CET vs. DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, RVT, OXLC, BCAT, GAB, STEW, and GSBD
Should you be buying Central Securities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Central Securities include DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Oxford Lane Capital (OXLC), BlackRock Capital Allocation Term Trust (BCAT), The Gabelli Equity Trust (GAB), SRH Total Return Fund (STEW), and Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.
Central Securities vs.
Central Securities (NYSE:CET) and DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and valuation.
Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%.
Central Securities has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
8.7% of Central Securities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Central Securities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
DNP Select Income Fund received 194 more outperform votes than Central Securities when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, DNP Select Income Fund had 5 more articles in the media than Central Securities. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund and 1 mentions for Central Securities. DNP Select Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Central Securities' score of 0.00 indicating that DNP Select Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
DNP Select Income Fund beats Central Securities on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CET) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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