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Central Securities

Central Securities Portfolio holdings

AUM $1.39B Turnover 3.33%
1-Year Est. Return 16.6%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+9.15%
1 Year Est. Return
+16.6%
3 Year Est. Return
+100.88%
5 Year Est. Return
+124.28%
10 Year Est. Return
+481.88%
AUM
$624M
AUM Growth
+$40.4M
Cap. Flow
-$9.5M
Cap. Flow %
-1.53%
Top 10 Hldgs %
54.81%
Holding
39
New
–
Increased
2
Reduced
7
Closed
–
Avg Time Held
3 years
Top 10 Avg Time Held
3.2 years
Top 20 Avg Time Held
2.8 years

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
HES icon
Hess
HES
+$4.06M
2
RBBN icon
Ribbon Communications
RBBN
+$154K

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
ECPG icon
Encore Capital Group
ECPG
+$4.57M
2
COHR icon
Coherent Inc
COHR
+$4.07M
3
JPM icon
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
+$2.03M
4
INTC icon
Intel
INTC
+$1.75M
5
CABO icon
Cable One
CABO
+$704K

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 24.71%
2 Financials 22.73%
3 Healthcare 22.33%
4 Consumer Discretionary 6.92%
5 Industrials 5.72%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow Held Since
COHR icon
1
DELISTED
Coherent Inc
COHR
$96.1M 15.39%
340,400
-14,600
-4% -$4.07M
2013 Q2
18 quarters
ADI icon
2
Analog Devices
ADI
$191B
$40.1M 6.42%
450,000
– –
2013 Q2
18 quarters
INTC icon
3
Intel
INTC
$306B
$38.8M 6.21%
840,000
-40,000
-5% -$1.75M
2013 Q2
18 quarters
COF icon
4
Capital One
COF
$117B
$28.9M 4.63%
290,000
– –
2013 Q2
18 quarters
MSI icon
5
Motorola Solutions
MSI
$87.6B
$27.1M 4.34%
300,000
– –
2013 Q2
18 quarters
HES icon
6
DELISTED
Hess
HES
$26.6M 4.26%
560,000
+90,000
+19% +$4.06M
2017 Q2
2 quarters
RYN icon
7
Rayonier
RYN
$6.25B
$22.1M 3.55%
771,559
– –
2014 Q3
13 quarters
BNY icon
8
Bank of New York Mellon
BNY
$102B
$21.5M 3.45%
400,000
– –
2013 Q2
18 quarters
C.WS.A icon
9
DELISTED
Citigroup Inc
C.WS.A
$20.8M 3.34%
280,000
-20,000
-7% -$2.25K
2017 Q2
2 quarters
MDT icon
10
Medtronic
MDT
$131B
$20.2M 3.23%
250,000
– –
2013 Q2
18 quarters
JPM icon
11
JPMorgan Chase
JPM
$914B
$19.2M 3.08%
180,000
-20,000
-10% -$2.03M
2013 Q2
18 quarters
ROP icon
12
Roper Technologies
ROP
$47.8B
$18.1M 2.9%
70,000
– –
2013 Q2
18 quarters
HCCI
13
DELISTED
Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.
HCCI
$15.2M 2.44%
700,000
– –
2013 Q2
18 quarters
AMZN icon
14
Amazon
AMZN
$2.88T
$15.2M 2.44%
260,000
– –
2014 Q2
14 quarters
BRC icon
15
Brady Corp
BRC
$3.71B
$15.2M 2.43%
400,000
– –
2013 Q2
18 quarters
AXP icon
16
American Express
AXP
$214B
$14.9M 2.39%
150,000
– –
2015 Q1
11 quarters
WFC icon
17
Wells Fargo
WFC
$258B
$13.3M 2.14%
220,000
– –
2016 Q3
5 quarters
TPH icon
18
DELISTED
Tri Pointe Homes
TPH
$12.5M 2.01%
700,000
– –
2014 Q2
14 quarters
Y
19
DELISTED
Alleghany Corp
Y
$12.5M 2.01%
21,000
– –
2013 Q4
16 quarters
KEYS icon
20
Keysight
KEYS
$50B
$12.3M 1.97%
295,000
-15,000
-5% -$648K
2014 Q4
12 quarters
CABO icon
21
Cable One
CABO
$16M
$12M 1.92%
17,000
-1,000
-6% -$704K
2015 Q3
9 quarters
JNJ icon
22
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$687B
$11.9M 1.9%
85,000
– –
2015 Q3
9 quarters
MRK icon
23
Merck
MRK
$360B
$11.3M 1.8%
209,600
– –
2013 Q2
18 quarters
SCHW icon
24
Charles Schwab
SCHW
$158B
$10.8M 1.73%
210,000
– –
2016 Q1
7 quarters
GOOG icon
25
Alphabet (Google) Class C
GOOG
$3.59T
$10.5M 1.69%
200,000
– –
2017 Q2
2 quarters

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Central Securities's Q4 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2017, Central Securities held 39 positions worth $624M, up 6.9% from $584M the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 55% of the portfolio.

Trading was light in Q4 2017: portfolio turnover was 0%. Central Securities opened no new positions and made no exits, leaving the 39-position portfolio largely intact.

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

  • Central Securities added most to Hess in Q4 2017, an estimated $4.06M increase.
  • Central Securities's biggest Q4 2017 reduction was Encore Capital Group, cutting an estimated $4.57M.
  • Central Securities's ten largest holdings make up 55% of its $624M portfolio in Q4 2017.
  • Central Securities opened 0 new positions and closed 0 in Q4 2017.
  • Central Securities's portfolio value rose 6.9% quarter-over-quarter to $624M.

Based on Central Securities's 13F filing for Q4 2017, filed 12 Feb 2018.