (14)
50.7
52-Week Range-6.3% from high
Low $56.04High $68.57

SCORE BREAKDOWN

Quality
45
ROIC (ROA)
0.3%*17.4
ROE
20.9%85.4
GP/Assets
1.4%8.8
Op. Margin
44.7%67.8
FCF/Assets
—N/A
Piotroski
474.9
Int. Cover
—N/A
D/E Ratio
0.00x90.3
Current Ratio
0.69x18.3
Value
50
P/E (TTM)
4.0x95.6
EV/EBITDA
—N/A
P/FCF
—N/A
P/B
0.9x70.2
P/S
62.2x1.8
Div Yield
10.0%93.4
Momentum
55
52W High %
94%75.9
RS 6M
-9%32.9
SMA 50/200
1.03x56.3
EPS Rev 4W
—N/A
EPS Rev 12W
—N/A
EPS Improve
—N/A
Q Growth
25%58.1

FUNDAMENTALS

Market Cap
$1.5B
P/E (Forward)
—
Gross Margin
100.0%

SECTOR PEERS

Closest peers in Financial Services, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of GAM are excluded.

TickerCompanyMkt CapStockRankSignal
GAMGeneral American Investors Company, Inc.(you)$1.5B56Hold
NBXGNeuberger Berman Income Funds - Neuberger Next Generation Connectivity Fund Inc.$1.1B53Hold
HYTBlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.$1.5B47Hold
PMLPIMCO Municipal Income Fund II$852M53Hold
JFRNuveen Floating Rate Income Fund$1.2B68Buy
MQYBlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund, Inc.$1.5B40Hold
VRTSVirtus Investment Partners, Inc.$790M59Hold
BTXBlackRock Innovation and Growth Term Trust$983M48Hold
NUVNuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc.$1.7B40Hold
PTYPIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund$2.4B46Hold

Peer medians: ROE 9.6% · P/E 13.0x · Gross margin 75.2%

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General American Investors Company, Inc. (GAM): Stock Score Summary

General American Investors Company, Inc. (GAM) has a MoatMap StockRank of 56/100 based on Quality (45/100), Value (50/100), and Momentum (55/100) factor scores. The current signal is HOLD.

General American Investors Company, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm invests in the public equity markets of United States. It invests in growth stocks of companies.

Key Financial Metrics

Price$64.22
Market Cap$1.5B
P/E (TTM)4.00
Price/Book0.87
Return on Equity20.9%
Debt/Equity0.00x
Gross Margin100.0%
Operating Margin44.7%
Revenue Growth0.9%
Dividend Yield10.0%

General American Investors Company, Inc. operates in the Asset Management industry, part of the Financial Services sector (United States).

Frequently Asked Questions

What is General American Investors Company, Inc.’s (GAM) StockRank?
MoatMap’s StockRank for General American Investors Company, Inc. (GAM) is 56/100, with a Hold signal. It is a composite of Quality (45), Value (50), and Momentum (55), each scored against its sector. The composite is then ranked across MoatMap’s universe of 24,000+ stocks.
Does General American Investors Company, Inc. have an economic moat?
General American Investors Company, Inc. (GAM) has a Quality factor score of 45/100. The Quality factor combines ROIC, Piotroski F-Score, and leverage: the financial fingerprints of a durable competitive advantage. A Quality score above 70 typically indicates a company with the characteristics of a moated business.
Is General American Investors Company, Inc. a buy, hold, or sell?
MoatMap’s current signal for General American Investors Company, Inc. (GAM) is Hold, based on a StockRank of 56/100. Signals are derived mechanically from the StockRank composite and should be one input among many; combine with your own thesis on management, competitive position, and valuation.
What sector is General American Investors Company, Inc. in?
General American Investors Company, Inc. (GAM) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry (United States).