Tennessee Valley Authority (TVE)

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

Mr. Market hands me a quote of $23.31 for a utility security that has traded in a band of $22.83 to $24.73 over the year — a range so narrow it looks more like a bond than a share. That is my first caution: I cannot compute a price-to-earnings ratio, a price-to-book, or any return on equity, because per-share earnings and book value simply are not in the filing set. When I cannot measure value, I do not pretend to; Graham's margin of safety cannot be estimated out of nothing. What I can measure is the business. Net income was $500 million in fiscal 2023, $1.1 billion in fiscal 2024, and $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025 — a real upward run. The interim periods point the same way: $266 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2026, $392 million in the second, and $307 million in the third, against $212 million in the comparable third quarter of fiscal 2025. Revenue is disclosed only once, $12.1 billion in fiscal 2023, so I cannot build a margin history. The concern is that FairStock's rule-based classification calls this a slow grower, citing 0.1% annual profit growth over five years — a reminder that one good stretch does not make a compounder in a regulated, capital-hungry industry. No dividend yield, no debt-to-equity, no returns on capital. I would need audited per-share earnings, a book value, and the debt load of a utility that finances heavy plant before a $23.31 quote could tempt me. Price without value is noise.

In plain English: Tennessee Valley Authority is an electric utility, and the security quoted at $23.31 has barely moved all year, staying between $22.83 and $24.73. The business itself has been earning more: reported profit rose from $500 million in fiscal 2023 to $1.1 billion in fiscal 2024 and $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025. But the usual measures that tell you whether a price is cheap, fair or expensive cannot be calculated here because the per-share and balance-sheet numbers were not filed, so there is no honest way to judge the price against the numbers.

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Data as of 2026-10-16 close · note generated 2026-10-20 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q3 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-30) · fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-31) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2025-12-31) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-30) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-09-30) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-09-30) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2023-09-30)

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