General American Investors Company, Inc.
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- CEO
- Jeffrey W. Priest
- Full Time Employees
- 15
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 530 Fifth Avenue New York City NY United States of America 10036
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- CIK
- 0000040417
- Website
- generalamericaninvestors.com
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- General American Investors Company, Inc. (NYSE: GAM) is a closed-end investment management company that primarily invests in a diversified portfolio of common stocks with above-average growth potential to achieve long-term capital appreciation and secondarily current income; it employs fundamental, bottom-up security analysis and in-house research to select equities across sectors including information technology, financials, industrials, health care, consumer discretionary, communication services, consumer staples, energy, materials, and utilities. The company offers common stock (GAM) and 5.95% cumulative preferred stock series B (GAM Pr B), both listed on the New York Stock Exchange, with total net assets of approximately $1.81 billion as of September 30, 2025, including $1.62 billion applicable to common stock across 23.2 million shares outstanding and $190 million preferred stock liquidation value; its top holdings comprise Microsoft Corporation, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A, Republic Services Inc., The TJX Companies Inc., Alphabet Inc. Class C, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., GE Vernova Inc., ASML Holding N.V., and Arch Capital Group Ltd., representing about 44% of common net assets. Founded in 1927 and headquartered in New York City, the company operates principally in U.S. public equity markets while including select international and private securities; it maintains a global investment approach with a focus on growth stocks at reasonable valuations. Recent developments include a November 2025 declaration of a $6.40 per common share combined dividend and distribution comprising $5.95 from net long-term capital gains and $0.45 from net investment income, payable December 26, 2025; authorization for repurchasing up to 2 million additional common shares at an 8% or greater discount to net asset value, extending a program under which 33.7 million shares have been repurchased since 1995 for $1.1 billion; renewal of preferred stock repurchase authorization for 1,601,553 shares below $25 liquidation preference; appointment of Sarah M. Ward to the board of directors; and during the nine months ended September 30, 2025, repurchase of 252,180 common shares at a 12.5% average discount costing $13.5 million.
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