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CET vs NHI

Side-by-side comparison of Central Securities Corporation (CET) and National Health Investors Inc. (NHI): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • CET operates in Finance, while NHI operates in Real Estate - the two are in different parts of the market.
  • CET is the larger of the two at $13.66B, about 4.1x NHI ($3.30B).
  • Over the past year, CET is up 9.5% and NHI is down 15.6% - CET leads by 25.2 points.
  • NHI has hit the wire 2 times in the past 4 weeks while CET has been quiet.
  • NHI has more recent analyst coverage (22 ratings vs 0 for CET).
PerformanceCET+9.55%NHI-15.61%
2025-09-25+0.00%2026-09-24
MetricCETNHI
Company
Central Securities Corporation
National Health Investors Inc.
Price
$55.88+0.09%
$67.20-0.01%
Market cap
$13.66B
$3.30B
1M return
+1.01%
-8.35%
1Y return
+9.55%
-15.61%
Industry
Finance/Investors Services
Real Estate Investment Trusts
Exchange
AMEX
NYSE
IPO
1951
News (4w)
0
2
Recent ratings
0
22
CET

Central Securities Corporation

Central Securities Corp. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It also invests on bonds, convertible bonds, preferred stocks, convertible preferred stocks, warrants, options real estate, or short-term obligations of governments, banks and corporations. Central Securities Corp. was founded on October 1, 1929 and is based in New York, New York.

NHI

National Health Investors Inc.

Incorporated in 1991, National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE: NHI) is a real estate investment trust specializing in sale-leaseback, joint-venture, mortgage and mezzanine financing of need-driven and discretionary senior housing and medical investments. NHI's portfolio consists of independent, assisted and memory care communities, entrance-fee retirement communities, skilled nursing facilities, medical office buildings and specialty hospitals.

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