CET (Central Securities) General and Admin. Expense: $7.5 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)


CET Central Securities Corp CET
49 GF Score
Price $51.70
GF Value $48.47
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is Central Securities General and Admin. Expense?

Central Securities CET -0.79% 49 General and Admin. Expense is $7.5 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates CET with a GF Score™ of 49/100 and a GF Value™ of $48.47 (Fairly Valued). The stock has 5 warning signs investors should review.

General and Admin. Expense is the aggregate total of general managing and administering expenses for the company. Central Securities's General and Admin. Expense for the six months ended in Dec. 2025 was $4.0 Mil. Its General and Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $7.5 Mil.

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Central Securities General and Admin. Expense Historical Data

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Central Securities General and Admin. Expense Chart

Central Securities Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
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Central Securities Semi-Annual Data
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Central Securities General and Admin. Expense Calculation

General and Admin. Expense is the aggregate total of general managing and administering expenses for the company.

General and Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 adds up the semi-annually data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $7.5 Mil.

* 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.

What does a General and Admin. Expense of $7.5 Mil mean?
Central Securities (CET) has a General and Admin. Expense of $7.5 Mil as of Dec. 2025. General and Admin. Expense is the aggregate total of general managing and administering expenses for the company. View historical data on Central Securities and its competitors.
Is Central Securities' General and Admin. Expense too high?
Central Securities' current General and Admin. Expense is $7.5 Mil. Overall, Central Securities has a GF Score™ of 49/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Central Securities' General and Admin. Expense compare to ECAT and DXYZ?
Central Securities' General and Admin. Expense of $7.5 Mil can be compared against companies in the Asset Management industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good General and Admin. Expense for an Asset Management company?
A good General and Admin. Expense depends on the Asset Management industry context. However, General and Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high General and Admin. Expense mean?
A high General and Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. General and Admin. Expense is the aggregate total of general managing and administering expenses for the company. View historical data on Central Securities and its competitors. Central Securities's current General and Admin. Expense is $7.5 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Central Securities stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Central Securities (CET) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is $48.47, compared to a current price of $51.70 — trading 6.7% above its estimated fair value. The current General and Admin. Expense is $7.5 Mil. Central Securities' overall GF Score™ is 49/100 with 5 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is General and Admin. Expense calculated?
General and Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Central Securities (CET), the current General and Admin. Expense is $7.5 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Central Securities (CET) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Central Securities stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $51.70 is trading 6.7% above its estimated GF Value™ of $48.47. GuruFocus considers Central Securities to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for CET:

  • General and Admin. Expense: $7.5 Mil
  • GF Value™: $48.47 vs. price of $51.70 (6.7% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 49/100 with 5 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the CET stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Central Securities Business Description

Address 630 Fifth Avenue, Suite 820, New York, NY, USA, 10111
Central Securities Corp is a non-diversified closed-end management investment company. The company's investment objective is long-term growth of capital. It invests 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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