TFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $18.33, TFS FINANCIAL CORPORATION (TFSL) is priced for more than 17.3% return on equity. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed July 11, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• TFS Financial is 81% owned by a depositor-controlled mutual holding company that waives its right to the dividend on its 227.1 million shares, so the $0.2825 quarterly payout flows almost entirely to the public minority float [Source: company 8-K dividend declaration, May 2026]. • On consolidated fundamentals the price is far ahead of the evidence: at $17.67 (July 11, 2026) the market pays about 2.6x book for a thrift earning roughly a 4.8% return on equity, and no family of valuation methods
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207 institutional managers reported holding TFSL in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 14% of the company; the top 10 hold 9%. 37 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, BlackRock, Dimensional Fund Advisors, among others. On the short side, 8.0M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 3% of shares outstanding (8.5 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
TFSL's share count grew 0.7% over the past five years even with $23.25M spent on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has for 12 years running, raised 2 years straight; the current rate is $1.13 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $163.09M in dividends and $11.32M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at TFSL over the trailing three years: 2024: 3 buys totaling $14k; 2025: 2 buys totaling $520k; 2026: 2 buys totaling $178k. 19 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
TFSL's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-10 | +2.7% | -20.9% |
| 2023-11-22 | +0.8% | +3.9% |
| 2024-02-09 | -5.3% | -9.7% |
| 2024-05-10 | +4.3% | +0.8% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
TFSL's latest 8-K filings: 2026-07-30 (items 2.02, 8.01); 2026-07-07 (items 8.01); 2026-05-28 (items 5.02, 5.03, 8.01); 2026-05-26 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-04-30 (items 2.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 11, 2026
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