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Central Securities (CET) Price, Holdings & Fees

$496.25−0.20%−$0.98End-of-day price as of Oct 9, 2026

Central Securities (CET) closed at $496.25 on Oct 9, 2026, down 0.20% from the previous close of $497.23.

Share price, past year

1Y +10.06%

52-week range $416.18 – $500.94. Daily closing prices.
Monthly closing prices
Last closing price of each month
DateClose
Oct 9, 2026$496.25
Sep 30, 2026$488.53
Aug 31, 2026$487.68
Jul 31, 2026$453.79
Jun 30, 2026$430.50
May 29, 2026$442.11
Apr 30, 2026$450.07
Mar 31, 2026$456.35
Feb 27, 2026$460.34
Jan 30, 2026$445.18
Dec 31, 2025$450.42
Nov 28, 2025$458.69
Oct 31, 2025$462.93

Key statistics

Expense ratio
—
Net assets
$1.8B
as of Jun 30, 2026
Holdings
33
as of Jun 30, 2026
52-week range
$416.18 – $500.94

Holdings

Central Securities held 33 investments worth $1.84B as of Jun 30, 2026. Its largest holding was The Plymouth Rock Company Incorporated, at 22.20% of the fund.

Central Securities largest holdings by share of net assets
#Holding% of fundValue
1The Plymouth Rock Company Incorporated22.20%$407.40M
2Alphabet, Inc.7.79%$142.95M
3Analog Devices, Inc.7.57%$139.01M
4Progressive Corp. (The)4.76%$87.38M
5Capital One Financial Corp.3.83%$70.22M
6Keysight Technologies, Inc.3.81%$70.01M
7Charles Schwab Corp. (The)3.52%$64.59M
8Amazon.com, Inc.3.38%$61.97M
9Arthur J Gallagher & Co.3.19%$58.54M
10Motorola Solutions, Inc.3.17%$58.14M
11Meta Platforms, Inc.2.76%$50.70M
12American Express Co.2.58%$47.36M
13Teledyne Technologies, Inc.2.54%$46.68M
14JPMorgan Chase & Co.2.50%$45.83M
15Chevron Corp.2.31%$42.48M
16Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.2.08%$38.21M
17Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.2.04%$37.41M
18MercadoLibre, Inc.1.66%$30.55M
19United States of America1.63%$29.96M
20United States of America1.63%$29.94M
21Microsoft Corp.1.63%$29.84M
22JPMorgan 100% U.S. Treasury Securities Money Market Fund1.48%$27.07M
23Rayonier, Inc.1.46%$26.82M
24Visa, Inc.1.40%$25.73M
25Equifax, Inc.1.25%$23.01M

Top 25 of 33 holdings, as of Jun 30, 2026. Percentages are of the fund's net assets.

What the fund owns

Central Securities holdings by asset type
Asset type% of fund
Stocks95.26%
Cash and short-term investments4.74%
Central Securities holdings by country, largest 4
Country% of fund
United States95.81%
Taiwan2.08%
Ireland1.07%
Israel1.03%

Shares of net assets from the fund's N-PORT report. Funds that borrow can add up to more than 100%, with borrowing (such as repurchase agreements) shown as a negative share.

Monthly total returns

Over the 3 months to Jun 30, 2026, Central Securities's total return was +6.25%, as reported to the SEC.

Central Securities monthly total returns
MonthTotal return
Jun 30, 2026−1.06%
May 31, 2026+0.15%
Apr 30, 2026+7.23%

The fund's own total returns as reported to the SEC (N-PORT), including reinvested distributions. Not the sample prices above.

Fund profile

Name
Central Securities Corporation
Ticker
CET
Exchange
AMEX
Fund type
Closed-end fund
Trust
CENTRAL SECURITIES CORP
SEC CIK
0000018748
Fractional shares
Yes

Recent SEC filings

Frequently asked questions

What is CET's price?

Central Securities (CET) closed at $496.25 on Oct 9, 2026, down 0.20% from the previous close of $497.23.

What does CET hold?

Central Securities held 33 investments worth $1.84B as of Jun 30, 2026. Its largest holding was The Plymouth Rock Company Incorporated, at 22.20% of the fund. Its five largest holdings were The Plymouth Rock Company Incorporated, Alphabet, Inc., Analog Devices, Inc., Progressive Corp. (The), Capital One Financial Corp..

How has CET performed?

Over the 3 months to Jun 30, 2026, Central Securities's total return was +6.25%, as reported to the SEC.

Sources and methodology

Holdings, net assets and monthly returns come from the fund's N-PORT filing with the SEC, as of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 28, 2026). Prices are generated sample data for development. Data sources and disclosures