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Central Securities Corporation (CET)

Financial Services | Asset Management | New York, United States | NYSE American
52.98 USD +0.35 (0.665%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 52.98

Short-term:★★★☆☆Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:★★★★☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 5:45 a.m. EDT

The investment case here is built on a rare convergence of deep value and accelerating growth. Fundamentally, the company is trading at a steep discount to its book value, offering a significant margin of safety while delivering robust double-digit revenue and earnings expansion. The recent insider buying by the CEO and directors provides a crucial vote of confidence, suggesting management sees the current price as a compelling entry point rather than a warning sign. While the short-term statistical forecast indicates only a modest upward drift, the underlying business quality—characterized by healthy margins and a fortress-like balance sheet relative to its size—supports a strong long-term hold. The dividend yield is attractive and appears sustainable given the low payout ratio, though investors should remain mindful of the occasional large, irregular distributions that characterize this specific capital allocation strategy.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL_79 ✓0.008592
MSTL0.009440
AutoTheta0.009887
MSTL_1260.010263
MSTL_79_1260.011194
AutoARIMA0.011683
AutoETS0.011683

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_79

Forecast Reliability
Score 60%
H-stat 1.95
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.945
Excess Kurtosis -0.12
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-06-11
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-11
Debt to Equity Ratio 0.153
Revenue per Share 1.079
Market Cap 1,565,520,000
Trailing P/E 5.79
Forward P/E -407.54
Beta 0.75
Profit Margins 831.70%
Previous Name Central Securities Corp.
Website https://www.centralsecurities.com

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.58% 5.60% 5.23% 6.36%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-12 0.310 0.582926
2025-11-14 2.450 5.013301
2025-06-17 0.250 0.532481
2024-11-15 2.050 4.418103
2024-06-14 0.200 0.460723
2023-11-10 1.650 4.692833
2023-06-09 0.200 0.561798
2022-11-10 2.250 6.476684
2022-06-10 0.200 0.551420
2021-11-12 3.550 8.488761
2021-06-11 0.200 0.477327
2020-11-13 0.650 2.218430
2020-06-12 0.200 0.692521
2019-11-15 0.370 1.161695
2019-06-07 0.200 0.679117
2018-11-09 1.200 4.509583
2018-06-08 0.250 0.873515
2017-11-10 0.800 3.008650
2017-06-09 0.200 0.804829
2016-11-09 0.780 3.782735
2016-06-10 0.200 1.006542
2015-11-13 0.090 0.472193
2015-06-05 0.200 0.931966
2014-11-14 1.550 7.090576
2014-06-06 0.200 0.876808
2013-11-15 3.500 16.706443
2013-06-07 0.200 0.929368
2012-12-26 0.200 1.028278
2012-11-13 0.540 2.787816
2012-06-08 0.200 0.997009
2011-11-09 0.800 3.877848
2011-06-08 0.200 0.839983
2010-11-09 0.700 3.380010
2010-06-23 0.200 1.054852
2009-11-10 0.550 3.173687
2009-06-03 0.100 0.650195
2008-12-26 0.140 1.007194
2008-11-12 2.120 13.250000
2008-06-04 0.200 0.749064
2007-11-14 2.200 8.377761
2007-06-06 0.200 0.707965
2006-11-15 2.020 7.968442
2006-06-02 0.200 0.791139
2005-11-09 1.800 7.617436
2005-06-03 0.030 0.127226
2004-11-09 1.170 5.248990
2004-06-04 0.150 0.672646
2003-11-12 1.280 6.305419
2003-05-28 0.120 0.655738
2002-11-13 1.150 6.986635
2002-05-29 0.100 0.410172
2001-11-14 1.450 6.074570
2001-05-30 0.350 1.155116
2000-11-15 3.850 12.833333
2000-05-31 0.500 1.550388
1999-11-09 2.400 9.411765
1999-05-26 0.200 0.767386
1998-11-10 1.740 6.960000
1998-06-03 0.200 0.733945
1997-11-07 2.220 7.308642
1997-06-04 0.200 0.761905
1996-11-13 1.450 6.137566
1996-06-05 0.200 0.812183
1995-11-15 2.011 9.809756
1995-06-06 0.150 0.764331
1994-11-14 0.058 0.356923
1994-06-01 0.150 0.875912
1993-11-09 1.500 9.600000
1993-05-28 0.100 0.689655
1992-11-10 0.070 0.643678
1992-06-01 0.100 1.012658
1991-11-08 0.600 6.575342
1991-06-03 0.100 1.052632
1990-11-09 0.600 7.868852
1990-05-25 0.100 1.081081
1989-11-13 0.900 9.473684
1989-05-26 0.100 0.987654
1988-11-28 0.120 1.280000
1988-05-24 0.750 7.692308
1987-11-16 1.600 17.066667
1987-06-24 0.170 1.271028
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.76
dividendYield 5.24
exDividendDate 2026-06-12
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.7
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.05130154
lastDividendValue 0.31
lastDividendDate 2026-06-12
dividendDate 2018-12-20

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.095317364
Address1 630 Fifth Avenue
All Time High 54.65
All Time Low 5.875
Ask 53.0
Ask Size 500
Average Daily Volume10 Day 44,510
Average Daily Volume3 Month 38,519
Average Volume 38,519
Average Volume10Days 44,510
Beta 0.745
Bid 52.8
Bid Size 300
Book Value 60.505
City New York
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 52.98
Current Ratio 1.08
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 53.2399
Day Low 52.65
Debt To Equity 0.153
Display Name Central Securities
Dividend Date 1,545,264,000
Dividend Rate 2.76
Dividend Yield 5.24
Earnings Growth 0.436
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.467
Earnings Timestamp End 1,755,547,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,755,028,800
Ebitda 24,486,072
Ebitda Margins 0.76787
Enterprise To Ebitda 64.045
Enterprise To Revenue 49.178
Enterprise Value 1,568,198,912
Eps Forward -0.13
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 9.15
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,781,222,400
Exchange ASE
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 212 688 5838
Fifty Day Average 52.8154
Fifty Day Average Change 0.16460037
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0031165225
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 9.531736
Fifty Two Week High 54.65
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.670002
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.030558132
Fifty Two Week Low 47.76
Fifty Two Week Low Change 5.220001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.10929651
Fifty Two Week Range 47.76 - 54.65
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,151,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 6.12
Float Shares 17,369,058
Forward Eps -0.13
Forward P E -407.53848
Free Cashflow 17,169,650
Full Exchange Name NYSE American
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 1.0
Gross Profits 31,888,364
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.41561002
Held Percent Institutions 0.13399
Implied Shares Outstanding 29,549,265
Industry Asset Management
Industry Disp Asset Management
Industry Key asset-management
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,781,222,400
Last Dividend Value 0.31
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Central Securities Corporation is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It also invests on bonds, convertible bonds, preferred stocks, convertible preferred stocks, warrants, options real estate, or short-term obligations of governments, banks and corporations. Central Securities Corp. was founded on October 1, 1929 and is based in New York City.
Long Name Central Securities Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 1,565,520,000
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_352003
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Name Change Date 2,026-07-13
Net Income To Common 265,214,720
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,555,177,816
Open 52.87
Operating Cashflow 47,066,968
Operating Margins 0.74667
Payout Ratio 0.2951
Phone 212 698 2020
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 52.98
Post Market Time 1,783,976,700
Prev Name Central Securities Corp.
Previous Close 52.63
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.8756301
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 49.09377
Profit Margins 8.31697
Quick Ratio 1.08
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.349998
Regular Market Change Percent 0.665017
Regular Market Day High 53.2399
Regular Market Day Low 52.65
Regular Market Day Range 52.65 - 53.2399
Regular Market Open 52.87
Regular Market Previous Close 52.63
Regular Market Price 52.98
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,800
Regular Market Volume 35,226
Return On Assets 0.00903
Return On Equity 0.15797
Revenue Growth 0.484
Revenue Per Share 1.079
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Shares Outstanding 29,549,265
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0
Shares Short 693
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 3,969
Short Name 11,017
Short Percent Of Float 0.0
Short Ratio 0.02
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol CET
Total Cash 49,910
Total Cash Per Share 0.002
Total Debt 2,728,798
Total Revenue 31,888,364
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.7
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.05130154
Trailing Eps 9.15
Trailing P E 5.790164
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 51.55275
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.4272499
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.027685234
Type Disp Equity
Volume 35,226
Website https://www.centralsecurities.com
Zip 10,111-0100