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Central Securities Corporation (CET)

Financial Services | Asset Management | New York, United States | NYSE American
53.14 USD +0.59 (1.123%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 3:59 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 53.24 +0.10 (0.188%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 6:19 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:43 a.m. EDT

Despite a technically neutral-to-bullish short-term trend with rising earnings growth and a high-yield dividend, CET is a long-term value trap; negative forward EPS and a massively negative P/E ratio (which is mathematically inconsistent with the positive trailing EPS and earnings growth data provided) signal severe fundamental deterioration or extreme data quality issues, making it a poor multi-year hold.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.018995
AutoETS0.019011
MSTL0.019490
AutoTheta0.038106

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 41%
H-stat 31.06
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.212
Excess Kurtosis -0.70
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2025-11-13
Last Dividend Date 2025-11-13
Debt to Equity Ratio 0.153
Revenue per Share 1.079
Market Cap 1,570,247,808
Trailing P/E 5.81
Forward P/E -408.77
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
5.01% 5.57% 5.53% 7.22%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-11-14 2.450 5.013301
2025-06-17 0.250 0.559336
2024-11-15 2.050 4.665531
2024-06-14 0.200 0.507723
2023-11-10 1.650 5.195447
2023-06-09 0.200 0.651560
2022-11-10 2.250 7.553834
2022-06-10 0.200 0.686003
2021-11-12 3.550 10.617009
2021-06-11 0.200 0.648216
2020-11-13 0.650 3.026995
2020-06-12 0.200 0.965470
2019-11-15 0.370 1.630871
2019-06-07 0.200 0.964250
2018-11-09 1.200 6.447021
2018-06-08 0.250 1.304717
2017-11-10 0.800 4.533427
2017-06-09 0.200 1.249547
2016-11-09 0.780 5.920104
2016-06-10 0.200 1.635770
2015-11-13 0.090 0.775049
2015-06-05 0.200 1.536252
2014-11-14 1.550 11.797077
2014-06-06 0.200 1.562244
2013-11-15 3.500 30.027851
2013-06-07 0.200 1.947515
2012-12-26 0.200 2.175024
2012-11-13 0.540 5.957331
2012-06-08 0.200 2.189951
2011-11-09 0.800 8.603423
2011-06-08 0.200 1.933621
2010-11-09 0.700 7.845834
2010-06-23 0.200 2.530936
2009-11-10 0.550 7.695294
2009-06-03 0.100 1.626516
2008-12-26 0.140 2.535689
2008-11-12 2.120 33.696052
2008-06-04 0.200 2.151642
2007-11-14 2.200 24.243895
2007-06-06 0.200 2.221096
2006-11-15 2.020 25.175122
2006-06-02 0.200 2.696945
2005-11-09 1.800 26.173050
2005-06-03 0.030 0.470315
2004-11-09 1.170 19.428389
2004-06-04 0.150 2.618424
2003-11-12 1.280 24.711706
2003-05-28 0.120 2.732923
2002-11-13 1.150 29.310983
2002-05-29 0.100 1.840726
2001-11-14 1.450 27.372517
2001-05-30 0.350 5.528550
2000-11-15 3.850 62.131664
2000-05-31 0.500 8.466577
1999-11-09 2.400 52.209677
1999-05-26 0.200 4.654050
1998-11-10 1.740 42.532065
1998-06-03 0.200 4.806771
1997-11-07 2.220 48.219848
1997-06-04 0.200 5.396084
1996-11-13 1.450 43.795884
1996-06-05 0.200 6.152337
1995-11-15 2.011 74.921118
1995-06-06 0.150 6.421147
1994-11-14 0.058 3.021606
1994-06-01 0.150 7.439526
1993-11-09 1.500 82.257706
1993-05-28 0.100 6.472112
1992-11-10 0.070 6.081870
1992-06-01 0.100 9.626184
1991-11-08 0.600 63.143681
1991-06-03 0.100 10.780566
1990-11-09 0.600 81.446493
1990-05-25 0.100 12.053237
1989-11-13 0.900 106.748079
1989-05-26 0.100 12.185822
1988-11-28 0.120 15.946534
1988-05-24 0.750 97.011369
1987-11-16 1.600 232.454800
1987-06-24 0.170 20.109797
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.7
dividendYield 5.08
exDividendDate 2025-11-14
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.7
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.05137964
lastDividendValue 2.45
lastDividendDate 2025-11-14
dividendDate 2018-12-20

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.27679002
Address1 630 Fifth Avenue
All Time High 53.34
All Time Low 5.875
Ask 53.25
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 35,920
Average Daily Volume3 Month 43,196
Average Volume 43,196
Average Volume10Days 35,920
Beta 0.752
Bid 52.29
Bid Size 400
Book Value 60.505
City New York
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 53.14
Current Ratio 1.08
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 53.3418
Day Low 52.61
Debt To Equity 0.153
Display Name Central Securities
Dividend Date 1,545,264,000
Dividend Rate 2.7
Dividend Yield 5.08
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 64.238
Enterprise To Revenue 49.326
Enterprise Value 1,572,926,848
Eps Forward -0.13
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 9.15
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,763,078,400
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 51.1712
Fifty Day Average Change 1.9687996
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.03847476
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 27.679003
Fifty Two Week High 53.3418
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.2018013
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.0037831739
Fifty Two Week Low 41.37
Fifty Two Week Low Change 11.77
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.2845057
Fifty Two Week Range 41.37 - 53.3418
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 322,151,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 6.09
Float Shares 17,214,515
Forward Eps -0.13
Forward P E -408.76923
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 0.41886002
Held Percent Institutions 0.13997
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 1,763,078,400
Last Dividend Value 2.45
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Central Securities Corp. 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 1,570,247,808
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_352003
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Name Change Date 2,026-04-18
Net Income To Common 265,214,720
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,570,247,942
Open 53.0
Operating Cashflow 47,066,968
Operating Margins 0.74667
Payout Ratio 0.2951
Phone 212 698 2020
Post Market Change 0.10000229
Post Market Change Percent 0.18818647
Post Market Price 53.24
Post Market Time 1,776,464,341
Prev Name Central Securities Corp.
Previous Close 52.55
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.8782745
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 49.24203
Profit Margins 8.31697
Quick Ratio 1.08
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.59
Regular Market Change Percent 1.12274
Regular Market Day High 53.3418
Regular Market Day Low 52.61
Regular Market Day Range 52.61 - 53.3418
Regular Market Open 53.0
Regular Market Previous Close 52.55
Regular Market Price 53.14
Regular Market Time 1,776,455,990
Regular Market Volume 39,294
Return On Assets 0.00903
Return On Equity 0.15797
Revenue Growth 0.484
Revenue Per Share 1.079
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Shares Outstanding 29,549,265
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.00029999999
Shares Short 8,896
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 10,580
Short Name 11,017
Short Percent Of Float 0.0005
Short Ratio 0.31
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 0.05137964
Trailing Eps 9.15
Trailing P E 5.8076506
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 50.54045
Two Hundred Day Average Change 2.5995483
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.051435005
Type Disp Equity
Volume 39,294
Website https://www.centralsecurities.com
Zip 10,111-0100