Central Securities's Dividends per Share for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.65.
The historical rank and industry rank for Central Securities's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate or its related term are showing as below:
CET'
s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -35.8 Med: 19.3 Max: 88.5
Current: 2.9
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Central Securities was 88.50% per year. The lowest was -35.80% per year. And the median was 19.30% per year.
CET's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is ranked better than 55.77% of 866
companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 1.7
vs CET: 2.90
During the past 12 months, Central Securities's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -24.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.90% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 27.70% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.10% per year.
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Central Securities's Dividend Payout Ratio for the
six
months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.41. As of today, Central Securities's Dividend Yield % is 4.52%.
Warning Sign:
Central Securities Corp stock dividend yield is close to 2-year low.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Competitive Comparison
For the Asset Management subindustry, Central Securities's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Central Securities 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution
For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Central Securities's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Central Securities's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.
Central Securities 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation
This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.
Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.
Central Securities (AMEX:CET) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation
1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.
Central Securities's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Central Securities was 1.52. The lowest was 0.14. And the median was 0.23.
2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Central Securities Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 1.650
2023-11-10
2023-11-13
2023-12-21
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.200
2023-06-09
2023-06-12
2023-06-27
Cash Dividend
semi-annually
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Central Securities's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Current Share Price is $40.93.
Central Securities's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.85.
During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Central Securities was 17.53%. The lowest was 1.66%. And the median was 4.76%.
Warning Sign:
Central Securities Corp stock dividend yield is close to 2-year low.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Central Securities (Central Securities) Business Description
Central Securities Corp is a non-diversified closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is long-term growth of capital. The company invests primarily in common stocks, bonds, convertible bonds, preferred stocks, convertible preferred stocks, warrants, options real estate, or short-term obligations of governments, banks, and corporations.
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