Central Securities (CET) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, DNP or CET?

DNP Select Income Fund has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Securities has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DNP or CET?

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

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

Is DNP or CET a better dividend stock?

DNP Select Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Central Securities pays an annual dividend of $2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%.

Is DNP or CET more profitable?

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in DNP or CET?

8.5% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.7% of Central Securities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of DNP Select Income Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Central Securities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor DNP or CET?

In the previous week, DNP Select Income Fund had 2 more articles in the media than Central Securities. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for DNP Select Income Fund and 2 mentions for Central Securities. Central Securities' average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat DNP Select Income Fund's score of 1.07 indicating that Central Securities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, DNP or CET?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DNP Select Income Fund	$851.71M	4.18	N/A	N/A	N/A
Central Securities	$296.20M	4.48	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Central Securities beats DNP Select Income Fund on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.