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Central Securities (CET) Competitors

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$48.68 +0.32 (+0.66%)
As of 07/25/2025 03:55 PM Eastern

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

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

Central Securities vs. Its Competitors

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
DNP Select Income FundN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Central Securities$296.20M4.76N/AN/AN/A

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
DNP Select Income FundN/A N/A N/A
Central Securities N/A N/A N/A

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

DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%.

In the previous week, DNP Select Income Fund had 3 more articles in the media than Central Securities. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund and 1 mentions for Central Securities. Central Securities' average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 1.52 indicating that Central Securities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
DNP Select Income Fund
4 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
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 has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Securities has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Central Securities beats DNP Select Income Fund on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CET vs. The Competition

MetricCentral SecuritiesInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.41B$39.06B$12.28B$21.11B
Dividend Yield4.74%3.49%5.54%3.60%
P/E RatioN/A16.1619.0328.44
Price / Sales4.769.3026.0958.65
Price / CashN/AN/A21.6322.92
Price / BookN/AN/A2.204.69
Net IncomeN/AN/A$997.25M$995.51M
7 Day Performance0.58%2.78%0.60%1.65%
1 Month Performance2.55%3.47%3.44%4.54%
1 Year Performance12.42%10.04%536.57%9.99%

Central Securities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CET
Central Securities
N/A$48.68
+0.7%
N/A+12.1%$1.41B$296.20M0.006Positive News
DNP
DNP Select Income Fund
N/A$9.69
-0.1%
N/A+12.7%$3.58B$864.48M0.00590Positive News
ADX
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
N/A$21.67
0.0%
N/A+4.6%$2.55B$564.12M0.0030Dividend Announcement
PTY
Pimco Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund
N/A$13.82
0.0%
N/A-2.8%$2.51B$230.95M0.00147,000Positive News
OXLC
Oxford Lane Capital
2.2832 of 5 stars
$4.16
+1.0%
N/A-34.4%$1.89B$57.31M5.01601
GAB
Gabelli Equity Trust
N/A$5.89
-0.3%
N/A+11.9%$1.81BN/A0.00N/APositive News
NUV
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund
N/A$8.68
-0.1%
N/A-2.5%$1.80BN/A0.00640
RVT
Royce Small-Cap Trust
N/A$15.43
+0.2%
N/A-0.9%$1.78BN/A0.0050Positive News
STEW
SRH Total Return Fund
N/A$17.66
+0.2%
N/A+19.1%$1.70B$550.34M0.00N/ANews Coverage
BCAT
BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust
N/A$15.24
+0.2%
N/A-6.7%$1.64B$197.67M0.00147,000News Coverage
Positive News
GSBD
Goldman Sachs BDC
1.2097 of 5 stars
$11.84
+0.3%
$12.00
+1.4%
-20.4%$1.39B$434.37M26.31N/APositive News

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This page (NYSE:CET) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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