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GAM Income Quality Score

General American Investors Company, Inc. (GAM) has an Income Quality Score of 93/100, classified as a Friend with low confidence, based on a 10-year income and total-return history.

General American Investors Company, Inc. (GAM) is a closed-end fund and is part of the IQ Score universe.

July 2026 snapshotAs of July 31, 2026Lookback: 10-year
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IQ Score
93/100
FriendLow confidence
Asset Type
CEF
Exchange
NYSE
Trailing Yield (TTM)
Not published
No normalized trailing yield is published for closed-end funds in this snapshot.
Rank in CEF Universe
3 of 358
Lookback
10-year
Data as of
July 31, 2026
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This is the public July 2026 snapshot. Public snapshots are delayed and frozen: once released, a month's scores do not change, and current data is reserved for members. The July 2026 snapshot is published as the public launch snapshot.
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GAMGeneral American Investors Company, Inc.
93FriendLow confidence
Snapshot
2026-07
Data as of
2026-07-31
Lookback
10-year
Asset type
Closed-End Fund

IQ Score History

6535FRIENDQUESTION MARKFOE050100Methodology updatedMethodology updated on 2026-07-31 (iq-4class-v1 → iq-4class-v3-direct-dist)2026-072026-072026-072026-07-17 · 82.7 · Friend · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-20 · 82.8 · Friend · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-21 · 82.8 · Friend · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-22 · 82.8 · Friend · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-23 · 82.8 · Friend · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-24 · 82.7 · Friend · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-27 · 82.7 · Friend · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-28 · 82.8 · Friend · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-29 · 82.7 · Friend · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-30 · 82.8 · Friend · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v12026-07-31 · 93.5 · Friend · Published Snapshot History · iq-4class-v3-direct-dist6535FRIENDQUESTION MARKFOE050100Methodology updated on 2026-07-31 (iq-4class-v1 → iq-4class-v3-direct-dist)2026-072026-07

Reconstructed monthly scores are computed from current data and methodology. Published snapshots are the frozen monthly releases, marked on the line. Where the methodology changed, the line is broken rather than joined across the change.

Signals & Drivers

IQ signal scores

Each signal is normalised to 0–100 and combined by weight into the overall IQ Score.

Economic Payout Coverage
100/100
Working Capital Preservation
84/100
Distribution Trend
85/100

What is working

  • Economic return covers long-term payout
  • Working capital preserved over time
  • Distributions growing year-over-year

Distribution Safety

26Years raised
0Years cut
40Years of data
RisingCurrent trend
  1. 19840.67Held
  2. 19850.28Lower total
  3. 19861.54Raised
  4. 19871.67Raised
  5. 19880.01Lower total
  6. 19891.51Raised
  7. 19901.7Raised
  8. 19912.0Raised
  9. 19923.015Raised
  10. 19932.98Lower total
  11. 19940.31Lower total
  12. 19962.27Raised
  13. 19983.2528Raised
  14. 19994.49Raised
  15. 20007.75Raised
  16. 20016.24Lower total
  17. 20020.62Lower total
  18. 20030.54Lower total
  19. 20041.01Raised
  20. 20052.1217Raised
  21. 20063.138Raised
  22. 20075.75Raised
  23. 20080.6553Lower total
  24. 20090.35Lower total
  25. 20100.43Raised
  26. 20110.5Raised
  27. 20122.0Raised
  28. 20132.1Raised
  29. 20143.5Raised
  30. 20151.15Lower total
  31. 20163.18Raised
  32. 20173.29Raised
  33. 20182.75Lower total
  34. 20192.45Lower total
  35. 20202.5Raised
  36. 20210.61Lower total
  37. 20221.5Raised
  38. 20232.65Raised
  39. 20244.5Raised
  40. 20256.65Raised

Distributions per year, from the frozen distribution-stability signal. “Lower total” means the calendar-year sum was smaller than the prior year (often a special-distribution rolloff or timing shift), but did not decline more than the engine's 10% material-decline threshold — see Years Cut above for years that did.

The IQ Score is a research classification of historical income quality. It is not investment advice, not a recommendation and not a prediction of future returns.

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