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CET vs MHF

Side-by-side comparison of Central Securities Corporation (CET) and Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund Inc. (MHF): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both CET and MHF operate in Finance/Investors Services (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • CET is the larger of the two at $12.80B, about 80.2x MHF ($159.5M).
  • Over the past year, CET is up 8.7% and MHF is up 1.6% - CET leads by 7.1 points.
  • CET has hit the wire 2 times in the past 4 weeks while MHF has been quiet.
PerformanceCET+8.70%MHF+1.63%
2025-07-22+0.00%2026-07-22
MetricCETMHF
Company
Central Securities Corporation
Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund Inc.
Price
$52.70-0.70%
$6.87-0.72%
Market cap
$12.80B
$159.5M
1M return
+0.73%
-0.87%
1Y return
+8.70%
+1.63%
Industry
Finance/Investors Services
Finance/Investors Services
Exchange
AMEX
NYSE
IPO
1951
1988
News (4w)
2
0
Recent ratings
0
0
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.

MHF

Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund Inc.

Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund Inc. is a closed ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC. It is co-managed by Western Asset Management Company. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It invests primarily in intermediate and long-term municipal debt securities issued by state and local governments including U.S. territories and possessions, political subdivisions, agencies and public authorities. The fund seeks to invest in investment grade debt securities rated in one of the four highest rating categories by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization to create its portfolio. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index. The fund was formerly known as Municipal High Income Fund Inc. Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund Inc. was formed on November 28, 1988 and is domiciled in the United States.

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