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Financial Services

Central Securities Corporation(CET)

Live Price

Offline

$51.98

+0.28% today

1Y Change

+10.89%

Window

Jun 26, 2025 โ†’ Jun 18, 2026

Market Cap
$1.58B
Revenue Growth
-70.6%
EPS Growth
-9.8%
Dividend Yield
5.0%

Coverage: 246 bars ยท Jun 26, 2025 โ†’ Jun 18, 2026

Research Briefing

A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.

Decision context

Research Snapshot

Central Securities Corporation (CET) is a Financial Services stock with a market cap of $1.58B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $51.98 and up 10.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 โ†’ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -70.6%, EPS growth of -9.8%, a dividend yield of 5.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -70.6%, EPS -9.8%, free cash flow +26.3% with operating margin 305.0% and ROIC 14.8%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 5.0%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 5.9 and price/sales 18.2. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines CET price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.

Benchmark Edge

CET vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs

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Normalized return

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Relative to SPY

CET Max Drawdown

-8.08%

Trailing 1Y

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Calendar-Year Returns

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CET Dividend History

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Semi-Annual

Dividend Yield

5.04%

Trailing 12M Payout

$2.76

Last Payout

$0.31
Ex: Jun 12, 2026 ยท Pay: Jun 26, 2026
Ex-DateRecordPayDividendAdjFrequency
Jun 12, 2026Jun 12, 2026Jun 26, 2026$0.31$0.31Semi-Annual
Nov 14, 2025Nov 14, 2025Dec 19, 2025$2.45$2.45Semi-Annual
Jun 17, 2025Jun 17, 2025Jun 27, 2025$0.25$0.25Semi-Annual
Nov 15, 2024Nov 15, 2024Dec 20, 2024$2.05$2.05Semi-Annual
Jun 14, 2024Jun 14, 2024Jun 26, 2024$0.20$0.20Semi-Annual
Nov 10, 2023Nov 13, 2023Dec 21, 2023$1.65$1.65Semi-Annual
Jun 9, 2023Jun 12, 2023Jun 27, 2023$0.20$0.20Semi-Annual
Nov 10, 2022Nov 14, 2022Dec 22, 2022$2.25$2.25Semi-Annual
Jun 10, 2022Jun 13, 2022Jun 24, 2022$0.20$0.20Semi-Annual
Nov 12, 2021Nov 15, 2021Dec 22, 2021$3.55$3.55Semi-Annual
Jun 11, 2021Jun 14, 2021Jun 25, 2021$0.20$0.20Semi-Annual
Nov 13, 2020Nov 16, 2020Dec 22, 2020$0.65$0.65Semi-Annual
Jun 12, 2020Jun 15, 2020Jun 26, 2020$0.20$0.20Semi-Annual
Nov 15, 2019Nov 18, 2019Dec 23, 2019$0.37$0.37Semi-Annual
Jun 7, 2019Jun 10, 2019Jun 25, 2019$0.20$0.20Semi-Annual
Nov 9, 2018Nov 13, 2018Dec 20, 2018$1.20$1.20Semi-Annual
Jun 8, 2018Jun 11, 2018Jun 26, 2018$0.25$0.25Semi-Annual
Nov 10, 2017Nov 13, 2017Dec 21, 2017$0.80$0.80Semi-Annual
Jun 9, 2017Jun 13, 2017Jun 27, 2017$0.17$0.20Semi-Annual
Nov 9, 2016Nov 14, 2016Dec 21, 2016$0.78$0.78Semi-Annual
Jun 10, 2016Jun 14, 2016Jun 28, 2016$0.20$0.20Semi-Annual
Nov 13, 2015Nov 17, 2015Dec 22, 2015$0.09$0.09Semi-Annual
Jun 5, 2015Jun 9, 2015Jun 23, 2015$0.17$0.20Semi-Annual
Nov 14, 2014Nov 18, 2014Dec 22, 2014$1.55$1.55Semi-Annual
Jun 6, 2014Jun 10, 2014Jun 24, 2014$0.20$0.20Semi-Annual
Nov 15, 2013Nov 19, 2013Dec 26, 2013$3.50$3.50Semi-Annual
Jun 7, 2013Jun 11, 2013Jun 25, 2013$0.20$0.20Semi-Annual
Dec 26, 2012Dec 28, 2012Jan 16, 2013$0.20$0.20Monthly
Nov 13, 2012Nov 15, 2012Dec 21, 2012$0.54$0.54Semi-Annual
Jun 8, 2012Jun 12, 2012Jun 26, 2012$0.20$0.20Semi-Annual
Nov 9, 2011Nov 14, 2011Dec 21, 2011$0.80$0.80Semi-Annual
Jun 8, 2011Jun 10, 2011Jun 28, 2011$0.20$0.20Semi-Annual
Nov 9, 2010Nov 12, 2010Dec 22, 2010$0.70$0.70Semi-Annual
Jun 23, 2010Jun 25, 2010Jul 12, 2010$0.20$0.20Semi-Annual
Nov 10, 2009Nov 13, 2009Dec 23, 2009$0.55$0.55Semi-Annual
Jun 3, 2009Jun 5, 2009Jun 19, 2009$0.09$0.10Semi-Annual
Dec 26, 2008Dec 30, 2008Jan 13, 2009$0.14$0.14Monthly
Nov 12, 2008Nov 14, 2008Dec 23, 2008$2.05$2.12Semi-Annual
Jun 4, 2008Jun 6, 2008Jun 20, 2008$0.20$0.20Semi-Annual
Nov 14, 2007Nov 16, 2007Dec 27, 2007$2.20$2.20Semi-Annual
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