General American Investors Company, Inc. · GAM · NYSE
Dividend report · updated Nov 13, 2026
$65.12 -0.67% on the day, -$0.44
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Yearly payout / yield
$0.25·0.38%
$0.25 yearly x 1 ⓘ
Next payment
~$0.25/yr
not declared yet ⓘ
Next ex-date
—
was due ~Jan 12 ⓘ
Years without a cut
6 yrs
since the 2019 cut (-82.6%) ⓘ
Paying since
1981
83 payments on file
Yield vs history ⓘ
5
Well below its usual yield
plus a special dividend: $6.40 in the last year — not in the rate
GAM share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Every payment since Jan 2017
GAM Dividend Growth (CAGR)
1Y +2,460.0%3Y +34.2%5Y +66.5%10Y +11.0%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). A red dashed stub marks a payment that was due by its usual rhythm but is not on file. Orange = special or irregular payment. The enlarge button shows all 83 payments since 1981.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year; 2026 YTD is paid so far, the amounts vary too much to estimate the rest.
Next 5 years if the pace holds
If the recent pace holds — one-off jumps left out. Not a forecast. No usable raise on record, so the pace is 0%. Special payments are left out. Today's $0.25 a year would stay $0.25 by 2031 - 0.38% on today's $65.12 price.

How Many GAM Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $0.25 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 24,000 GAM shares, about $1,562,880 at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $65.12. $1,000 a month takes about 48,000 shares, about $3,125,760. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

General American Investors Company (GAM) pays $0.25 a share once a year, $0.25 a year, a 0.38% run-rate yield at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $65.12. A special dividend of $6.40 came on top in the last year; specials are paid case by case, so they never count in the rate or the yield here. It has made 83 dividend payments since 1981.

At today’s rate of $0.25 once a year and the last close of $65.12, this is what GAM pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.25$0.02$0.25
100 shares$25.00$2.08$25.00
$10,000 invested (153.6 shares)$38.39$3.20$38.39
24,000 shares ($500/mo)$6,000.00$500.00$6,000.00
48,000 shares ($1,000/mo)$12,000.00$1,000.00$12,000.00

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 GAM shares reinvest into 0.38 new shares each payment, about 0.4 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 261 shares. Raises speed that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with GAM’s own history in the GAM DRIP calculator.

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An algorithmic rating built from reported data, not a recommendation.
  • Coverage (EPS): are profits enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Coverage (FCF): is spare cash enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
  • Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
  • Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
  • Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
  • Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
  • Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
  • Years without a cut: how long since the last dividend cut see details
  • Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
  • Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
  • Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history

GAM Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

5/100Well below its usual yieldvs its 10-yr history
  • GAM yields 0.38% today, at the Nov 13, 2026 close of $65.12.
  • Its own 10-year median is 1.41%, so today’s yield is well below its usual level.
  • No steady norm: a 0.38% yield is too small to say much about the price. So this reads today’s yield against its own 10-year history as it is.
Last 5 years: lowest to highest month-end yield
0.57% low8.93% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 10-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report

How it works. Each month-end over the last 10 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.

When Is GAM’s Next Dividend? Ex-Date and Pay Date After February 2025

GAM has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual gap of about 322 days the next ex-date was due around Jan 12, 2026, and it is not on file yet: it may be late, or still to be announced. The latest one, $0.25 a share, went ex on Feb 24, 2025 and paid Feb 26, 2025.

  • Ex-dates: about every 273 days (annual)
  • Payment: usually about 14 days after the ex-date

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does GAM Pay?

GAM pays once a year, 1 time a year. Recent payments arrived in Nov, with ex-dates in Nov. The ex-date comes about every 273 days, and the cash usually lands about 14 days later.

Paid in the last 12 months
$6.40 a share, in 1 payment, $6.40 of it special.
+34.7% against the 12 months before ($4.75 in 2 payments).
Cash that landed, by pay date. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays in Nov. Ex-dates fall in Nov (latest 1 payments).
Raise history
  • Streak: 0 years of higher annual totals (through 2025)
  • Last raise: Nov 18, 2024 - $2.65 to $4.50 (+$1.85, +69.81%)
  • Usual $ step: $1.40 (median of the raises before it)
Coverage
  • EPS payout: 41.9% - $6.40 paid / $15.28 EPS (4 quarters to Jun 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 22.4% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
Deposits, loans and policy float run through operating cash flow here, so it does not measure dividend coverage.

GAM vs Similar Dividend Stocks (CASH, LKFN...)

Against the 10 dividend-paying Financial Services companies closest to GAM in market value, GAM’s 0.38% run-rate yield is below the group’s middle yield of 2.44%, and its raise streak of 0 years is the 7th longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating Recessions ⓘ No cut ⓘ
GAM $65.12General American Investors Company $0.25/yr 0.38% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 6 yrsno raise streak
CASH $75.04Pathward Financial $0.05/qtr$0.20/yr fwd 0.27% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 30+ yrsno raise streak
LKFN $61.84Lakeland Financial $0.52/qtr$2.08/yr fwd 3.36% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 27+ yrsraised 14 yrs in a row
LOB $34.63Live Oak Bancshares $0.03/qtr$0.12/yr fwd 0.35% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 9+ yrsno raise streak
SAFT $104.36Safety Insurance Group $0.92/qtr$3.68/yr fwd 3.53% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 22+ yrsraised 1 yr in a row
PWP $13.45Perella Weinberg Partners $0.07/qtr$0.28/yr fwd 2.08% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 3+ yrsno raise streak
CSWC $23.50Capital Southwest $0.1934/mo$2.32/yr fwd 9.88% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 3 yrsno raise streak
PRG $37.67PROG Holdings $0.14/qtr$0.56/yr fwd 1.49% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 2 yrsraised 1 yr in a row
NBHC $37.04National Bank Holdings $0.32/qtr$1.28/yr fwd 3.46% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in both2020 raised2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record 12+ yrsraised 10 yrs in a row
TCBK $51.58TriCo Bancshares $0.36/qtr$1.44/yr fwd 2.79% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 15 yrsraised 13 yrs in a row
BFC $150.04Bank First $0.60/qtr$2.40/yr fwd 1.60% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 11+ yrsraised 3 yrs in a row

Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: GAM vs CASH, GAM vs LKFN, GAM vs LOB.

GAM Dividend History: Every Payment Since 1981

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Nov 17, 2025Nov 19, 2025$6.40AnnualSpecial
Feb 24, 2025Feb 26, 2025$0.25AnnualRegular
Nov 18, 2024Nov 20, 2024$4.50AnnualRegular
Nov 10, 2023Nov 13, 2023$2.65AnnualSpecial
Nov 10, 2022Dec 29, 2022$0.9763AnnualRegular
Feb 4, 2022Feb 18, 2022$0.50AnnualRegular
Nov 12, 2021Dec 30, 2021$3.05AnnualSpecial
Feb 5, 2021Feb 19, 2021$0.25AnnualRegular
Nov 13, 2020Dec 30, 2020$0.23AnnualRegular
Nov 15, 2019Dec 30, 2019$0.37AnnualRegular
The other 73 GAM payments come with a paid plan.
Show all 83 payments »
Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for GAM

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GAM Dividend Questions

How often does GAM pay dividends?

GAM pays once a year, 1 time a year. Recent payments arrived in Nov, with ex-dates in Nov. The ex-date comes about every 273 days, and the cash usually lands about 14 days later.

Does GAM pay dividends monthly?

No. GAM pays once a year, 1 time a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.

When is the next GAM dividend?

GAM has not declared its next dividend yet. By its usual gap of about 322 days the next ex-date was due around Jan 12, 2026, and it is not on file yet: it may be late, or still to be announced. The latest one, $0.25 a share, went ex on Feb 24, 2025 and paid Feb 26, 2025. The current rate is $0.25 per share, $0.25 a year.

Did GAM pay a dividend in February 2025?

Yes: $0.25 a share, ex-date Feb 24, 2025, paid Feb 26, 2025. The next one is not on file yet.

How much does GAM pay per share?

GAM pays $0.25 a share once a year, $0.25 a year. At the Nov 13, 2026 close of $65.12 that is a 0.38% run-rate yield, well below its usual level: its own 10-year median is 1.41%.

Has GAM raised its dividend?

GAM has no current streak of yearly raises. The latest raise, on Nov 18, 2024, took the rate from $2.65 to $4.50 (+69.81%). Over five years the dividend grew 66.5% a year.

Is GAM’s dividend safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. GAM paid out 42% of its earnings as dividends over the 4 quarters to Jun 30, 2026. It has gone 6 years without a cut. This is data, not investment advice. The full 7-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my GAM dividends?

Add GAM to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run GAM in the DRIP calculator.

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