GAM vs. QQQX, MUC, CET, MFIC, MQY, SLRC, STEW, HQH, MYI, and PHK
Should you be buying General American Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General American Investors include Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX), BlackRock MuniHoldings California Quality Fund (MUC), Central Securities (CET), MidCap Financial Investment (MFIC), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund (MQY), SLR Investment (SLRC), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Abrdn Healthcare Investors (HQH), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III (MYI), and PIMCO High Income Fund (PHK). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (NASDAQ:QQQX) and General American Investors (NYSE:GAM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, General American Investors had 8 more articles in the media than Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for General American Investors and 3 mentions for Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund. General American Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund's score of 0.28 indicating that Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
23.6% of Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of General American Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of General American Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General American Investors has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
General American Investors received 95 more outperform votes than Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. General American Investors pays an annual dividend of $2.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. General American Investors has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
General American Investors beats Nuveen Nasdaq 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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