All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
CET total return snapshot: CET returned +16.29% over the past year and +5.10% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, CET is up +21,856.07% in nominal total return, or +12.34%/yr, and is currently −1.43% below its total-return high on May 6, 2026.
Data ending Mon Jul. 13, 2026
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Mon 2026-07-13 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CET × |
+5.10%
2026-07-13 |
+16.29%
2026-07-13 |
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| Central Securities Corporation Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Mon 2026-07-13 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CET × |
+21,856.07%
+12.34%/yr |
+11.48%/yr
(R2=0.973) |
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| Central Securities Corporation Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Mon 2026-07-13 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CET × |
$10,000.00
1980-03-17 |
$2,195,607.13
2026-07-13 |
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| Central Securities Corporation Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | CET |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +5.10% |
| 2025 | +17.20% |
| 2024 | +26.98% |
| 2023 | +19.17% |
| 2022 | −18.51% |
| 2021 | +49.00% |
| 2020 | +1.46% |
| 2019 | +35.75% |
| 2018 | −4.49% |
| 2017 | +30.61% |
| 2016 | +20.15% |
| 2015 | −12.25% |
| 2014 | +9.27% |
| 2013 | +27.93% |
| 2012 | +2.43% |
| 2011 | −2.57% |
| 2010 | +27.64% |
| 2009 | +31.22% |
| 2008 | −38.27% |
| 2007 | +9.95% |
| 2006 | +21.78% |
| 2005 | +20.10% |
| 2004 | +15.82% |
| 2003 | +37.44% |
| 2002 | −30.91% |
| 2001 | −3.74% |
| 2000 | +18.79% |
| 1999 | +34.96% |
| 1998 | −12.28% |
| 1997 | +34.49% |
| 1996 | +23.70% |
| 1995 | +46.91% |
| 1994 | +2.85% |
| 1993 | +47.03% |
| 1992 | +27.73% |
| 1991 | +28.64% |
| 1990 | −12.35% |
| 1989 | +16.62% |
| 1988 | +26.69% |
| 1987 | −21.97% |
| 1986 | +2.69% |
| 1985 | +9.58% |
| 1984 | −9.12% |
| 1983 | +46.33% |
| 1982 | +35.88% |
| 1981 | −11.66% |
| 1980 | +40.70% |
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Mon 2026-07-13 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CET × |
−1.43%
from 2026-05-06 peak |
−56.65%
2009-03-09 from 2008-05-16 peak |
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| Central Securities Corporation Common Stock | ||||||
| Period ending Mon 2026-07-13 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CET × | +16.29% |
+31.95% +14.87%/yr |
+68.95% +19.10%/yr |
+73.68% +11.67%/yr |
+337.50% +15.90%/yr |
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| Central Securities Corporation Common Stock | ||||||
