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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
+4.59%
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
$656M
AUM Growth
+$25.8M
Cap. Flow
+$1.2M
Cap. Flow %
0.18%
Top 10 Hldgs %
53.34%
Holding
35
New
1
Increased
1
Reduced
7
Closed
–

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
BRK.A icon
Berkshire Hathaway Class A
BRK.A
+$6.22M
2
TIF
Tiffany & Co.
TIF
+$3.98M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
MSI icon
Motorola Solutions
MSI
+$4.52M
2
Y
Alleghany Corp
Y
+$2.65M
3
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$635K
4
MDT icon
Medtronic
MDT
+$457K
5
ROP icon
Roper Technologies
ROP
+$355K

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 29.92%
2 Financials 27.83%
3 Healthcare 14.53%
4 Energy 7.64%
5 Communication Services 5.82%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
ADI icon
1
Analog Devices
ADI
$188B
$50.8M 7.74%
450,000
– –
COHR
2
DELISTED
Coherent Inc
COHR
$47.7M 7.28%
350,000
– –
HES
3
DELISTED
Hess
HES
$44.5M 6.78%
700,000
– –
MSI icon
4
Motorola Solutions
MSI
$67.1B
$41.7M 6.35%
250,000
-30,000
-11% -$4.52M
INTC icon
5
Intel
INTC
$516B
$40.2M 6.13%
840,000
– –
COF icon
6
Capital One
COF
$124B
$29.9M 4.57%
330,000
– –
JPM icon
7
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$926B
$25.7M 3.92%
230,000
– –
AMZN icon
8
Amazon
AMZN
$2.63T
$24.6M 3.75%
260,000
– –
KEYS icon
9
Keysight
KEYS
$56B
$22.5M 3.42%
250,000
– –
AXP icon
10
American Express
AXP
$238B
$22.2M 3.39%
180,000
– –
ROP icon
11
Roper Technologies
ROP
$34B
$21.6M 3.29%
59,000
-1,000
-2% -$355K
RYN icon
12
Rayonier
RYN
$6.48B
$21.2M 3.23%
771,559
– –
C icon
13
Citigroup
C
$222B
$19.6M 2.99%
280,000
– –
MDT icon
14
Medtronic
MDT
$105B
$19M 2.9%
195,000
-5,000
-3% -$457K
HCCI
15
DELISTED
Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.
HCCI
$18M 2.75%
685,000
-5,000
-0.7% -$134K
BNY
16
Bank of New York Mellon
BNY
$110B
$17.7M 2.69%
400,000
– –
GOOG icon
17
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$4.17T
$17.3M 2.64%
320,000
– –
KMPR icon
18
Kemper
KMPR
$1.62B
$17.3M 2.63%
200,000
– –
MRK icon
19
Merck
MRK
$315B
$16.8M 2.56%
209,600
– –
BRC icon
20
Brady Corp
BRC
$4.4B
$13.8M 2.11%
280,000
-5,000
-2% -$240K
PGR icon
21
Progressive
PGR
$119B
$12.8M 1.95%
160,000
– –
MSFT icon
22
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.9T
$12.7M 1.94%
95,000
-5,000
-5% -$635K
CCOI icon
23
Cogent Communications
CCOI
$648M
$11.9M 1.81%
200,000
– –
JNJ icon
24
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$615B
$11.8M 1.8%
85,000
– –
Y
25
DELISTED
Alleghany Corp
Y
$10.2M 1.56%
15,000
-4,000
-21% -$2.65M
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Central Securities's Q2 2019 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2019, Central Securities held 35 positions worth $656M, up 4.1% from $630M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 53% of the portfolio.

Trading was light in Q2 2019: portfolio turnover was 2.9%. Central Securities opened 1 new position and made no exits, leaving the 35-position portfolio largely intact.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 30% of assets, down from 31% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Healthcare.

  • Central Securities's largest Q2 2019 buy was Tiffany & Co.: 40,000 shares worth $3.75M.
  • Central Securities added most to Berkshire Hathaway Class A in Q2 2019, an estimated $6.22M increase.
  • Central Securities's biggest Q2 2019 reduction was Motorola Solutions, cutting an estimated $4.52M.
  • Central Securities's ten largest holdings make up 53% of its $656M portfolio in Q2 2019.
  • Central Securities opened 1 new position and closed 0 in Q2 2019.
  • Central Securities's portfolio value rose 4.1% quarter-over-quarter to $656M.

Based on Central Securities's 13F filing for Q2 2019, filed 9 Aug 2019.