80wk Uptrend — rising+above (sma 49.35 vs px 52.63)
200wk Uptrend — rising+above (sma 42.99 vs px 52.63)
Hidden Gem — stWatch 82.00
About Central Securities Corporation
Central Securities Corporation is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It also invests on bonds, convertible bonds, preferred stocks, convertible preferred stocks, warrants, options real estate, or short-term obligations of governments, banks and corporations. Central Securities Corp. Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Asset Management
Exchange: NYSE MKT
IPO Date: March 17, 1992
Headquarters: 630 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United States, 10111-0100
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: No
Key Metrics
Current Price
$52.63
Market Cap
$1.55B
Float
17.4M
Shares Outstanding
29.5M
P/E (TTM)
5.73
Price/Sales (TTM)
48.69
vs. Analyst Target
-98.9% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
831.70%
Operating Margin (TTM)
74.67%
Revenue (TTM)
$31.9M
Earnings Growth (YoY)
43.60%
Dividend Rate
2.8%
Analyst Target Price
$0.57
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$79.9M
$73.7M
$75.2M
$73.7M
2021
$360M
$354M
$355M
$354M
2022
-$153M
-$159M
-$157M
-$159M
2023
$57.4M
$224M
$52.6M
$224M
2024
$296M
$288M
$296M
$288M
2025
$87.0M
$265M
$81.2M
$265M
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Jun 2024
$42.5M
$178M
Dec 2024
$31.3M
$110M
Jun 2025
$48.9M
$104M
Dec 2025
$38.0M
$161M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
41.6%
Institutional Ownership
13.4%
Short Float
0.0%
% of All Funds Holding
1.03%
Number of Funds Holding
85
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$52.77
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$51.51
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$49.35
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$42.99
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$51.79
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$49.59
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$44.75
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume
creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
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