profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
General American Investors
$65.36-0.31% today
+3.0% in 1 year
1-year low $56.561-year high $67.95
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $4.58 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What General American Investors sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -$172 million in 2022 to $346 million in 2025, with $340 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
General American Investors vs. similar companies
General American Investors grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| General American Investors | 4.6× · Cheap | ||
 BlackRock | 34.0× · Expensive | ||
 Blackstone | 49.1× · Expensive | ||
 Investor | 8.5× · Cheap | ||
 Brookfield | 70.0× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads General American Investors's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -172 | 280 | 252 | 346 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -177 | 273 | 245 | 340 | |
| -7.20 | 11.67 | 10.81 | 15.06 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 103.2% | 97.8% | 97.5% | 98.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,252 | 1,444 | 1,565 | 1,773 |
| Cash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total debt | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Total liabilities | 211 | 21 | 19 | 17 |
| 1,041 | 1,423 | 1,546 | 1,756 | |
| 26 | 22 | 22 | 23 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -17.0% | 19.2% | 15.9% | 19.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 4.6×
- –
- 0.34
- 0.9×
- 4.5×
- –
- –
- 0.0%
- 21.8%
- 10.4%
Profitability
- 100.0%
- 20.4%
- 98.2%
- 19.2%
- 0.2%
- 12.0%
- 10.6%
- 9.9%
- 0.2%
- 29.1%
Growth
- +11.3%
- +13.6%
- –
- +96.0%
- −1.1%
Financial health
- 0.4×
- 0.00
- 0.1%
- –
- 1.26
- 1.26
- 0.01
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 16%of 667
Bottom 47%of 522
Top 4%of 903
Top 38%of 911
Bottom 28%of 939
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2025 | 3.23 | – | – |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 3.06 | – | – |
| May 3, 2024 | 8.08 | – | – |
| Feb 16, 2024 | 7.98 | – | – |
| Oct 31, 2023 | -1.51 | – | – |
| Aug 3, 2023 | 5.86 | – | – |
| May 2, 2023 | 5.04 | – | – |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 6.25 | – | – |
10.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$104a year at today's yield, before tax
+96.0%2020 to 2025
Raised3 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.34 in 2015 → $6.65 in 2025
How safe it looks
0.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earnsNews
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
4/7Passes 4 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
51No pass
Benjamin Graham
75Pass
Philip Fisher
74Pass
Peter Lynch
79Pass
Joel Greenblatt
37No pass
Charlie Munger
61Pass
Terry Smith
47No pass
Questions about General American Investors
Is General American Investors a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. 4 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the General American Investors AI analysis
What does General American Investors do?
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 is in Asset Management.
Does General American Investors pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 10.4% a year.
Is General American Investors stock halal?
Yes. General American Investors passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 0.1% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has General American Investors stock done over the past year?
Up 3.0% over the past twelve months, to $65.36. It traded between $56.56 and $67.95 and is 3.8% below its high.
Who are General American Investors's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BlackRock, Blackstone, Investor and Brookfield. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with General American Investors's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.