# General American Investors Inc. (GAM) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Capital Markets. Price $66.48, market value $1.6 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 4.2×** (5-yr avg 3.6×, 3-yr avg 3.6×). General American Investors Inc. trades at 4.2× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 3.6×. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×.
- **Price / sales: 4.6×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 4.6×.
- **Price / book: 0.9×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Earnings yield: 24.0%**. The inverse of the P/E: 24.0% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Net margin: 98.2%**. 98.2% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 19.4%**. 19.4% on shareholders' equity is solid.
- **Return on assets: 19.2%**. Each dollar of assets produces 19.2% of profit; low single digits are normal for banks and insurers.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 37.5%**. Revenue grew 37.5% over the last year.

## Financial health
- **Cash and short-term investments: $415,090**. Leverage ratios are shown differently for banks and insurers, whose balance sheets are built on deposits and reserves; use return on equity and the regulatory capital in the filings instead.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 9.53%** ($6.40 per share, trailing). General American Investors Inc. yields 9.53%, high enough to check carefully: yields this high often precede a cut.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 3**. 3 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 96.0%/yr** (1-yr 47.8%). The dividend has compounded at 96.0% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 1 years at that pace.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 22.8%** (YTD 13.2%, 3-mo 5.7%). The shares are up 22.8% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -3.0%** (18.2% above the low). Trading within 5% of its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 48**. An RSI of 48 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.68** (volatility 11%). Beta of 0.68 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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