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GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
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GAM in the last 90 days
GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC (GAM) had no US House transactions and 7 insider purchases worth $672,290 by 5 insiders in filings from the last 90 days.
FINRA’s latest report (settlement 15 SEPT 2026) shows 8,142 shares held short, 1.0 days to cover, up 3143.8% from the report before.
- Insiders: open-market purchases only (Form 4 code P); a purchase filed by related owners counts once.
- Delay: each filing below shows how many days passed between the trade and its publication. None of this is real-time.
Latest filing on file: 24 SEPT 2026 · FINRA settlement 15 SEPT 2026 · public filings, reported as filed
What the price is doing
GAM is down 1% over the last month.
Politicians
None filed
Traded over the last month
What the filings show
What the filings show · last 90 days · Quiet Money indicator
2 of 4 sources
-19Tilted out
The disclosed money is leaning away from this name, on what has actually been filed. This reads on two of the four sources we track.
- Short interest
- Short interest rose 198.7% — 2,726 to 8,142 shares between 15 JUL 2026 and 15 SEPT 2026. See the filings →
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- Insider purchases
- 5 insiders disclosed buying $672,290 across 6 filings.
- +90
This summarises filings that have already been published — it is not a forecast, a rating of the company, or advice. Every figure above is listed in full further down this page, with the document it came from.
FINRA short interest
Settlement 15 SEPT 2026 · shares held short
8,142shares held short
Days to cover
1.00
Avg daily volume
16,856
Since last report
+3143.82%
As of 15 September 2026, 8,142 GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC shares were held short — the total across every reporting firm, not one fund's position. That is 7,891 shares more than the previous report, a 3143.82% increase. At the average daily volume of 16,856 shares, that position represents 1.00 days of trading — what the filing calls days to cover.
This is the most recent figure that exists, and it is 21 days old. FINRA collects short interest twice a month, on a settlement date, and publishes it seven business days later. So nobody has a live short-interest number for GAM — not us, and not anyone quoting one. We print the settlement date on the figure so you always know which day you are looking at.
Across the 12 reports we hold, the position has fallen from 9,086 shares on 31 March 2026 to 8,142 today, a change of 10.4%. The highest reading in that window was 15,176 shares on 30 April 2026.
| Settlement | Shares short | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|
| 15 SEPT 2026 | 8,142 | 1.00 |
| 31 AUG 2026 | 251 | 1.00 |
| 14 AUG 2026 | 1,616 | 1.00 |
| 31 JUL 2026 | 3,960 | 1.00 |
| 15 JUL 2026 | 2,726 | 1.00 |
| 30 JUN 2026 | 3,940 | 1.00 |
| 15 JUN 2026 | 4,424 | 1.00 |
| 29 MAY 2026 | 3,231 | 1.00 |
| 15 MAY 2026 | 6,285 | 1.00 |
| 30 APR 2026 | 15,176 | 1.00 |
| 15 APR 2026 | 2,807 | 1.00 |
| 31 MAR 2026 | 9,086 | 1.00 |
- What is GAM's short interest?
- 8,142 shares, as of the 15 September 2026 settlement date. That is the figure FINRA published, unadjusted.
- What percentage of the float is short?
- We do not publish that, because FINRA does not publish float. The regulator reports the number of shares held short; turning it into a percentage needs a share count from somewhere else, and different sources disagree about what counts as float. We would rather give you the number that was actually filed than a percentage built on an assumption.
- How current is this?
- It is 21 days old, and that is as fresh as short interest gets. FINRA measures it twice a month and publishes it seven business days after the settlement date. Any site showing you a "live" short interest figure is showing you something else.
- What does days to cover mean?
- It is the short position divided by average daily trading volume — here, 1.00. It describes how many days of ordinary trading the position is equivalent to. It is arithmetic from the filing, not a prediction about what will happen.
- Where does this come from?
- FINRA's consolidated short interest file, which is public. We read it directly and store it unchanged, except that we blank the days-to-cover placeholder FINRA writes when a stock has almost no volume.
Disclosed insider buying on file
$672,290across 7 purchases
Open-market purchases only — the amount is a fact, not a verdict.
On file here
Short positions0
Insider purchases7
US House transactions0
Latest change24 SEPT 2026
Insider purchases on file
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
Stark Eugene SVP Administration
BOUGHT5.95% Preferred Stock
$113,750
5,000 sh @ $22.75
23 SEPT 2026 → filed 24 SEPT 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0000040417-26-000051 →SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
DAVIDSON SPENCEROther: Chairman
BOUGHT5.95% Preferred Stock
$227,500
10,000 sh @ $22.75
23 SEPT 2026 → filed 24 SEPT 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0000040417-26-000052 →SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
Grassi Craig AnthonyVice-President
BOUGHT5.95% Preferred Stock
$46,160
2,000 sh @ $23.08
22 SEPT 2026 → filed 23 SEPT 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0000040417-26-000050 →SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
Jin Samantha X.Treasurer/PAO/PFO
BOUGHT5.95% Preferred Stock
$47,380
2,000 sh @ $23.69
17 SEPT 2026 → filed 18 SEPT 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0000040417-26-000048 →SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
Jin Samantha X.Treasurer/PAO/PFO
BOUGHT5.95% Preferred Stock
$23,660
1,000 sh @ $23.66
17 SEPT 2026 → filed 18 SEPT 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0000040417-26-000048 →SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
Priest Jeffrey WPresident & CEO
BOUGHT5.95% Preferred Stock
$93,840
4,000 sh @ $23.46
18 SEPT 2026 → filed 18 SEPT 2026
Filed the same day as the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0000040417-26-000049 →SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
Stark Eugene SVP Administration
BOUGHT5.95% Preferred Stock
$120,000
5,000 sh @ $24
15 SEPT 2026 → filed 15 SEPT 2026
Filed the same day as the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0000040417-26-000047 →