All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
CET real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, CET returned +11.46% over the past year and +1.14% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, CET is up +5,087.58% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.90%/yr, and is currently −2.40% below its real 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 × |
+1.14%
2026-07-13 |
+11.46%
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 × |
+5,087.58%
+8.90%/yr |
+8.56%/yr
(R2=0.959) |
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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 |
$518,758.49
2026-07-13 |
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| Central Securities Corporation Common Stock | ||||||
| Year | CET |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +1.14% |
| 2025 | +14.15% |
| 2024 | +23.42% |
| 2023 | +15.31% |
| 2022 | −23.46% |
| 2021 | +39.20% |
| 2020 | +0.09% |
| 2019 | +32.72% |
| 2018 | −6.28% |
| 2017 | +27.90% |
| 2016 | +17.72% |
| 2015 | −12.88% |
| 2014 | +8.46% |
| 2013 | +26.04% |
| 2012 | +0.69% |
| 2011 | −5.38% |
| 2010 | +25.76% |
| 2009 | +27.75% |
| 2008 | −38.33% |
| 2007 | +5.63% |
| 2006 | +18.79% |
| 2005 | +16.12% |
| 2004 | +12.17% |
| 2003 | +34.90% |
| 2002 | −32.52% |
| 2001 | −5.21% |
| 2000 | +14.89% |
| 1999 | +31.43% |
| 1998 | −13.67% |
| 1997 | +32.24% |
| 1996 | +19.72% |
| 1995 | +43.27% |
| 1994 | +0.17% |
| 1993 | +43.10% |
| 1992 | +24.13% |
| 1991 | +24.82% |
| 1990 | −17.40% |
| 1989 | +11.45% |
| 1988 | +21.34% |
| 1987 | −25.29% |
| 1986 | +1.58% |
| 1985 | +5.57% |
| 1984 | −12.58% |
| 1983 | +40.99% |
| 1982 | +30.87% |
| 1981 | −18.90% |
| 1980 | +29.70% |
| Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Mon 2026-07-13 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CET × |
−2.40%
from 2026-05-06 peak |
−57.14%
2009-03-09 from 2007-07-17 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 × | +11.46% |
+23.18% +10.98%/yr |
+53.22% +15.28%/yr |
+40.43% +7.03%/yr |
+212.95% +12.09%/yr |
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| Central Securities Corporation Common Stock | ||||||
