Financials / Asset ManagementUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Fair value pending

Upside to midpoint

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Based on latest report

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

1.6B

NYSEAMERICAN

Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/En/a

P25 8.8P50 10.4P75 13.1

Trailing P/E5.9

P25 10.9P50 14.7P75 36.2

ROE15.8

P25 4.9P50 10.4P75 15

ROIC0.9

P25 -1.3P50 6.6P75 12.7

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Indicator catalog

All CET market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

230

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 230 of 230 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000018748
Company name	Central Securities Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	155123102
Enterprise value	$1.6B
Exchange	NYSEAMERICAN
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Asset Management
Isin	US1551231020
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$1.6B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$53.16
Price currency	USD
Sector	Financials
Symbol	CET
Website	https://www.centralsecurities.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	16.88%
EV Earnings	5.93x
EV/EBIT	64.76x
EV/EBITDA	64.26x
EV/FCF	33.44x
EV/Sales	49.34x
FCF yield	3%
P/B ratio	0.88x
P/E ratio	5.92x
P/S ratio	49.26x
PE Ratio10 Y	11.58x
PE Ratio3 Y	5.39x
PE Ratio5 Y	5.09x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	76.2%
EBITDA Margin	76.79%
FCF margin	147.58%
Gross margin	100%
Gross Profit	$31.9M
Gross Profit Growth	34.56%
Gross Profit Growth Q	53.41%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	15.52%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	5.61%
Net Income	$265.2M
Net Income Growth	-7.9%
Net Income Growth Q	46.7%
Net Income Growth5 Y	29.18%
Pretax Margin	831.7%
Profit Margin	831.7%
ROA	0.9
Roa5y	0.84
ROCE	1.36
ROE	15.8
Roe5y	14.19
ROIC	0.9

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	16.84%
Cagr15y	12.47%
Cagr1y	25.44%
Cagr20y	10.95%
Cagr3y	21.8%
Cagr5y	12.9%
Div CAGR10	3.15%
Div CAGR3	3.29%
Div CAGR5	9.69%
EPS Growth	-9.82
EPS Growth Q	43.29
EPS Growth5 Y	26.15
FCF Growth	26.27%
FCF Growth Q	21.81%
FCF Growth3 Y	4.49%
FCF Growth5 Y	7.55%
OCF Growth	26.19%
OCF Growth Q	21.77%
OCF Growth10 Y	2.61%
OCF Growth3 Y	4.49%
OCF Growth5 Y	7.55%
Revenue Growth	34.56x
Revenue Growth Q	48.43x
Revenue Growth3 Y	15.52x
Revenue Growth5 Y	5.61x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.02
Assets	$1.8B
Cash	$49,910
Current Assets	$886,118
Current Liabilities	$820,345
Debt	$2.7M
Debt EBITDA	$0.11
Debt Equity	$0
Debt FCF	$0.06
Equity	$1.8B
Liabilities	$3.1M
Long Term Assets	$1.8B
Long Term Liabilities	$2.3M
Net Cash	$-2.7M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-0.17
Net Debt EBITDA	$0.11
Net Debt Equity	$0
Net Debt FCF	$0.06
Tangible Book Value	$1.8B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$60.5
WACC	8.37

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.08
Net Working Capital	$429,338
Quick ratio	1.08
Working Capital	$65,773
Working Capital Turnover	$50.77

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-2.12%
Dividend Growth	20%
Dividend Growth Years	2%
Dividend per share	$2.7
Dividend Years	53
Dividend Yield	5.08%
Ex Div Date	2025-11-14
Last Dividend	$2.45
Payout Frequency	Semi-Annual
Payout Ratio	30.08%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	374.16%
1Y total return	25.42%
200-day SMA	50.91
3Y total return	80.71%
50-day SMA	51.53
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	83.4%
All Time High	54.28
All Time High Change	-2.06%
All Time High Date	2026-05-07
All Time Low	2.88
All Time Low Change	1,749.04%
All Time Low Date	1974-08-23
ATR	0.79
Beta	0.75
Beta1y	0.75
Beta2y	0.8
Ch YTD	4.83
High	53.57
High52	54.28
High52 Date	2026-05-07
High52ch	-2.06%
Low	53.06
Low52	44.77
Low52 Date	2025-05-08
Low52ch	18.74%
Ma50ch	3.17%
Price vs 200-day SMA	4.42%
RSI	57.05
RSI Monthly	66.3
RSI Weekly	59.66
Sharpe ratio	1.68x
Sortino ratio	3.15
Total Return	2.96%
Tr YTD	4.83
Tr15y	482.91%
Tr1m	6.64%
Tr1w	-0.6%
Tr3m	1.98%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Operating Income	$24.3M
Operating Income Growth	57.03
Operating Income Growth Q	82.27
Operating Income Growth3 Y	18.33
Operating Income Growth5 Y	6.08
Operating margin	76.2

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	17,312,250%
Float Percent	58.59%
Shares Insiders	9.13%
Shares Institutions	46.41%
Shares Out	29,549,265
Shares Qo Q	4.4%
Shares Yo Y	2.12%
Short Float	0.03%
Short Ratio	0.13
Short Shares	0.02

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$47.1M
Average Volume	41,592.95x
Bv Per Share	60.5
CAPEX	$-5,875
Ch10y	174.9
Ch15y	119.8
Ch1m	6.64
Ch1w	-0.6
Ch1y	18.77
Ch20y	106.4
Ch3m	1.98
Ch3y	54.94
Ch5y	34.41
Ch6m	4.23
Change	-0.26%
Change From Open	-0.77
Close	53.3
Days Gap	0.51
Depreciation Amortization	187,317
Dollar Volume	2,035,336.9
EBIT	$24.3M
EBITDA	$24.5M
EPS	$8.98
F Score	4
FCF	$47.1M
FCF EV Yield	2.99x
FCF Per Share	$1.59
Financing CF	-47,279,135
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,929
Graham Number	110.53813
Graham Upside	107.9
Investing CF	-5,875
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Report Date	2025-12-31
Last Split Type	Never
Lynch Fair Value	$224
Lynch Upside	322.1
Ma150	51.24
Ma150ch	3.75%
Ma20	52.98
Ma20ch	0.35%
Net CF	-218,043
Open	53.57
Optionable	No
P FCF Ratio	33.38
P OCF Ratio	33.37
Payment Date	2025-12-19
Position In Range	19.61
Ppne	3,146,492
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$64.15
Ptbv Ratio	0.88
Relative Volume	0.92x
Revenue	31,888,364x
Tr20y	699%
Tr6m	9.48%
Us State	New York
Volume	38,287
Z Score	266.2

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Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

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Income

CET dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+5.1%

$2.70 annual per share

Payout ratio

+30.1%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+9.7%

2 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+3.0%

Next ex-dividend date: 2025-11-14

Performance

CET stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns CET?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+46.4%

Float: +58.6% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+9.1%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

CET momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

57.0

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+4.4%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.75

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

1.68

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

CET vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
AXP	American Express Company	215.6B	19.7x	3.1x	11.5%	+15.5%	+15.6%	Reducir
BAC	Bank of America Corporation	364.1B	12.7x	3.3x	—	+6.3%	+28.2%	Reducir
BK	The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation	89.6B	16.2x	4.3x	—	+6.0%	+58.4%	Reducir

Questions

About CET

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What is the current CET stock rating?

Central Securities Corporation is currently shown with the latest rating in the latest report. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

Where can I read the full CET analysis?

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