CET - NYSE

Central Securities Corp.

CET·NYSE

$52.13

+0.71%

Financial ServicesAsset Management

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, New York.

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At a Glance

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Market Cap$1.51B

EPS10.1400

P/E Ratio5.14

Earnings Date02/10/2026

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Net Debt

Last Annual Value

-267.95K

3-Year CAGR

14%

5-Year CAGR

-14%

10-Year CAGR

33%

Adjust for Inflation

Central Securities Corp. Competitors Analysis of Net Debt

CET · NYSE

Company	Net Debt	CAGR 3Y	CAGR 5Y	CAGR 10Y
Central Securities Corp. NYSE:CET	-267.95K	N/A	N/A	N/A
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund NYSE:MSDL	2.01B	12.0%	11.3%	N/A
Oxford Lane Capital Corp. NASDAQ:OXLC	675.96M	57.6%	23.3%	19.2%
General American Investors Company, Inc. NYSE:GAM	1.39M	-21.5%	-29.7%	N/A
First Merchants Corporation NASDAQ:FRME	915.78M	24.0%	N/A	5.4%
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. NASDAQ:VRTS	2.37B	7.3%	6.7%	24.0%
Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. NYSE:GSBD	1.83B	1.1%	0.1%	14.0%
Merchants Bancorp NASDAQ:MBIN	3.83B	116.0%	93.4%	N/A
Tri-Continental Corporation NYSE:TY	-186.22K	N/A	N/A	N/A
FS Credit Opportunities Corp. NYSE:FSCO	-113.93M	N/A	N/A	N/A
Trinity Capital Inc. NASDAQ:TRIN	1.29B	26.3%	25.0%	N/A

Central Securities Corp. Fair Value Envelope

CET · NYSE

Our analysis suggests that CET has a fair value of HIDDEN per share in the Base Case projection. With shares currently trading at $52.13, this represents a potential HIDDEN relative to our calculated worth for Central Securities Corp..

HIDDEN

Intrinsic Value

Current Price: $52.13

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