Central Securities (CET) Competitors

Central Securities (NYSE:CET) and DNP Select Income Fund (NYSE:DNP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CET or DNP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Central Securities	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CET or DNP?

DNP Select Income Fund received 194 more outperform votes than Central Securities when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Central Securities	N/A	N/A
DNP Select Income Fund	Outperform Votes 194 70.80%	Underperform Votes 80 29.20%

Does the media refer more to CET or DNP?

In the previous week, DNP Select Income Fund had 1 more articles in the media than Central Securities. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund and 2 mentions for Central Securities. Central Securities' average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 0.19 indicating that Central Securities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Central Securities	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
DNP Select Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, CET or DNP?

Central Securities has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CET or DNP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Central Securities	N/A	N/A	N/A
DNP Select Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is CET or DNP a better dividend stock?

Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CET or DNP?

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. 10.3% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Central Securities beats DNP Select Income Fund on 4 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.