Tri Continental Corporation Common Stock (TY)

FairStock Score: 59/100 — STEADY

Key Financials

AI Analysis

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

I look at Tri-Continental as a closed-end equity fund, not an operating business. As of the close on 2026-10-13, FairStock calculates a P/E of 5.48 and a P/B of 0.91, so Mr. Market is asking $34.77 for something whose book value is about 9% higher. The same figures produce a Graham Number of $72.76 and a margin of safety of 52.21%. That is the sort of arithmetic Graham liked: a diversified portfolio of large US stocks, managed by Columbia since 1929, selling below its asset value. The dividend yield is 3.41%, and beta is 0.85, so the ride has been less volatile than the S&P 500 benchmark. Return on equity is 16.73%, which is respectable if the portfolio keeps earning it. But I do not confuse a discount with a sure thing. Return on capital employed is only 1.89%, the Piotroski F-Score is 0/9, and the FairStock Score is 59/100. Those are not the markings of a wide-moat compounder; they mostly reflect that this is a fund, not a business with pricing power. Growth data are absent, and the Lynch category is none because only 0 years of filed results are available. So I cannot judge revenue or profit growth from the supplied numbers. The central question is whether the discount to book narrows, whether the dividend is maintained, and whether the managers beat the S&P 500 over a full cycle. If they do, the current price offers value. If not, the discount can persist indefinitely.

In plain English: Tri-Continental is a closed-end fund that owns a mix of large US stocks. Its shares are trading below the stated value of its holdings and it pays a solid dividend, but the fund has only a middling overall score and very little recent growth data. The price looks cheap against its assets, but future results depend on the managers and whether the discount closes.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

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