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Jeffrey W Priest bought $150k of GAM

President & CEO at GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC. 6,000 shares at an average of $25.00, traded Dec 16, 2024, filed Dec 17, 2024.

Conviction score
61
Value
$150k
6,000 shares
Holdings after
15,392
+64% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $150k at market
    +11
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 64%
    +10
  • Price context
    No price history yet
    0
  • Cluster
    3 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m -0.7%, 3m -4.0%, 6m +4.0%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

GAMOct 12, 2026 · close 64.91
Since filing Dec 17, 2024: +38.1%SPY +31.7% · excess +6.4%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0000040417-24-000043, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Dec 16, 2024POpen-market purchase
5.95% Preferred Stock
+6,000$25.00$150k15,392Dec 17, 2024

Related signals

Other insiders at GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
39Weak
GAMbuy 5
GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Spencer Davidson
other
$228k
10,000 shares
+6%
48Moderate
GAMbuy 5
GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Eugene S Stark
VP Administration
$114k
5,000 shares
+15%
51Moderate
GAMbuy 5
GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Craig Anthony Grassi
Vice-President
$46k
2,000 shares
+182%
53Moderate
GAMbuy 5
GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Samantha X. Jin
Treasurer/PAO/PFO
$71k
3,000 shares
-
53Moderate
GAMbuy 5
GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Jeffrey W Priest
President & CEO
$94k
4,000 shares
+10%
46Moderate
GAMbuy 5
GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Eugene S Stark
VP Administration
$120k
5,000 shares
+42%
45Moderate
GAMbuy 3
GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Anang K. Majmudar
Senior Vice-President
$12k
500 shares
+4%
48Moderate
GAMbuy 3
GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Anang K. Majmudar
Senior Vice-President
$25k
1,000 shares
+10%
57Moderate
GAMbuy 3
GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Eugene S Stark
VP Administration/CCO/PFO
$153k
6,151 shares
+22%
63Notable
GAMbuy 3
GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC
Jeffrey W Priest
President & CEO
$123k
5,000 shares
+14%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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