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General American Investors Company, Inc. (GAM)

Financial Services | Asset Management | New York, United States | NYSE
64.05 USD +0.22 (0.345%) ⇧ (April 20, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★★★ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:55 p.m. EDT

High-conviction momentum play driven by consistent insider buying, recent price breakout hitting new 12-month highs, and strong technicals exceeding the model's slightly bearish directional prediction.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.016355
MSTL0.016828
AutoTheta0.024304
AutoARIMA0.041616

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 41%
H-stat 18.37
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.280
Excess Kurtosis 0.46
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2025-11-16
Last Dividend Date 2025-11-16
Debt to Equity Ratio 0.103
Revenue per Share 1.012
Market Cap 1,538,434,432
Trailing P/E 4.40
Beta 0.83
Profit Margins 1398.14%
Website https://www.generalamericaninvestors.com

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
11.25% 11.25% 10.04% 8.95%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-11-17 6.400 11.249780
2025-02-24 0.250 0.541213
2024-11-18 4.500 10.142430
2023-11-10 2.650 8.175746
2022-11-10 1.000 3.604965
2022-02-04 0.500 1.616447
2021-11-12 3.050 9.433500
2021-02-05 0.250 0.950070
2020-11-13 0.230 0.979117
2019-11-15 0.370 1.505251
2018-11-16 2.250 10.462916
2018-02-02 0.500 2.274924
2017-11-10 0.480 2.335948
2017-01-26 0.200 1.012035
2016-11-09 3.080 17.115340
2016-01-28 0.100 0.648747
2015-11-12 0.340 1.964367
2014-11-13 3.500 18.315246
2013-11-14 2.100 12.353083
2012-11-15 1.400 11.542168
2011-11-09 0.500 4.536138
2010-11-09 0.430 3.891095
2009-11-10 0.350 3.539081
2008-11-12 0.440 6.297755
2008-01-24 0.215 1.670921
2007-11-14 5.750 40.325816
2006-11-08 3.000 23.598493
2005-11-08 0.553 5.101654
2005-01-27 0.274 2.818791
2004-11-09 0.900 9.381900
2004-01-22 0.118 1.259932
2003-11-12 0.500 5.715738
2003-01-23 0.040 0.551087
2002-11-12 0.320 4.379894
2002-01-24 0.300 2.983109
2001-11-15 2.080 21.334738
2001-01-25 2.080 20.221634
2000-11-09 6.110 62.400897
2000-01-20 1.970 23.481032
1999-11-10 3.130 43.814972
1999-01-21 1.360 22.322794
1998-11-12 3.520 64.495253
1998-01-22 0.210 4.986319
1997-11-12 2.950 74.884619
1997-01-23 0.050 1.597810
1996-11-13 2.460 79.260678
1996-01-18 0.032 1.238835
1995-11-09 2.580 101.334005
1995-01-17 0.410 18.270757
1994-11-07 0.015 0.665530
1994-01-18 0.015 0.594920
1993-11-08 2.090 82.947542
1993-01-19 0.950 31.931185
1992-11-10 2.000 71.620748
1991-11-08 2.080 89.175034
1991-01-22 0.060 4.014884
1990-11-09 1.600 115.759964
1990-01-19 0.110 8.071120
1989-11-14 1.680 124.059096
1989-01-19 0.050 4.974143
1988-11-07 0.062 6.189847
1988-01-21 0.220 23.488461
1987-11-06 1.670 171.602492
1987-01-21 0.740 63.652897
1986-11-14 1.770 162.521948
1986-01-14 1.540 164.955060
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.45
dividendYield 0.79
exDividendDate 2025-11-17
trailingAnnualDividendRate 6.4
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.10026633
lastDividendValue 6.4
lastDividendDate 2025-11-17
dividendDate 2018-12-28

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.3187152
Address1 530 Fifth Avenue
Address2 26th Floor
All Time High 64.42
All Time Low 11.25
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 700
Average Daily Volume10 Day 27,090
Average Daily Volume3 Month 28,132
Average Volume 28,132
Average Volume10Days 27,090
Beta 0.831
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 1,000
Book Value 65.202
City New York
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 64.05
Current Ratio 0.864
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 64.11
Day Low 63.65
Debt To Equity 0.103
Display Name General American Investors Company
Dividend Date 1,545,955,200
Dividend Rate 0.45
Dividend Yield 0.79
Earnings Growth 2.923
Earnings Quarterly Growth 2.684
Earnings Timestamp End 1,754,683,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,754,337,600
Ebitda 8,630,821
Ebitda Margins 0.35508
Enterprise To Ebitda 200.159
Enterprise To Revenue 71.073
Enterprise Value 1,727,540,352
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 14.56
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,763,337,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 60.7148
Fifty Day Average Change 3.3352013
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.05493226
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 31.871521
Fifty Two Week High 64.42
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.36999512
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.005743482
Fifty Two Week Low 47.73
Fifty Two Week Low Change 16.320004
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.3419234
Fifty Two Week Range 47.73 - 64.42
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,151,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.2
Float Shares 21,045,205
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 1.0
Gross Profits 24,306,604
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.07993
Held Percent Institutions 0.31968
Implied Shares Outstanding 24,019,272
Industry Asset Management
Industry Disp Asset Management
Industry Key asset-management
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,763,337,600
Last Dividend Value 6.4
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary 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. It makes investments in Information Technology, Financials, Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary, Retailing, Communication Services, Industrials, Health Care, Energy and Materials. The firm employs fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to make its investments. It conducts in-house research to make its investments. General American Investors Company, Inc. was founded in 1927 and is based in New York, New York.
Long Name General American Investors Company, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 1,538,434,432
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_3110773
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 328,533,952
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,531,065,188
Open 64.01
Operating Margins 0.22047001
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone (212) 916-8400
Previous Close 63.83
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.9823318
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 63.29286
Profit Margins 13.981441
Quick Ratio 0.488
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.220001
Regular Market Change Percent 0.344667
Regular Market Day High 64.11
Regular Market Day Low 63.65
Regular Market Day Range 63.65 - 64.11
Regular Market Open 64.01
Regular Market Previous Close 63.83
Regular Market Price 64.05
Regular Market Time 1,776,715,202
Regular Market Volume 22,364
Return On Assets 0.0032
Return On Equity 0.20581
Revenue Growth -0.221
Revenue Per Share 1.012
Sand P52 Week Change 0.34445214
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Shares Outstanding 23,986,608
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0002
Shares Short 5,653
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 12,997
Short Name General American Investors, Inc
Short Percent Of Float 0.00029999999
Short Ratio 0.2
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol GAM
Total Cash 2,918,555
Total Cash Per Share 0.122
Total Debt 1,800,471
Total Revenue 24,306,604
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 6.4
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.10026633
Trailing Eps 14.56
Trailing P E 4.3990383
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 60.1531
Two Hundred Day Average Change 3.896904
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.0647831
Type Disp Equity
Volume 22,364
Website https://www.generalamericaninvestors.com
Zip 10,036