General American Investors Company (General American Investors Company) Shiller PE Ratio : (As of May. 05, 2024)

General American Investors Company Shiller PE Ratio Chart

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Competitive Comparison of General American Investors Company's Shiller PE Ratio

For the Asset Management subindustry, General American Investors Company's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

General American Investors Company's Shiller PE Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, General American Investors Company's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where General American Investors Company's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.

General American Investors Company Shiller PE Ratio Calculation

For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.

General American Investors Company does not have a history long enough to calculate E10. Therefore GuruFocus does not calculate Shiller PE Ratio for this company.

General American Investors Company  (NYSE:GAM) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.

Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.

Be Aware

Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.

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