Central Securities Corporation

CET · AMEX · Financial Services / Asset Management

56.45USD-0.28 (-0.49%)

Price History

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Market Stats

Previous Close56.73

Open57.18

Day Range56.37 – 57.34

52-Week Range47.33 – 57.39

Volume26.42K

Market Cap1.67B

P/E (TTM)7.49

Forward P/E0.00

EPS7.46

Dividend Yield4.89%

Beta0.74

50-Day Avg54.52

200-Day Avg52.54

About

Central Securities Corporation 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 City.

Company Details

SectorFinancial Services
IndustryAsset Management
CEOMr. John C. Hill
Employees0
Headquarters630 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United States, 10111-0100, USA
Websitehttps://www.centralsecurities.com

Leadership

Mr. John C. HillPresident, CEO & Director · b. 1973
Ms. Marlene A. KrumholzVP, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary · b. 1964
Mr. Joseph T. MaloneVP & Treasurer · b. 1968
Mr. Andrew J. O'NeillVice President · b. 1973

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: USD	1996-12-31	1997-12-31	1998-12-31	1999-12-31	2000-12-31	2001-12-31	2002-12-31	2003-12-31	2004-12-31	2005-12-31	2006-12-31	2007-12-31	2008-12-31	2009-12-31	2010-12-31	2011-12-31	2012-12-31	2013-12-31	2014-12-31	2015-12-31	2016-12-31	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31

Currency: USD	1996-12-31	1997-12-31	1998-12-31	1999-12-31	2000-12-31	2001-12-31	2002-12-31	2003-12-31	2004-12-31	2005-12-31	2006-12-31	2007-12-31	2008-12-31	2009-12-31	2010-12-31	2011-12-31	2012-12-31	2013-12-31	2014-12-31	2015-12-31	2016-12-31	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Total Revenue	6.03M	6.14M	7.00M	6.77M	7.85M	5.84M	4.85M	4.05M	4.85M	8.67M	10.41M	11.64M	12.05M	10.26M	109.47M	3.05M	17.45M	147.86M	34.50M	-12.61M	118.04M	174.85M	-28.49M	256.96M	79.89M	360.31M	-152.65M	57.37M	296.20M	86.95M
Growth (%)	-	+1.82%	+14.01%	-3.29%	+15.95%	-25.61%	-16.95%	-16.49%	+19.75%	+78.76%	+20.07%	+11.82%	+3.52%	-14.85%	+966.98%	-97.22%	+472.64%	+747.46%	-76.66%	-136.54%	+1036.31%	+48.13%	-116.29%	+1002.07%	-68.91%	+350.98%	-142.37%	+137.58%	+416.32%	-70.64%
Cost of Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	7.86M	7.80M	2.24M	-	-	202.89K	202.24K	332.16K	-	-	-	-	-	0	3.16M	4.14M	4.25M	4.44M	4.57M	4.69M	5.57M	4.63M	4.80M	5.66M	5.70M
Gross Profit	6.03M	6.14M	7.00M	6.77M	7.85M	5.84M	4.85M	4.05M	4.85M	8.67M	10.41M	11.64M	12.05M	10.26M	109.47M	3.05M	17.45M	147.86M	34.50M	-15.77M	113.90M	170.59M	-32.92M	252.40M	75.21M	354.74M	-157.28M	52.56M	296.20M	81.25M
Gross Margin	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	125.09%	96.49%	97.57%	115.58%	98.22%	94.13%	98.45%	103.03%	91.62%	100.00%	93.44%
Operating Expense	1.78M	2.17M	2.22M	2.25M	2.45M	2.50M	2.26M	2.31M	2.77M	2.99M	3.14M	3.82M	3.80M	3.88M	4.17M	4.29M	4.51M	4.69M	4.38M	1.27M	1.26M	1.39M	1.36M	1.38M	1.49M	1.16M	1.39M	-171.07M	8.22M	-183.97M
Operating Income	4.25M	3.97M	4.78M	4.52M	5.40M	3.34M	2.59M	1.74M	2.08M	5.68M	7.27M	7.82M	8.25M	6.38M	105.31M	-1.24M	12.94M	143.17M	30.13M	-17.04M	112.64M	169.21M	-34.28M	251.01M	73.72M	353.58M	-158.67M	223.64M	287.97M	265.21M
Operating Margin	70.48%	64.66%	68.29%	66.77%	68.79%	57.19%	53.40%	42.96%	42.89%	65.51%	69.84%	67.18%	68.46%	62.18%	96.19%	-40.80%	74.16%	96.83%	87.32%	135.17%	95.42%	96.77%	120.34%	97.68%	92.27%	98.13%	103.95%	389.83%	97.22%	305.02%
EBITDA	93.26M	123.27M	78.59M	183.47M	106.23M	-27.72M	-137.06M	161.15M	94.60M	99.79M	129.85M	54.65M	-209.88M	124.31M	105.35M	-1.20M	12.99M	143.22M	30.16M	-17.03M	112.64M	169.21M	-34.27M	251.02M	73.72M	353.97M	-158.66M	223.85M	288.14M	265.40M
EBITDA Margin	1546.60%	2007.65%	1122.71%	2710.04%	1353.25%	-474.66%	-2825.98%	3979.01%	1950.52%	1150.98%	1247.36%	469.50%	-1741.75%	1211.60%	96.24%	-39.28%	74.43%	96.86%	87.40%	135.09%	95.43%	96.78%	120.32%	97.69%	92.28%	98.24%	103.94%	390.21%	97.28%	305.23%
Net Income	75.11M	93.14M	55.68M	140.26M	40.31M	-41.38M	-159.93M	136.39M	69.50M	68.02M	93.28M	54.57M	-209.96M	116.55M	105.31M	-1.24M	12.94M	143.17M	30.13M	-17.04M	112.64M	169.21M	-34.28M	251.01M	73.72M	353.58M	-158.67M	223.64M	287.97M	265.21M
Net Income Margin	1245.61%	1516.94%	795.43%	2071.79%	513.50%	-708.56%	-3297.53%	3367.65%	1432.99%	784.54%	896.06%	468.81%	-1742.41%	1135.96%	96.19%	-40.80%	74.16%	96.83%	87.32%	135.17%	95.42%	96.77%	120.34%	97.68%	92.27%	98.13%	103.95%	389.83%	97.22%	305.02%
R&D	-	-	-	-	-	4.34M	2.76M	970.59K	-	-	1.29M	1.29M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	5.92	1.5	3.4	2.16	3.9	-	-
R&D as % of Total Revenue	-	-	-	-	-	74.23%	56.89%	23.97%	-	-	12.43%	11.11%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	-0.00%	0.00%	-	-
Interest Expense	18.15M	30.13M	22.91M	43.21M	65.92M	13.66M	22.87M	24.76M	25.10M	31.67M	36.47M	42.12M	43.58M	7.66M	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue	301.00%	490.72%	327.29%	638.26%	839.75%	233.90%	471.55%	611.36%	517.53%	365.28%	350.34%	361.86%	361.66%	74.66%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

Currency: USD	1996-12-31	1997-12-31	1998-12-31	1999-12-31	2000-12-31	2001-12-31	2002-12-31	2003-12-31	2004-12-31	2005-12-31	2006-12-31	2007-12-31	2008-12-31	2009-12-31	2010-12-31	2011-12-31	2012-12-31	2013-12-31	2014-12-31	2015-12-31	2016-12-31	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31

Currency: USD	1996-12-31	1997-12-31	1998-12-31	1999-12-31	2000-12-31	2001-12-31	2002-12-31	2003-12-31	2004-12-31	2005-12-31	2006-12-31	2007-12-31	2008-12-31	2009-12-31	2010-12-31	2011-12-31	2012-12-31	2013-12-31	2014-12-31	2015-12-31	2016-12-31	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Total Assets	357.20M	435.20M	477.50M	591.00M	597.40M	540.10M	362.10M	479.20M	529.80M	574.40M	617.50M	645.20M	400.80M	504.50M	599.11M	574.87M	574.46M	648.55M	650.19M	583.01M	674.83M	827.47M	765.46M	995.71M	1.04B	1.33B	1.14B	1.32B	1.57B	1.79B
Total Liabilities	500.00K	800.00K	1.00M	400.00K	1.10M	200.00K	200.00K	200.00K	300.00K	400.00K	300.00K	400.00K	3.40M	500.00K	5.58M	681.76K	4.99M	289.46K	426.46K	135.01K	150.00K	1.14M	118.92K	960.38K	584.84K	197.87K	3.04M	3.41M	3.40M	3.14M
Total Equity	356.70M	434.40M	476.50M	590.70M	596.30M	539.80M	361.90M	479.00M	529.50M	574.00M	617.20M	644.80M	397.40M	504.00M	593.52M	574.19M	569.47M	648.26M	649.76M	582.87M	674.68M	826.33M	765.34M	994.60M	1.04B	1.33B	1.13B	1.32B	1.57B	1.79B
Cash	100.00K	-	-	100.00K	-	100.00K	100.00K	100.00K	100.00K	300.00K	100.00K	22.59K	9.10M	300.00K	492.67K	7.21M	34.06M	13.48M	14.46M	629.09K	2.50M	2.66M	230.92K	660.85K	970.84K	612.86K	641.28K	895.64K	267.95K	49.91K
Total Debt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.00M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	960.38K	584.84K	197.87K	2.90M	3.16M	2.93M	2.73M
Net Debt	-100.00K	-	-	-100.00K	-	-100.00K	-100.00K	-100.00K	-100.00K	-300.00K	-100.00K	-	-9.10M	-300.00K	4.51M	-7.21M	-34.06M	-13.48M	-14.46M	-629.09K	-2.50M	-2.66M	-230.92K	299.54K	-386.00K	-414.99K	2.26M	2.26M	-267.95K	2.68M

Cash Flow

Currency: USD	1996-12-31	1997-12-31	1998-12-31	1999-12-31	2000-12-31	2001-12-31	2002-12-31	2003-12-31	2004-12-31	2005-12-31	2006-12-31	2007-12-31	2008-12-31	2009-12-31	2010-12-31	2011-12-31	2012-12-31	2013-12-31	2014-12-31	2015-12-31	2016-12-31	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31

Currency: USD	1996-12-31	1997-12-31	1998-12-31	1999-12-31	2000-12-31	2001-12-31	2002-12-31	2003-12-31	2004-12-31	2005-12-31	2006-12-31	2007-12-31	2008-12-31	2009-12-31	2010-12-31	2011-12-31	2012-12-31	2013-12-31	2014-12-31	2015-12-31	2016-12-31	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Operating Cash Flow	75.10M	93.10M	55.70M	140.30M	40.30M	-41.40M	-159.90M	136.40M	69.50M	23.60M	49.90M	26.90M	43.50M	4.00M	11.13M	29.81M	39.91M	48.77M	29.59M	36.39M	22.93M	17.98M	24.60M	22.50M	32.70M	57.45M	41.25M	38.06M	37.30M	26.33M
Investing Cash Flow	-22.30M	-33.50M	-28.20M	-41.90M	-73.30M	-32.50M	-23.30M	-26.70M	-25.80M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	47.94M	8.18M	19.67M	7.20M	25.66M	-23.72M	23.58M	96.47M	-1.20M	-28.56K	-12.72M
Financing Cash Flow	11.30M	18.10M	14.60M	15.80M	38.60M	17.40M	5.30M	7.30M	6.80M	-23.40M	-50.10M	-26.90M	-34.40M	-12.90M	-10.92M	-23.09M	-13.05M	-69.36M	-28.62M	-50.22M	-21.06M	-17.82M	-27.03M	-22.07M	-32.39M	-57.81M	-41.23M	-36.61M	-37.90M	-47.28M
Capital Expenditure	0	0	0	0	0	232.38K	54.44K	13.40K	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1.20M	28.56K	5.88K
Free Cash Flow	75.10M	93.10M	55.70M	140.30M	40.30M	-41.40M	-159.90M	136.40M	69.50M	23.60M	49.90M	26.90M	43.50M	4.00M	11.13M	29.81M	39.91M	48.77M	29.59M	36.39M	22.93M	17.98M	24.60M	22.50M	32.70M	57.45M	41.25M	36.86M	37.27M	47.06M
Dividends Paid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19.10M	22.30M	26.90M	28.10M	12.10M	13.56M	17.63M	10.69M	56.43M	25.67M	29.15M	15.97M	16.10M	23.05M	21.64M	27.03M	57.81M	38.50M	30.77M	37.90M	46.34M
FCF to OCF	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	96.84%	99.92%	178.72%
Dividend Paid to FCF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	80.93%	44.69%	100.00%	64.60%	302.50%	121.76%	59.15%	26.79%	115.70%	86.74%	80.10%	69.65%	89.58%	93.69%	96.19%	82.64%	100.62%	93.31%	83.49%	101.68%	98.48%

Earnings

Report Date	Dec 31, 2010	Mar 31, 2011	Jun 30, 2011	Sep 30, 2011	Dec 31, 2011	Mar 31, 2012	Jun 30, 2012	Sep 30, 2012	Dec 31, 2012	Mar 31, 2013	Jun 30, 2013	Sep 30, 2013	Dec 31, 2013	Mar 31, 2014	Jun 30, 2014	Sep 30, 2014	Dec 31, 2014	Mar 31, 2015	Jun 30, 2015	Sep 30, 2015	Dec 31, 2015	Feb 10, 2016	Jun 30, 2016	Aug 11, 2016	Dec 31, 2016	Feb 7, 2017	Jun 30, 2017	Aug 11, 2017	Dec 31, 2017	Feb 15, 2018	Jun 30, 2018	Aug 9, 2018	Dec 31, 2018	Feb 12, 2019	Jun 30, 2019	Aug 8, 2019	Dec 31, 2019	Feb 12, 2020	Jun 30, 2020	Aug 13, 2020	Dec 31, 2020	Feb 12, 2021	Jun 30, 2021	Aug 13, 2021	Feb 10, 2022	Aug 12, 2022	Feb 10, 2023	Feb 12, 2025	Aug 12, 2025
EPS Estimate	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-
EPS Actual	2.27	1.15	1.15	-1.16	-1.16	-0.24	-0.24	0.52	0.52	1.08	1.08	1.92	1.92	0.80	0.80	-0.17	-0.17	-0.18	-0.18	-0.17	-0.17	-0.34	0.47	0.94	1.80	3.55	1.48	2.96	1.90	3.76	0.50	0.99	-1.16	-2.29	3.45	6.88	1.45	2.87	-1.52	-3.05	2.90	5.71	5.44	10.88	2.41	-8.25	2.31	3.72	3.61
Surprise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Timing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	After-hours

Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap1.67B

Enterprise Value1.65B

Trailing P/E7.49

Forward P/E0.00

PEG Ratio0.00

Price / Sales38.24

Price / Book0.91

EPS7.46

Book Value62.11

Revenue (TTM)43.15M

Gross Profit (TTM)43.15M

EBITDA35.83M

Profit Margin503.50%

Operating Margin86.74%

Return on Equity12.41%

Return on Assets1.27%

Shares Outstanding29.55M

Shares Float17.40M

Beta0.74

Dividend Yield4.89%

Dividend Rate2.76

Payout Ratio37.00%

Dividends

20261×

0.31Jun 12, 2026

20252×

2.45Nov 14, 20250.25Jun 17, 2025

20243×

2.05Nov 15, 20240.20Jun 14, 20240.05Jun 13, 2024

20232×

1.65Nov 10, 20230.20Jun 9, 2023

20223×

0.50Nov 11, 20222.25Nov 10, 20220.20Jun 10, 2022

20212×

3.55Nov 12, 20210.20Jun 11, 2021

20202×

0.65Nov 13, 20200.20Jun 12, 2020

20192×

0.37Nov 15, 20190.20Jun 7, 2019

20182×

1.20Nov 9, 20180.25Jun 8, 2018

20172×

0.80Nov 10, 20170.20Jun 9, 2017

20162×

0.78Nov 9, 20160.20Jun 10, 2016

20151×

0.09Nov 13, 2015

Stock Splits

Oct 1, 198051:50
Feb 2, 197616:15