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Spencer Davidson bought $8,670 of GAM

other at GENERAL AMERICAN INVESTORS CO INC. 347 shares at an average of $24.98, traded Nov 5, 2025, filed Nov 6, 2025.

Conviction score
8
Value
$8,670
347 shares
Holdings after
122,587
+0% from before
From 52-week low
+39%
low $40.75, close $56.62
From 52-week high
-1%
high $57.34, as of Nov 5, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Other
    +8
  • Trade size
    $9k at market
    0
  • Relative to holdings
    Under 1% of holdings (0.3%)
    -5
  • Price context
    Near the top of the 52-week range
    0
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    6 buys in 90 days
    +5
  • 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 +5.1%, 3m +7.2%, 6m +13.6%.

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 9, 2026 · close 64.71
Since filing Nov 6, 2025: +14.9%SPY +17.4% · excess -2.5%

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 0000040417-25-000053, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Nov 5, 2025POpen-market purchase
5.95% Preferred Stock
+179$24.98$4,471122,419Nov 6, 2025
Nov 6, 2025POpen-market purchase
5.95% Preferred Stock
+168$24.99$4,198122,587Nov 6, 2025

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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