Central Securities Corp (CET)

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.

Ticker
CET
Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Asset Management
Market cap
$1.57B
52-week range
$47.82 - $57.39

Valuation

Share price
$55.13 (close of Nov 6, 2026)
P/E (TTM)
5.80x
Price to book
0.86x
Price to free cash flow
59.58x
Enterprise value
$1.57B
Book value per share
$61.58

Price performance

PeriodChange
1 day+0.88%
5 days-0.86%
1 month-2.27%
3 months-0.38%
6 months+1.96%
Year to date+8.72%
1 year+8.37%
3 years+51.12%
5 years+23.06%
10 years+166.72%
All time+701.89%

Short interest

As of
Oct 15, 2026
Shares short
2.68K
Days to cover
0.13
Change since prior report
-73.19%
Source
FINRA consolidated short interest

Profitability and growth

Return on equity
18.34%
Return on assets
18.30%
Gross margin
100.00%
Net margin
97.22%
EBITDA margin
0.00%
Revenue growth
28.53%
Net income growth
28.77%
Free cash flow growth
1.11%

Cash flow and balance sheet

Free cash flow yield (TTM)
1.68%
Net debt to EBITDA
0.02x

Latest reported year

Period end
Dec 31, 2024
Fiscal year
2024
Revenue
$296.20M
Gross profit
$296.20M
Net income
$287.97M

Income statement by year

Period endRevenueGross profitNet income
2024-12-31$296.20M$296.20M$287.97M
2023-12-31$230.44M$225.64M$223.64M
2022-12-31-$152.65M--$158.67M
2021-12-31$360.31M$354.74M$353.58M
2020-12-31$79.89M$75.21M$73.72M
2019-12-31$256.96M$252.40M$251.01M
2018-12-31-$28.49M--$34.28M
2017-12-31$174.85M$170.59M$169.21M
2016-12-31$118.04M$113.90M$112.64M
2015-12-31-$12.61M--$17.04M

Margins and returns by year

Period endGross marginNet marginReturn on equityReturn on capital
2024-12-31100.00%97.22%18.34%-
2023-12-3197.92%97.05%16.94%16.90%
2022-12-31-103.95%-14.01%-13.97%
2021-12-3198.45%98.13%26.53%26.53%
2020-12-3194.13%92.27%7.11%7.11%
2019-12-3198.22%97.68%25.24%25.21%
2018-12-31-120.34%-4.48%-4.48%
2017-12-3197.57%96.77%20.48%20.48%
2016-12-3196.49%95.42%16.69%16.69%
2015-12-31-135.17%-2.92%-2.92%

Cash and debt by year

Period endCashDebt
2024-12-31$267.95K-
2023-12-31$895.64K$3.16M
2022-12-31$641.28K$2.90M
2021-12-31$612.86K$197.87K
2020-12-31$970.84K$584.84K
2019-12-31$660.85K$960.38K
2018-12-31$230.92K-
2017-12-31$2.66M-
2016-12-31$2.50M-
2015-12-31$629.09K-

Free cash flow by year

Period endFree cash flow
2024-12-31$37.27M
2023-12-31$36.86M
2022-12-31$41.25M
2021-12-31$57.45M
2020-12-31$32.70M
2019-12-31$22.50M
2018-12-31$24.60M
2017-12-31$17.98M
2016-12-31$22.93M
2015-12-31$36.39M

Dividend history

Most recent payment
Jun 14, 2024
Payment dateDividend per share
2024-06-14$0.20
2023-11-10$1.65
2023-06-09$0.20
2022-11-10$2.25
2022-06-10$0.20
2021-11-12$3.55
2021-06-11$0.20
2020-11-13$0.65

Investor relations

Past earnings dates

ReportedFiscal periodEPS estimate
2025-03-27--
2024-03-27--
2023-06-29--
2022-12-30--
2022-06-29--
2022-02-01--
2021-06-29--
2020-12-30--

Filings and sources

Company website
centralsecurities.com
SEC filings
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
Earnings calendar
All upcoming reports

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