It's been a few months since my Special Situations portfolio acquired more stock in TFS Financial (TFSL 0.09%), and I'm back now to announce another purchase. The bank remains ridiculously cheap and has plenty of ways to create value for shareholder, including ways that have nothing to do with how the market performs. I pointed all this out in my prior buy recommendation.

TFS Financial is finally free of the regulatory action that prevented the company from freely buying back stock and trying to initiate a dividend. The company's first action after getting out from under regulators was to announce a stock buyback, a move that management had telegraphed for years. And management came out swinging, committing to buy 5 million shares, or about 6% of the approximately 80 million shares with an economic interest in the bank.

With the stock trading around 60% tangible book value, buybacks are an immediately and hugely accretive use of cash. I love to see management make this capital allocation move. Each share that remains then becomes even more discounted. Management has a history of strong buybacks, too.

I estimate that following the buyback – which I suspect is close to completion already – the company will have about $150 million at the holding company that it could immediately use for buybacks. So that could be another 15% or so of the stock that it could repurchase in short order. I'm anticipating another announcement shortly after the completion of this repurchase authorization. And we could hear something next week as the company reports earnings.

But that's only one source of value. The second major source is expanding the balance sheet, and the company is working to put its massive excess capital reserves to work in growing the loan book. The market is just not pricing in growth here. If we see a drastic spike in quarterly earnings, the stock might take off. If not, buybacks will continue at depressed prices.

Finally, management is trying to initiate a dividend that would be approximately 2% at current prices. To do this, they have to get a waiver from the owners of the non-economic interest in the bank, the mutual holding company. The verdict on that should be complete by July 30.

I'm agnostic on the dividend, except to the extent that it encourages investors to buy a stock that they wouldn't otherwise. With the stock trading at 60% of tangible book, it's much more capital-efficient to repurchase stock all day long rather than pay a dividend.

So that's three ways to win with TFS Financial.

Foolish bottom line
So that's why I'm adding more to my position in TFS Financial, even though the stock already comprises 11% of my Special Situations portfolio. On the next market day I'll add another $500 to the position. Interested in TFS Financial or have another stock to share? Check out my discussion board or follow me on Twitter, @TMFRoyal.