SeekingAlpha · Sep 4, 2026
CET: Good For Capital Growth, But May Not Be Attractive For Income
Central Securities (CET) closed-end fund: value-focused, insurance-heavy portfolio, 5.07% variable yield, 15.9% NAV discount, low feesâlearn more now.
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NYSE · CET
Central Securities Corp.
Financial Services · Asset Management
$56.41
Down-$0.69 (-1.22%)
Updated Oct 8, 2026, 12:05 AM
SID Score
6.4/10
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- Market cap
- 1.47B
- P/E ratio
- 6.86
- Dividend yield
- 4.79%
- 52-week range
- $48.42 – $57.39
- Volume
- 15.47K
- Avg. volume
- 41.82K
Price performance · CET
CET price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 6, 2026
CET closed at $56.41 after 20 trading sessions, up 1.46% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $56.41
- Period change
- +1.46%
- Period low
- $55.18
- Period high
- $56.99
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | $56.19 | $56.92 | $56.115 | $56.41 | 15.47K |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $56.00 | $56.5008 | $55.80 | $56.24 | 26.94K |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $55.94 | $56.19 | $55.6601 | $56.19 | 12.97K |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $55.505 | $55.6842 | $55.11 | $55.49 | 21.48K |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $55.30 | $55.70 | $55.2101 | $55.51 | 15.98K |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $55.25 | $56.4628 | $55.0401 | $55.30 | 19.29K |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $56.29 | $56.80 | $55.01 | $55.22 | 32.74K |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $55.76 | $56.555 | $55.60 | $56.39 | 25.16K |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $55.87 | $55.95 | $55.50 | $55.85 | 40.77K |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $56.79 | $56.79 | $55.80 | $56.44 | 28.46K |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $56.57 | $57.39 | $56.073 | $56.99 | 27.67K |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $55.85 | $56.7476 | $55.85 | $56.74 | 18.25K |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $55.60 | $55.7283 | $55.16 | $55.53 | 8.64K |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $55.92 | $55.92 | $55.33 | $55.71 | 30.55K |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $55.7781 | $56.18 | $55.12 | $55.1801 | 23.46K |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $55.19 | $56.19 | $55.19 | $55.68 | 29.9K |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $55.85 | $56.225 | $55.16 | $55.90 | 41.54K |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $55.77 | $56.00 | $55.27 | $56.00 | 9.2K |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $55.19 | $55.60 | $55.16 | $55.50 | 11.94K |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $55.52 | $55.8642 | $55.46 | $55.60 | 17.15K |
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Central Securities Corp is a non-diversified closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is long-term growth of capital. The company invests in common stocks, bonds, convertible bonds, preferred stocks, convertible preferred stocks, warrants, options real estate, or short-term obligations of governments, banks, and corporations.
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Yahoo · Jul 31, 2026
Central Securities Corporation Releases Report to Stockholders
NEW YORK, July 31, 2026--Central Securities Corporation (NYSE American: CET), a closed-end investment company, today released its Report to Stockholders for the six months ended June 30, 2026.
SeekingAlpha · Feb 8, 2026
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Yahoo · Dec 3, 2025
Central Securities Corporation Announces Reinvestment Price of Shares for Distribution Payable December 19, 2025
NEW YORK, December 03, 2025--Central Securities Corporation (NYSE American: CET) announced today that the price at which Common Stock will be issued in payment of the $2.45 per share distribution payable on December 19, 2025 is $49.91 per share. This price is the arithmetic average of the daily volume weighted average price ("VWAP") of the Corporation’s Common Stock for each of the last three trading days ending on and including December 3, 2025, rounded to two decimal places. The distribution w
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