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Central Securities (CET) Competitors

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$46.11 -0.38 (-0.82%)
As of 05/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

CET vs. DNP, PTY, ADX, USA, NUV, GAB, RVT, STEW, OXLC, and BCAT

Should you be buying Central Securities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Central Securities include DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), Royce Value Trust (RVT), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), and BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

Central Securities vs.

Central Securities (NYSE:CET) and DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

8.7% of Central Securities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Central Securities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Central Securities and Central Securities both had 1 articles in the media. Central Securities' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 1.87 indicating that Central Securities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Central Securities
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
DNP Select Income Fund
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Central SecuritiesN/A N/A N/A
DNP Select Income Fund N/A N/A N/A

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Central Securities$296.20M4.50N/AN/AN/A
DNP Select Income Fund$851.71M4.21N/AN/AN/A

DNP Select Income Fund received 194 more outperform votes than Central Securities when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Central SecuritiesN/AN/A
DNP Select Income FundOutperform Votes
194
70.80%
Underperform Votes
80
29.20%

Central Securities has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Central Securities beats DNP Select Income Fund on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CET vs. The Competition

MetricCentral SecuritiesInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.33B$6.92B$11.47B$19.30B
Dividend Yield4.81%6.79%5.45%3.83%
P/E RatioN/A3.5722.4234.53
Price / Sales4.5021.8627.6334.84
Price / CashN/A7.5117.6217.51
Price / BookN/A0.882.774.69
Net IncomeN/A$66.51M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.83%-0.92%-1.34%-2.43%
1 Month Performance6.61%2.85%5.24%6.27%
1 Year Performance7.76%0.98%538.04%5.78%

Central Securities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CET
Central Securities
N/A$46.11
-0.8%
N/A+6.7%$1.33B$296.20M0.006Positive News
DNP
DNP Select Income Fund
N/A$9.80
-0.4%
N/A+10.6%$3.63B$851.71M0.00590Positive News
PTY
PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
N/A$13.88
+0.6%
N/A-4.1%$2.52B$230.95M0.00147,000Positive News
ADX
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
N/A$20.37
-0.1%
N/A+0.0%$2.39B$564.12M0.0030Positive News
USA
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
N/A$6.66
-0.9%
N/A-3.4%$1.80B$259.99M0.00N/A
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
N/A$8.62
+0.2%
N/A-0.5%$1.79B$200.53M0.00640
GAB
The Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.77
+0.3%
N/A+2.2%$1.77B$203.01M0.00N/APositive News
RVT
Royce Value Trust
N/A$14.96
-1.1%
N/A-2.4%$1.73B$9.80M0.0050Positive News
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$17.84
-0.1%
N/A+19.7%$1.72B$550.34M0.00N/A
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
1.9579 of 5 stars
$4.72
-3.3%
N/A-18.5%$1.63B$194.42M5.69601Gap Down
High Trading Volume
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$14.77
-0.5%
N/A-11.8%$1.59B$197.67M0.00147,000Positive News

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