Financial Services
Live Price
Offline$51.73
-0.73% today
1Y Change
+9.99%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 244 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
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 $51.73 and up 10.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → 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
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
CET is 10.87 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
CET had 1.05 pts shallower max drawdown than SPY.
CET beat SPY in 0 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 2.
CET
+9.99%
Normalized return
SPY
+20.86%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-10.87 pts
Relative to SPY
CET Max Drawdown
-8.08%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for CET and SPY.
| Year | CET | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +3.77% | +6.71% | -2.94 pts | SPY |
| 2025 | +6.14% | +11.19% | -5.05 pts | SPY |
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$360.3M
+336.0% YoY
FY Net Income
$353.6M
+322.8% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$57.4M
+39.3% YoY
Revenue Growth
-70.6%
EPS Growth
-9.8%
Gross Margin
40.2%
Net Margin
305.0%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 87M | 296M | 57M | -153M | 360M |
| Gross Profit | 81M | 296M | 53M | -157M | 355M |
| Operating Income | 265M | 288M | 224M | -159M | 354M |
| EBITDA | 265M | 0 | 224M | -159M | 354M |
| Net Income | 265M | 288M | 224M | -159M | 354M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 50K | 268K | 896K | 641K | 613K |
| Total Assets | 1.8B | 1.6B | 1.3B | 1.1B | 1.3B |
| Total Liabilities | 3M | 3M | 3M | 3M | 198K |
| Shareholder Equity | 1.8B | 1.6B | 1.3B | 1.1B | 1.3B |
| Total Debt | 5M | 3M | 3M | 3M | 198K |
| Net Debt | 5M | -268K | 2M | 2M | -415K |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
57M
+39.3% YoY
Capital Expenditures
4
+0.0% YoY
Free Cash Flow
57M
+39.3% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
40.2%
Operating Margin
305.0%
Net Margin
305.0%
ROE
15.4%
Debt / Equity
0.00x
Next Step
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