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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Operating Expenses

Last Annual Value

296.20M

3-Year CAGR

253%

5-Year CAGR

118%

10-Year CAGR

52%

Adjust for Inflation

Central Securities Corp. Competitors Analysis of Operating Expenses

CET · NYSE

Company	Operating Expenses	CAGR 3Y	CAGR 5Y	CAGR 10Y
Central Securities Corp. NYSE:CET	296.20M	251.7%	113.2%	49.2%
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund NYSE:MSDL	55.48M	N/A	N/A	N/A
Oxford Lane Capital Corp. NASDAQ:OXLC	797.99M	126.2%	87.3%	N/A
General American Investors Company, Inc. NYSE:GAM	-189.78M	N/A	N/A	N/A
First Merchants Corporation NASDAQ:FRME	381.06M	-0.6%	6.4%	7.9%
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. NASDAQ:VRTS	477.12M	18.7%	10.4%	13.8%
Goldman Sachs BDC, Inc. NYSE:GSBD	-55.69M	N/A	N/A	N/A
Merchants Bancorp NASDAQ:MBIN	299.89M	20.5%	20.6%	29.6%
Tri-Continental Corporation NYSE:TY	-57.89M	N/A	N/A	N/A
FS Credit Opportunities Corp. NYSE:FSCO	9.84M	-14.7%	N/A	N/A
Trinity Capital Inc. NASDAQ:TRIN	16.09M	10.2%	-6.5%	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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