profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Central Securities
$56.45-0.49% today
+10.6% in 1 year
1-year low $47.941-year high $56.99
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $6.29 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Central Securities sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -$153 million in 2022 to $273 million in 2025, with $265 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Central Securities handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$46M
Free cash flow 2025$47M
Bought back its own shares$935,350
Paid as dividends$46M
Cash vs. debt$49,910 vs. $3M
Central Securities vs. similar companies
Central Securities grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Securities | 6.3× · Cheap | ||
 BlackRock | 34.0× · Expensive | ||
 Blackstone | 49.1× · Expensive | ||
 Investor | 8.5× · Cheap | ||
 Brookfield | 70.0× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Central Securities's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -153 | 230 | 296 | 273 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -159 | 224 | 288 | 265 | |
| -5.81 | 8.01 | 10.15 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 103.9% | 97.0% | 97.2% | 97.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,136 | 1,323 | 1,573 | 1,791 |
| Cash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total debt | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Total liabilities | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 1,133 | 1,320 | 1,570 | 1,788 | |
| 27 | 28 | 28 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -14.0% | 16.9% | 18.3% | 14.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 38 | 37 | 47 | |
| – | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | 37 | 37 | 47 | |
| Dividends paid | 38 | 31 | 38 | 46 |
| 3 | 6 | – | 1 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 6.3×
- –
- –
- 0.9×
- 6.1×
- 35.4×
- –
- 2.8%
- 15.9%
- 5.1%
Profitability
- 40.2%
- 305.0%
- 97.2%
- 305.2%
- 14.8%
- 12.5%
- 15.4%
- 14.8%
- 14.8%
- –
Growth
- +8.8%
- –
- +26.3%
- +26.0%
- +2.5%
Financial health
- 0.0×
- 0.00
- 0.3%
- –
- –
- –
- 0.05
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 14%of 854
Top 9%of 876
Top 48%of 878
Bottom 33%of 929
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2026 | 5.54 | – | – |
| Aug 18, 2025 | 3.61 | – | – |
| May 7, 2025 | 3.79 | – | – |
| Aug 14, 2024 | 6.28 | – | – |
| Mar 27, 2024 | 4.03 | – | – |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.90 | – | – |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.37 | – | – |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.00 | – | – |
5.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$51a year at today's yield, before tax
+26.0%2020 to 2025
Raised2 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.29 in 2015 → $2.70 in 2025
How safe it looks
17.5% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 98.5%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
41No pass
Benjamin Graham
70Pass
Philip Fisher
54No pass
Peter Lynch
76Pass
Joel Greenblatt
52No pass
Charlie Munger
55No pass
Terry Smith
41No pass
Questions about Central Securities
Is Central Securities a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Central Securities AI analysis
What does Central Securities do?
Central Securities Corp. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It is in Asset Management.
Does Central Securities pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 5.1% a year, about 17% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $46.3 million in dividends.
Is Central Securities stock halal?
Yes. Central Securities passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 0.2% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Central Securities stock done over the past year?
Up 10.6% over the past twelve months, to $56.45. It traded between $47.94 and $56.99, close to its high.
Who are Central Securities's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BlackRock, Blackstone, Investor and Brookfield. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Central Securities's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.