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General American Investors Co Inc

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In the last 90 days, General American Investors Co Inc insiders filed 6 open-market purchases and 0 sales; 105 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $492.7M in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Other share classesGAM.PB

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

More in the glossary.

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
9.15K
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
+4.75K
+107.9% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
1.00
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
18.0K
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 13,291 sharesNov 15, 2024: 17,705 sharesNov 29, 2024: 10,770 sharesDec 13, 2024: 34,972 sharesDec 31, 2024: 21,174 sharesJan 15, 2025: 15,270 sharesJan 31, 2025: 7,763 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 2,110 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 4,311 sharesMar 14, 2025: 9,008 sharesMar 31, 2025: 11,758 sharesApr 15, 2025: 16,760 sharesApr 30, 2025: 9,280 sharesMay 15, 2025: 18,208 sharesMay 30, 2025: 15,929 sharesJun 13, 2025: 12,064 sharesJun 30, 2025: 11,200 sharesJul 15, 2025: 11,603 sharesJul 31, 2025: 4,898 sharesAug 15, 2025: 10,450 sharesAug 29, 2025: 12,349 sharesSep 15, 2025: 10,778 sharesSep 30, 2025: 18,567 sharesOct 15, 2025: 21,687 sharesOct 31, 2025: 17,009 sharesNov 14, 2025: 19,056 sharesNov 28, 2025: 12,990 sharesDec 15, 2025: 12,935 sharesDec 31, 2025: 10,147 sharesJan 15, 2026: 7,536 sharesJan 30, 2026: 18,982 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 11,033 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 12,997 sharesMar 13, 2026: 7,504 sharesMar 31, 2026: 9,086 sharesApr 15, 2026: 2,807 sharesApr 30, 2026: 15,176 sharesMay 15, 2026: 6,285 sharesMay 29, 2026: 3,231 sharesJun 15, 2026: 4,424 sharesJun 30, 2026: 3,940 sharesJul 15, 2026: 2,726 sharesJul 31, 2026: 3,960 sharesAug 14, 2026: 1,616 sharesAug 31, 2026: 251 sharesSep 15, 2026: 8,142 sharesSep 30, 2026: 2,771 sharesOct 15, 2026: 4,403 sharesOct 30, 2026: 9,154 shares
Short interest in GAM by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20269.15K+4.75K+107.9%18.0K1.00
Oct 15, 20264.40K+1.63K+58.9%20.1K1.00
Sep 30, 20262.77K−5.37K−66.0%22.3K1.00
Sep 15, 20268.14K+7.89K+3,143.8%16.9K1.00
Aug 31, 2026251−1.36K−84.5%13.1K1.00
Aug 14, 20261.62K−2.34K−59.2%19.7K1.00
Jul 31, 20263.96K+1.23K+45.3%22.9K1.00
Jul 15, 20262.73K−1.21K−30.8%19.7K1.00
Jun 30, 20263.94K−484−10.9%40.5K1.00
Jun 15, 20264.42K+1.19K+36.9%29.5K1.00
May 29, 20263.23K−3.05K−48.6%29.8K1.00
May 15, 20266.29K−8.89K−58.6%27.4K1.00
Apr 30, 202615.2K+12.4K+440.7%22.3K1.00
Apr 15, 20262.81K−6.28K−69.1%24.5K1.00
Mar 31, 20269.09K+1.58K+21.1%47.3K1.00
Mar 13, 20267.50K−5.49K−42.3%19.1K1.00
Feb 27, 202613.0K+1.96K+17.8%25.5K1.00
Feb 13, 202611.0K−7.95K−41.9%21.5K1.00
Jan 30, 202619.0K+11.4K+151.9%42.7K1.00
Jan 15, 20267.54K−2.61K−25.7%48.1K1.00
Dec 31, 202510.1K−2.79K−21.6%29.8K1.00
Dec 15, 202512.9K−55−0.4%25.2K1.00
Nov 28, 202513.0K−6.07K−31.8%22.8K1.00
Nov 14, 202519.1K+2.05K+12.0%18.7K1.02
Oct 31, 202517.0K−4.68K−21.6%15.3K1.11
Oct 15, 202521.7K+3.12K+16.8%18.9K1.15
Sep 30, 202518.6K+7.79K+72.3%13.3K1.39
Sep 15, 202510.8K−1.57K−12.7%9.47K1.14
Aug 29, 202512.3K+1.90K+18.2%26.9K1.00
Aug 15, 202510.4K+5.55K+113.4%11.6K1.00
Jul 31, 20254.90K−6.71K−57.8%25.4K1.00
Jul 15, 202511.6K+403+3.6%18.9K1.00
Jun 30, 202511.2K−864−7.2%19.1K1.00
Jun 13, 202512.1K−3.87K−24.3%10.6K1.14
May 30, 202515.9K−2.28K−12.5%17.1K1.00
May 15, 202518.2K+8.93K+96.2%20.0K1.00
Apr 30, 20259.28K−7.48K−44.6%12.6K1.00
Apr 15, 202516.8K+5.00K+42.5%27.7K1.00
Mar 31, 202511.8K+2.75K+30.5%29.9K1.00
Mar 14, 20259.01K+4.70K+109.0%31.0K1.00
Feb 28, 20254.31K+2.20K+104.3%40.6K1.00
Feb 14, 20252.11K−5.65K−72.8%20.6K1.00
Jan 31, 20257.76K−7.51K−49.2%20.4K1.00
Jan 15, 202515.3K−5.90K−27.9%17.3K1.00
Dec 31, 202421.2K−13.8K−39.5%28.1K1.00
Dec 13, 202435.0K+24.2K+224.7%29.6K1.18
Nov 29, 202410.8K−6.93K−39.2%49.4K1.00
Nov 15, 202417.7K+4.41K+33.2%34.5K1.00
Oct 31, 202413.3K+2.43K+22.4%28.5K1.00

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in GAM by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 13, 20262,125$64.91$137.9K
Aug 14, 2026348$67.78$23.6K
Aug 10, 202626$67.13$1.75K
Jul 9, 20261,016$64.22$65.2K
May 14, 202610$64.27$642.7
May 1, 20261,490$64.45$96.0K
Apr 17, 2026348$63.11$22.0K
Mar 3, 20268$62.04$496.32
Feb 9, 20261,374$61.40$84.4K
Jan 30, 202648$60.89$2.92K
Jan 20, 20268,061$60.50$487.7K
Jan 8, 202628$59.54$1.67K
Dec 30, 2025185$58.72$10.9K
Nov 17, 202592$63.61$5.85K
Sep 29, 2025136$61.68$8.39K
Sep 15, 2025600$61.30$36.8K
Sep 12, 202597$61.33$5.95K
Aug 22, 2025156$59.06$9.21K
Aug 19, 20251,923$58.91$113.3K
Aug 18, 20251,733$59.03$102.3K
Aug 15, 20251,162$58.85$68.4K
Aug 14, 202569$59.01$4.07K
Aug 13, 2025231$58.69$13.6K
Aug 12, 202519$58.16$1.11K
Aug 7, 2025499$57.45$28.7K
Aug 6, 2025773$57.34$44.3K
Jul 31, 2025399$56.86$22.7K
Jul 30, 2025399$57.27$22.9K
Jul 24, 20252$57.63$115.26
Jul 15, 202520$56.88$1.14K

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in GAM by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 10, 202612,948029,72643.6%
Nov 9, 202616,415026,53561.9%
Nov 6, 202612,949020,18864.1%
Nov 5, 202619,32937743,27444.7%
Nov 4, 20268,951015,32858.4%
Nov 3, 20266,866012,32055.7%
Nov 2, 20265,983011,23153.3%
Oct 30, 20267,270014,08151.6%
Oct 29, 20264,34506,43767.5%
Oct 28, 20264,88308,61556.7%
Oct 27, 20265,57009,44459.0%
Oct 26, 20264,658010,86442.9%
Oct 23, 20262,23707,22731.0%
Oct 22, 20262,09209,61721.8%
Oct 21, 20265,336013,10140.7%
Oct 20, 20268,012012,76762.8%
Oct 19, 20266,057011,22054.0%
Oct 16, 20268,204013,57860.4%
Oct 15, 202612,302027,24445.2%
Oct 14, 20265,544020,39627.2%
Oct 13, 20261,56807,09022.1%
Oct 12, 20263,18107,62341.7%
Oct 9, 20269,025012,45572.5%
Oct 8, 202638105,9976.4%
Oct 7, 20262,02307,03328.8%
Oct 6, 20264,128010,66238.7%
Oct 5, 20262,691010,01526.9%
Oct 2, 20264,96009,08854.6%
Oct 1, 20267,379018,84039.2%
Sep 30, 20264,47067121,75620.5%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in GAM
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 5, 2026T28,37217638,02772418.0%
Sep 28, 2026T215,36937370,1941,05818.0%
Sep 21, 2026T213,17825635,04564427.3%
Sep 14, 2026T24,1869264,9447456.1%
Sep 7, 2026T23,5136325,90451511.9%
Aug 31, 2026T26,44418735,74963715.3%
Aug 24, 2026T29,9598139,27572720.2%
Aug 17, 2026T25,22919129,21559415.2%
Aug 10, 2026T26,51412339,97368414.0%
Aug 3, 2026T215,53123658,46278921.0%
Jul 27, 2026T210,93328852,17475717.3%
Jul 20, 2026T26,83020433,31159717.0%