CET — CENTRAL SECURITIES CORP

US equity
54.77 +1.03% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 47.94 · high 55.68

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Performance

1 day+1.03%
1 week-0.71%
1 month+4.44%
3 months+3.40%
6 months+4.38%
Year to date+7.96%
1 year+10.62%
3 years+51.50%
5 years+28.84%

Technicals

RSI 1452.8
vs 50-day avg+2.77%
vs 200-day avg+5.44%
Volatility 1y12.9%
Max drawdown 1y-8.08%
Avg volume 30d31.7K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)0.57%
Paid last 12m2.7600
Payments in 12m3
Paying since2016-06-10

⚠ Includes an irregular or special distribution — this yield is unlikely to repeat.

Measured signals that fired on CET

datesignal measured base rate
2026-04-16Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-07-21ENDEAVOR FOUNDATION, INC.
10% owner
Gift30.8K
2026-06-26Hill John C
CEO & President
Open-market purchase22851.8711.8K
2026-06-26Blackford Leo Price
Director
Open-market purchase20452.3810.7K
2026-06-26Hill John C
CEO & President
Open-market purchase551.87259
2026-06-18ENDEAVOR FOUNDATION, INC.
10% owner
Gift38.2K
2026-05-19ENDEAVOR FOUNDATION, INC.
10% owner
Gift19.0K
2026-04-22ENDEAVOR FOUNDATION, INC.
10% owner
Gift18.8K
2026-03-26ENDEAVOR FOUNDATION, INC.
Gift20.2K
2026-02-26ENDEAVOR FOUNDATION, INC.
Gift19.2K
2025-12-29Hill John C
CEO & President
Open-market purchase50050.9125.5K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.32.7M658.2K
Bulldog Investors, LLP19.7M396.5K
BLUE BELL PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC17.4M349.9K
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC14.9M300.1K
MORGAN STANLEY10.1M202.9K
1607 Capital Partners, LLC9.4M188.4K
BRASADA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP6.3M126.1K
CHILTON INVESTMENT CO INC.5.3M107.2K
THIRD AVENUE MANAGEMENT LLC5.1M101.8K
Pathstone Holdings, LLC4.6M91.7K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
N-PX2026-08-142026-06-30on EDGAR ↗
13F-HR2026-08-102026-06-30on EDGAR ↗
N-CSRS2026-08-072026-06-30on EDGAR ↗
42026-07-232026-07-21on EDGAR ↗
42026-06-302026-06-26on EDGAR ↗
42026-06-302026-06-26on EDGAR ↗
42026-06-232026-06-18on EDGAR ↗
NPORT-P2026-05-282026-03-31on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d34.6% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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