CET
Central Securities Corporation
NYSE AmericanUSDEQUITY
Financial Services
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Buy
+38/100
Last price
56.41
▲ 0.17 (0.30%)
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Open
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Prev close
56.24
Day high
56.92
Day low
56.12
Volume
15.46K
Market cap
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P/E (TTM)
7.56
52W range
47.82 – 57.39
Trailing performance
Returnvs SPY
1W
+2.01%
+0.1%
1M
+2.98%
+1.8%
3M
+7.55%
+3.0%
6M
+13.16%
-5.0%
YTD
+11.24%
-3.0%
1Y
+8.52%
-7.9%
3Y
+59.13%
-23.1%
5Y
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Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.
Unusual options activity
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.
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Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.
Insider net activity
Net shares
0
Net selling
Buy transactions
0
0 shares
Sell transactions
0
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Net transactions
0
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
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Not enough filings
Insider-held shares
12.25M
Total on file
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Action | Shares | Value | Held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 26 | ENDEAVOR FOUNDATION INC Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security |
STOCK | 30.82K | $0 | Direct |
| Jun 26, 26 | BLACKFORD LEO PRICE Director |
BUY | 204 | $10.69K | Direct |
| Jun 26, 26 | HILL JOHN C. Chief Executive Officer |
BUY | 233 | $12.09K | |
| Jun 18, 26 | ENDEAVOR FOUNDATION, INC. Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security |
STOCK | 38.20K | $0 | Direct |
| May 19, 26 | ENDEAVOR FOUNDATION, INC. Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security |
STOCK | 19.00K | $0 | Direct |
| Apr 22, 26 | ENDEAVOR FOUNDATION, INC. Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security |
STOCK | 18.75K | $0 | Direct |
| Mar 26, 26 | ENDEAVOR FOUNDATION, INC. Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security |
STOCK | 20.16K | $0 | Direct |
| Feb 26, 26 | ENDEAVOR FOUNDATION, INC. Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security |
STOCK | 19.20K | $0 | Direct |
| Dec 29, 25 | HILL JOHN C. Chief Executive Officer |
BUY | 500 | $25.45K | Direct |
| Nov 7, 25 | HILL JOHN C. Chief Executive Officer |
BUY | 289 | $14.13K | |
| Jul 31, 25 | ENDEAVOR FOUNDATION, INC. Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security |
STOCK | 41.20K | $0 | Direct |
| Jun 30, 25 | POPPE DAVID MARTIN Director |
BUY | 64 | $3.07K | Direct |
| Jun 27, 25 | BLACKFORD LEO PRICE Director |
BUY | 171 | $8.14K | Direct |
| Jun 27, 25 | KRUMHOLZ MARLENE A Officer |
BUY | 102 | $4.86K |
What this is, and what it is not
These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.
A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.
This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.
Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.
Insider holders
| Name | Relation | Shares held | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
BLACKFORD LEO PRICE |
Director | 48.05K | Purchase |
ENDEAVOR FOUNDATION INC |
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security | 9.45M | Stock Gift |
ENDEAVOR FOUNDATION, INC. |
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security | 9.48M | Stock Gift |
HILL JOHN C. |
Chief Executive Officer | — | Purchase |
KRUMHOLZ MARLENE A |
Officer | — | Purchase |
O NEILL ANDREW J |
Officer | 89.69K | Purchase |
POPPE DAVID MARTIN |
Director | 0 | Purchase |
Fundamentals
Market cap—
Enterprise value$1.67B
Revenue (TTM)$43.15M
Gross profit$43.15M
EBITDA$35.83M
Net income$217.27M
EPS (TTM)$7.46
Free cash flow$22.31M
Total cash$17.68K
Total debt$2.59M
Book value / share$62.11
Shares outstanding—
Float17.40M
Short % of float0.04%
Dividend yield4.89%
Beta (5Y)0.75
Valuation & profitability ratios
Trailing P/E7.56
Forward P/E—
PEG ratio—
Price / sales—
Price / book0.91
EV / revenue38.69
EV / EBITDA46.60
Gross margin100.00%
Operating margin86.74%
Profit margin503.50%
Return on equity12.41%
Return on assets1.27%
Debt / equity0.14
Current ratio0.55
Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.
Financial statements
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | $272.80M | $296.20M | $230.44M | -$152.65M | — | -7.9% |
| Operating revenue | $272.80M | $296.20M | $230.44M | -$152.65M | — | -7.9% |
| Selling, general & admin | $7.50M | $7.99M | $6.63M | $5.82M | — | -6.1% |
| Total operating expense | $7.59M | $8.22M | $6.81M | $6.02M | — | -7.7% |
| Pre-tax income | $265.21M | $287.97M | $223.64M | -$158.67M | — | -7.9% |
| Net income | $265.21M | $287.97M | $223.64M | -$158.67M | — | -7.9% |
| Net income to common | $265.21M | $287.97M | $223.64M | -$158.67M | — | -7.9% |
| Basic EPS | 9.15 | 10.15 | 8.01 | -5.81 | — | -9.9% |
| Diluted EPS | 9.15 | — | 8.01 | -5.81 | 13.47 | — |
| Basic shares | 28.99M | — | 27.92M | 27.31M | 26.25M | — |
| Diluted shares | 28.99M | 28.37M | 27.92M | 27.31M | — | +2.2% |
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | $49.91K | $267.95K | $895.64K | $641.28K | -81.4% |
| Property, plant & equipment | $3.15M | $3.54M | $3.88M | $2.73M | -11.2% |
| Total assets | $1.79B | $1.57B | $1.32B | $1.14B | +13.8% |
| Total debt | $2.73M | $2.93M | $3.16M | $2.90M | -7.0% |
| Total liabilities | $3.14M | $3.40M | $3.41M | $3.04M | -7.8% |
| Retained earnings | $1.26B | $1.07B | $845.43M | $672.78M | +17.6% |
| Shareholder equity | $1.79B | $1.57B | $1.32B | $1.13B | +13.9% |
| Net tangible assets | $1.79B | $1.57B | $1.32B | $1.13B | +13.9% |
| Shares issued | 29.55M | 28.94M | 28.39M | 28.01M | +2.1% |
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income | $265.21M | $287.97M | $223.64M | -$158.67M | -7.9% |
| Depreciation & amortisation | $187.32K | $162.86K | $71.37K | $7.39K | +15.0% |
| Change in working capital | $1.84M | -$1.63M | -$52.11K | -$355.93K | +212.4% |
| Operating cash flow | $47.07M | $37.30M | $38.06M | $41.25M | +26.2% |
| Capital expenditure | -$5.88K | -$28.56K | -$1.20M | — | +79.4% |
| Investing cash flow | -$5.88K | -$28.56K | -$1.20M | — | +79.4% |
| Share buybacks | -$935.35K | — | -$5.83M | -$2.73M | — |
| Dividends paid | -$46.34M | -$37.90M | -$30.77M | -$38.50M | -22.3% |
| Financing cash flow | -$47.28M | -$37.90M | -$36.61M | -$41.23M | -24.7% |
| Free cash flow | $47.06M | $37.27M | $36.86M | $41.25M | +26.3% |
| End cash position | $49.91K | $267.95K | $895.64K | $641.28K | -81.4% |
No filings published for this symbol yet.
Newly listed companies often have nothing on file until their first annual report.
Newly listed companies often have nothing on file until their first annual report.
| Line item | 2026-06-30 | 2025-12-31 | 2025-06-30 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | $17.68K | $49.91K | — | -64.6% |
| Property, plant & equipment | $2.95M | $3.15M | — | -6.3% |
| Total assets | $1.84B | $1.79B | $1.67B | +2.7% |
| Total debt | $2.59M | $2.73M | — | -5.2% |
| Total liabilities | $3.90M | $3.14M | $4.38M | +24.2% |
| Retained earnings | $1.31B | $1.26B | $1.17B | +3.8% |
| Shareholder equity | $1.84B | $1.79B | $1.67B | +2.7% |
| Net tangible assets | $1.84B | $1.79B | — | +2.7% |
| Shares issued | 29.55M | 29.55M | 28.94M | 0.0% |
No filings published for this symbol yet.
Newly listed companies often have nothing on file until their first annual report.
Newly listed companies often have nothing on file until their first annual report.
Options analytics
Put / call volume
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—
Put / call open interest
—
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
—
—
ATM implied vol
—
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
—
—
Call volume
0
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
0
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
—
—
Heaviest put OI
—
—
Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.
Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.
Analyst targets & ownership
Mean target—
High target—
Low target—
Implied upside—
Analyst count—
ConsensusNONE
Strong buy / Buy— / —
Hold—
Sell / Strong sell— / —
Held by insiders41.46%
Held by institutions14.96%
Institutions holding107
Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.
Moving averages & technicals
SMA 10
55.90
+0.91% from price
SMA 20
55.89
+0.92% from price
SMA 50
55.10
+2.38% from price
SMA 100
53.90
+4.65% from price
SMA 200
52.78
+6.88% from price
EMA 12
55.93
+0.86% from price
EMA 26
55.63
+1.41% from price
EMA 50
55.07
+2.43% from price
RSI (14)
58.1
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
0.30
Hist -0.02
ATR (14)
0.96
1.70% of price
Realised vol 30D
14.3%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
56.90
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
54.89
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
55.10 vs 52.78
Trend bias
Above 200
+6.88%
Options chain
Calls
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Puts
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.
Risk profile
Beta vs SPY
0.74
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.72
Moves with the index
Realised vol 30D
14.3%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-8.1%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-26.7%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
0.96
1.70% of price
Beta (reported)
0.75
5Y monthly, from filing
Short interest
Shares short
7.42K
Prior 626
Change vs prior
+1,085.6%
Shorts adding
% of float
0.04%
Normal
% of shares out
0.03%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
0.3
Liquid
Float
17.40M
Freely tradeable shares
Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.
Dividends & splits
Forward rate$2.76 / yr
Forward yield4.89%
5-year avg yield5.67%
Payout ratio37.00%
Ex-dividend dateJun 12, 2026
Next pay date—
Last split—
Split date—
SEC filings
Monthly Portfolio Investments Report on Form N- PORT (Public)
NPORT-P · 2026-08-28
Annual Report of Proxy Voting Record of Registered Management Investment Companies filed on Form N-PX
N-PX · 2026-08-14
Periodic Reports
N-CSRS · 2026-08-07
Monthly Portfolio Investments Report on Form N- PORT (Public)
NPORT-P · 2026-05-28
Periodic Reports
N-30B-2 · 2026-04-28
Annual Report for Registered Investment Companies
N-CEN · 2026-03-11
Monthly Portfolio Investments Report on Form N- PORT (Public)
NPORT-P · 2026-02-24
Proxy Statements
DEF 14A · 2026-02-23
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