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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
+2.17%
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
$665M
AUM Growth
+$8.98M
Cap. Flow
-$2.48M
Cap. Flow %
-0.37%
Top 10 Hldgs %
53.6%
Holding
35
New
–
Increased
5
Reduced
6
Closed
1

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
TIF
Tiffany & Co.
TIF
+$6.32M
2
BRK.A icon
Berkshire Hathaway Class A
BRK.A
+$3.09M
3
RYN icon
Rayonier
RYN
+$2.82M
4
SGU icon
Star Group
SGU
+$803K
5
JNJ icon
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
+$659K

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
Y
Alleghany Corp
Y
+$10.2M
2
KEYS icon
Keysight
KEYS
+$2.32M
3
BRC icon
Brady Corp
BRC
+$1.52M
4
RBBN icon
Ribbon Communications
RBBN
+$733K
5
MSFT icon
Microsoft
MSFT
+$688K

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 29.86%
2 Financials 26.32%
3 Healthcare 15.56%
4 Energy 7.28%
5 Communication Services 5.86%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
COHR
1
DELISTED
Coherent Inc
COHR
$53.8M 8.09%
350,000
– –
ADI icon
2
Analog Devices
ADI
$183B
$50.3M 7.56%
450,000
– –
INTC icon
3
Intel
INTC
$501B
$43.3M 6.51%
840,000
– –
MSI icon
4
Motorola Solutions
MSI
$67.2B
$42.6M 6.41%
250,000
– –
HES
5
DELISTED
Hess
HES
$42.3M 6.37%
700,000
– –
COF icon
6
Capital One
COF
$122B
$30M 4.52%
330,000
– –
JPM icon
7
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$923B
$27.1M 4.07%
230,000
– –
AMZN icon
8
Amazon
AMZN
$2.52T
$22.6M 3.39%
260,000
– –
RYN icon
9
Rayonier
RYN
$6.38B
$22.6M 3.39%
881,782
+110,223
+14% +$2.82M
KEYS icon
10
Keysight
KEYS
$55.8B
$21.9M 3.29%
225,000
-25,000
-10% -$2.32M
AXP icon
11
American Express
AXP
$233B
$21.3M 3.2%
180,000
– –
MDT icon
12
Medtronic
MDT
$105B
$21.2M 3.19%
195,000
– –
ROP icon
13
Roper Technologies
ROP
$36.3B
$20.7M 3.11%
58,000
-1,000
-2% -$363K
GOOG icon
14
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$3.91T
$19.5M 2.94%
320,000
– –
C icon
15
Citigroup
C
$220B
$19M 2.86%
275,000
-5,000
-2% -$340K
HCCI
16
DELISTED
Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.
HCCI
$18.2M 2.73%
685,000
– –
BNY
17
Bank of New York Mellon
BNY
$108B
$18.1M 2.72%
400,000
– –
MRK icon
18
Merck
MRK
$322B
$16.8M 2.53%
209,600
– –
KMPR icon
19
Kemper
KMPR
$1.62B
$15.6M 2.34%
200,000
– –
BRC icon
20
Brady Corp
BRC
$4.39B
$13.3M 1.99%
250,000
-30,000
-11% -$1.52M
MSFT icon
21
Microsoft
MSFT
$2.83T
$12.5M 1.88%
90,000
-5,000
-5% -$688K
BRK.A icon
22
Berkshire Hathaway Class A
BRK.A
$1.05T
$12.5M 1.88%
40
+10
+33% +$3.09M
PGR icon
23
Progressive
PGR
$120B
$12.4M 1.86%
160,000
– –
JNJ icon
24
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$622B
$11.6M 1.75%
90,000
+5,000
+6% +$659K
CCOI icon
25
Cogent Communications
CCOI
$636M
$11M 1.66%
200,000
– –
1
2

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Central Securities's Q3 2019 Portfolio in Review

As of Q3 2019, Central Securities held 35 positions worth $665M, up 1.4% from $656M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 54% of the portfolio.

Trading was light in Q3 2019: portfolio turnover was 2.9%. Central Securities opened no new positions and exited 1, leaving the 35-position portfolio largely intact.

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

  • Central Securities added most to Tiffany & Co. in Q3 2019, an estimated $6.32M increase.
  • Central Securities's biggest Q3 2019 reduction was Keysight, cutting an estimated $2.32M.
  • Central Securities fully exited Alleghany Corp in Q3 2019, selling an estimated $10.2M.
  • Central Securities's ten largest holdings make up 54% of its $665M portfolio in Q3 2019.
  • Central Securities opened 0 new positions and closed 1 in Q3 2019.
  • Central Securities's portfolio value rose 1.4% quarter-over-quarter to $665M.

Based on Central Securities's 13F filing for Q3 2019, filed 12 Nov 2019.