profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Tri-Continental
$33.93-0.47% today
-0.6% in 1 year
1-year low $30.911-year high $36.06
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $7.13 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Tri-Continental sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from -$291 million in 2022 to $255 million in 2025, with $254 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Tri-Continental vs. similar companies
Tri-Continental grows in the middle of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-Continental | 7.1× · Cheap | ||
 BlackRock | 34.0× · Expensive | ||
 Blackstone | 49.1× · Expensive | ||
 Investor | 8.5× · Cheap | ||
 Brookfield | 70.0× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Tri-Continental's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -291 | 254 | 322 | 255 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -292 | 253 | 321 | 254 | |
| -5.42 | 4.78 | 6.21 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 100.3% | 99.7% | 99.7% | 99.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,616 | 1,753 | 1,906 | 1,985 |
| Cash | – | – | – | 0 |
| Total debt | – | – | – | – |
| Total liabilities | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 1,615 | 1,749 | 1,901 | 1,983 | |
| 54 | 53 | 52 | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| -18.1% | 14.5% | 16.9% | 12.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 7.1×
- –
- –
- 0.9×
- 7.1×
- –
- –
- 0.0%
- 14.0%
- 11.3%
Profitability
- 97.3%
- 131.6%
- 99.7%
- 112.5%
- 10.5%
- 9.5%
- 13.1%
- 12.8%
- 10.5%
- –
Growth
- +0.2%
- –
- –
- +19.0%
- −0.5%
Financial health
- -0.0×
- 0.00
- 0.0%
- 263,255.7×
- –
- –
- 0.08
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 26%of 754
Top 15%of 883
Bottom 22%of 880
Bottom 28%of 929
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.32 | – | – |
| Sep 8, 2025 | 1.46 | – | – |
| Mar 5, 2025 | 2.81 | – | – |
| Sep 5, 2024 | 3.29 | – | – |
| Jun 25, 2024 | 2.12 | – | – |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.65 | – | – |
| Mar 3, 2023 | 0.45 | – | – |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 1.00 | – | – |
11.3%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$113a year at today's yield, before tax
+19.0%2020 to 2025
Raised2 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.81 in 2015 → $3.91 in 2025
How safe it looks
0.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earnsNews
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
4/7Passes 4 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
49No pass
Benjamin Graham
72Pass
Philip Fisher
64Pass
Peter Lynch
64Pass
Joel Greenblatt
45No pass
Charlie Munger
62Pass
Terry Smith
46No pass
Questions about Tri-Continental
Is Tri-Continental a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. 4 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Tri-Continental AI analysis
What does Tri-Continental do?
Tri-Continental Corporation is a closed ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC. It primarily invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It is in Asset Management.
Does Tri-Continental pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 11.3% a year.
Is Tri-Continental stock halal?
Yes. Tri-Continental passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 0% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Tri-Continental stock done over the past year?
Down 0.6% over the past twelve months, to $33.93. It traded between $30.91 and $36.06 and is 5.9% below its high.
Who are Tri-Continental's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BlackRock, Blackstone, Investor and Brookfield. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Tri-Continental's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.