Comparison of change in value of $10,000 investment in
Dreyfus Growth and Income Fund, Inc. and the
Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index
EXHIBIT A:
STANDARD
& POOR'S 500
DREYFUS COMPOSITE
GROWTH AND STOCK
PERIOD INCOME PRICE
FUND, INC. INDEX *
12/31/91 10,000 10,000
10/31/92 11,257 10,281
10/31/93 13,986 11,814
10/31/94 13,993 12,270
10/31/95 15,836 15,510
10/31/96 18,910 19,245
10/31/97 21,362 25,423
10/31/98 22,906 31,019
10/31/99 27,439 38,979
10/31/00 29,660 41,348
* Source: Lipper Inc.