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Central Securities Portfolio holdings

AUM $1.21B
1-Year Est. Return 19.91%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
-1.69%
1 Year Est. Return
+19.91%
3 Year Est. Return
+84.67%
5 Year Est. Return
+118.72%
10 Year Est. Return
+477.44%
AUM
$606M
AUM Growth
-$18.3M
Cap. Flow
+$646K
Cap. Flow %
0.11%
Top 10 Hldgs %
53.41%
Holding
40
New
1
Increased
6
Reduced
3
Closed
2

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
AHL
ASPEN Insurance Holding Limited
AHL
+$7.85M
2
HES
Hess
HES
+$6.86M
3
GE icon
GE Aerospace
GE
+$2.98M
4
WFC icon
Wells Fargo
WFC
+$2.97M
5
KW
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings
KW
+$2.4M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
CABO icon
Cable One
CABO
+$12M
2
COHR
Coherent Inc
COHR
+$6.13M
3
ECPG icon
Encore Capital Group
ECPG
+$4.21M
4
TIF
Tiffany & Co.
TIF
+$2.06M
5
ROP icon
Roper Technologies
ROP
+$1.38M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 27.43%
2 Financials 24.26%
3 Healthcare 16.64%
4 Energy 6.11%
5 Consumer Discretionary 5.91%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
COHR
1
DELISTED
Coherent Inc
COHR
$59M 9.74%
315,000
-25,400
-7% -$6.13M
INTC icon
2
Intel
INTC
$504B
$43.7M 7.22%
840,000
– –
ADI icon
3
Analog Devices
ADI
$185B
$41M 6.77%
450,000
– –
HES
4
DELISTED
Hess
HES
$35.4M 5.85%
700,000
+140,000
+25% +$6.86M
MSI icon
5
Motorola Solutions
MSI
$67.6B
$31.6M 5.21%
300,000
– –
COF icon
6
Capital One
COF
$123B
$27.8M 4.59%
290,000
– –
RYN icon
7
Rayonier
RYN
$6.41B
$24.6M 4.06%
771,559
– –
BNY
8
Bank of New York Mellon
BNY
$109B
$20.6M 3.4%
400,000
– –
MDT icon
9
Medtronic
MDT
$105B
$20.1M 3.31%
250,000
– –
JPM icon
10
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$930B
$19.8M 3.27%
180,000
– –
C.WS.A
11
DELISTED
Citigroup Inc
C.WS.A
$18.9M 3.12%
280,000
– –
AMZN icon
12
Amazon
AMZN
$2.51T
$18.8M 3.1%
260,000
– –
ROP icon
13
Roper Technologies
ROP
$35.8B
$18.2M 3.01%
65,000
-5,000
-7% -$1.38M
HCCI
14
DELISTED
Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.
HCCI
$16.5M 2.72%
700,000
– –
KEYS icon
15
Keysight
KEYS
$55.6B
$15.5M 2.55%
295,000
– –
BRC icon
16
Brady Corp
BRC
$4.41B
$14.9M 2.45%
400,000
– –
WFC icon
17
Wells Fargo
WFC
$261B
$14.2M 2.34%
270,000
+50,000
+23% +$2.97M
AXP icon
18
American Express
AXP
$233B
$14M 2.31%
150,000
– –
Y
19
DELISTED
Alleghany Corp
Y
$12.9M 2.13%
21,000
– –
GOOG icon
20
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$3.88T
$12.4M 2.05%
240,000
+40,000
+20% +$2.21M
TPH
21
DELISTED
Tri Pointe Homes
TPH
$11.5M 1.9%
700,000
– –
SCHW
22
Charles Schwab
SCHW
$177B
$11M 1.81%
210,000
– –
MRK icon
23
Merck
MRK
$322B
$10.9M 1.8%
209,600
– –
JNJ icon
24
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$624B
$10.9M 1.8%
85,000
– –
PGR icon
25
Progressive
PGR
$120B
$9.75M 1.61%
160,000
– –
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Central Securities's Q1 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q1 2018, Central Securities held 40 positions worth $606M, down 2.9% from $624M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 53% of the portfolio.

Central Securities's Q1 2018 filing shows 1 new, 6 increased, 3 reduced and 2 closed positions. Its largest new stake was ASPEN Insurance Holding Limited: 200,000 shares worth $8.97M. The largest sale was Cable One, an estimated $12M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 27% of assets, up from 25% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Healthcare.

  • Central Securities's largest Q1 2018 buy was ASPEN Insurance Holding Limited: 200,000 shares worth $8.97M.
  • Central Securities added most to Hess in Q1 2018, an estimated $6.86M increase.
  • Central Securities's biggest Q1 2018 reduction was Coherent Inc, cutting an estimated $6.13M.
  • Central Securities fully exited Cable One in Q1 2018, selling an estimated $12M.
  • Central Securities's ten largest holdings make up 53% of its $606M portfolio in Q1 2018.
  • Central Securities opened 1 new position and closed 2 in Q1 2018.
  • Central Securities's portfolio value fell 2.9% quarter-over-quarter to $606M.

Based on Central Securities's 13F filing for Q1 2018, filed 4 May 2018.