Value Line, Inc. VALU R2K
Value Line, Inc. engages in the production and sale of investment periodicals and related publications. Its investment periodicals and related publications cover a range of investments, including stocks, mutual funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), and options. The company offers comprehensive research services, including The Value Line Investment Survey - Small and Mid-Cap, The Value Line 600, and The Value Line Fund Advisor Plus that provide statistical and text coverage of various investment securities, with an emphasis placed on its proprietary research, analysis, and statistical ranks. It also provides niche newsletters comprising Value Line Select: Dividend Income & Growth, Value Line Select: ETFs, The Value Line Special Situations Service, The Value Line M&A Service, The Value Line Climate Change Investing Service, and The Value Line Information You Should Know Wealth Newsletter; digital versions of its products through its Website, www.valueline.com; investment management; The Value Line Research Center platform; and investment analysis software, such as The Value Line Investment Analyzer and The New Value Line ETFs Service. In addition, the company offers current and historical financial databases comprising financial DataFile, estimates and projections, and mutual funds; and copyright products, which include unit investment trusts, variable annuities, managed accounts, and ETFs. Further, it operates as publishing unit for the investment related periodical publications and copyrights; places advertising on behalf of the company's publications; and distributes print publications. It serves municipal and university libraries, corporations, colleges, individual investors, and investment management professionals. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Value Line, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Arnold Bernhard & Co., Inc.
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PROS
- Strong return on equity of 21.3%.
- Excellent profit margin of 65.1%.
- Attractive dividend yield of 4.32%.
- Generates positive free cash flow.
CONS
- Revenue declined at -4.7% CAGR over 5 years.
- Earnings shrank at -4.6% CAGR over 5 years.
- In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).
* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.
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Fundamental Growth
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Figures from the latest reported periods. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised assuming 4 quarters per year).
Peer comparison
Peer companies in the same sector (Financial Services).
| # | Name | CMP $ | P/E | Mkt Cap | Div Yld % | ROCE % | ROE % | Rev CAGR 5Y % | Profit CAGR 5Y % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VALU Value Line, Inc. R2K | 32.20 | 13.76 | $302.27M | 4.32% | 4.95% | 21.29% | -4.70% | -4.60% |
| 2 | JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. SPX | 299.31 | 14.33 | $802.00B | 2.00% | - | 16.47% | 12.50% | 14.83% |
| 3 | V Visa Inc. SPX | 326.36 | 28.48 | $620.65B | 0.82% | 38.38% | 60.35% | 10.92% | 10.28% |
| 4 | MA Mastercard Incorporated SPX | 493.98 | 28.57 | $436.47B | 0.70% | 61.47% | - | 13.82% | 14.66% |
| 5 | MS Morgan Stanley SPX | 208.00 | 18.84 | $328.08B | 1.92% | - | 16.39% | 9.52% | 15.20% |
| 6 | GS The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. SPX | 1,025.56 | 18.73 | $302.55B | 1.76% | - | 14.55% | 7.16% | 15.11% |
| 7 | WFC Wells Fargo & Company SPX | 77.54 | 11.98 | $237.29B | 2.32% | - | 12.03% | 4.02% | 15.98% |
| 8 | BLK BlackRock, Inc. SPX | 1,046.88 | 26.32 | $162.51B | 2.19% | 4.89% | 11.90% | 10.65% | 2.36% |
| 9 | SCHW The Charles Schwab Corporation SPX | 87.35 | 17.37 | $151.91B | 1.47% | - | 19.08% | 4.83% | 7.21% |
Quarterly Results
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Apr 2014 | Jul 2014 | Oct 2014 | Jan 2015 | Apr 2015 | Jul 2015 | Oct 2015 | Jan 2016 | Apr 2016 | Jul 2016 | Oct 2016 | Jan 2017 | Jul 2017 | Oct 2017 | Jan 2018 | Jul 2018 | Oct 2018 | Jan 2019 | Jul 2019 | Oct 2019 | Jan 2020 | Jul 2020 | Oct 2020 | Jan 2021 | Jul 2021 | Oct 2021 | Jan 2022 | Jul 2022 | Oct 2022 | Jan 2023 | Jul 2023 | Oct 2023 | Jan 2024 | Jul 2024 | Oct 2024 | Jan 2025 | Apr 2025 | Jul 2025 | Oct 2025 | Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | 8.83M | 8.64M | 8.60M | - | 16.64M | 8.65M | 8.65M | 8.91M | 8.99M | 9.09M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.97M | 8.39M | 8.61M | 8.56M | 8.28M |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.62M | 3.71M | 3.62M | 3.49M | 3.61M |
| Gross Profit | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.34M | 4.67M | 4.99M | 5.06M | 4.66M |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.78M | 3.84M | 3.49M | 3.55M | 3.66M |
| Operating Income | 378.00K | 1.06M | 1.05M | 851.00K | -560.00K | 959.00K | 826.00K | 557.00K | -462.00K | 8.14M | 23.00K | -212.00K | 1.17M | 808.00K | 787.00K | 1.27M | 1.76M | 1.41M | 2.02M | 2.63M | 3.13M | 2.23M | 2.19M | 2.28M | 2.27M | 2.74M | 2.88M | 2.56M | 3.17M | 2.98M | 2.75M | 2.67M | 2.23M | 1.85M | - | 1.56M | 830.00K | 1.50M | 1.51M | 1.00M |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.93M | 1.14M | 1.83M | 1.83M | 1.33M |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.14M | 5.05M | 8.64M | 7.85M | 7.94M |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.97M | 1.10M | 2.18M | 2.17M | 2.03M |
| Net Income | 1.68M | 2.04M | 1.98M | 2.18M | 1.10M | 2.12M | 1.99M | 1.91M | 1.27M | 6.36M | 1.48M | 1.45M | 2.21M | 2.07M | 9.00M | 3.10M | 3.30M | 2.45M | 3.69M | 4.21M | 4.95M | 5.27M | 4.92M | 7.04M | 5.90M | 8.50M | 5.61M | 4.46M | 4.33M | 5.25M | 4.86M | 3.49M | 5.88M | 5.89M | - | 5.16M | 3.95M | 6.46M | 5.68M | 5.91M |
| Diluted EPS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.60 | 0.55 | - | 0.69 | 0.60 | 0.63 |
Profit & Loss (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Apr 2010 | Apr 2011 | Apr 2012 | Apr 2013 | Apr 2014 | Apr 2015 | Apr 2016 | Apr 2017 | Apr 2018 | Apr 2019 | Dec 2019 | Apr 2020 | Dec 2020 | Apr 2021 | Apr 2022 | Apr 2023 | Apr 2024 | Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | 35.52M | 34.55M | 42.70M | 35.87M | 36.26M | - | - | - | - | 40.52M | 39.70M | 37.49M | 35.08M |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17.32M | 15.20M | 14.85M | 14.46M |
| Gross Profit | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23.20M | 24.49M | 22.64M | 20.62M |
| Operating Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.40M | 13.02M | 13.49M | 14.64M |
| Operating Income | -32.19M | 8.53M | 5.34M | 4.12M | 2.50M | 2.40M | 1.88M | 7.46M | 2.57M | 5.41M | - | 9.09M | - | 7.54M | 10.80M | 11.47M | 9.14M | 5.99M |
| EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.14M | 12.82M | 10.55M | 7.26M |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pretax Income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30.64M | 23.77M | 25.19M | 27.54M |
| Tax Provision | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.82M | 5.71M | 6.17M | 6.86M |
| Net Income | -23.19M | 37.78M | 6.92M | 6.62M | 6.77M | 7.29M | 7.29M | 10.37M | 14.74M | 12.01M | 12.01M | 14.94M | 14.94M | 23.28M | 23.82M | 18.07M | 19.02M | 20.69M |
| Diluted EPS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.50 | 1.91 | 2.02 | 2.20 |
Compounded Sales Growth
| 5 Years: | -4.70% |
| 1 Year: | -7.70% |
Compounded Profit Growth
| 5 Years: | -4.60% |
| 1 Year: | 14.80% |
Stock Price Performance
| 1 Year: | -14.92% |
| 6 Months: | -12.05% |
| 3 Months: | -11.49% |
| 1 Month: | -6.77% |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Apr 2009 | Apr 2010 | Apr 2011 | Apr 2012 | Apr 2013 | Apr 2014 | Apr 2015 | Apr 2016 | Apr 2017 | Apr 2018 | Apr 2019 | Dec 2019 | Apr 2020 | Dec 2020 | Apr 2021 | Apr 2022 | Apr 2023 | Apr 2024 | Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | - | - | 87.80M | 84.37M | 84.34M | 86.88M | 87.42M | 86.51M | 86.72M | 86.79M | 91.79M | - | 109.73M | - | 121.14M | 128.74M | 131.08M | 136.03M | 144.53M |
| Current Assets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 61.34M | 66.08M | 71.02M | 79.88M |
| Cash & Equivalents | 42.94M | 16.43M | 6.80M | 12.04M | 6.84M | 5.79M | 5.87M | 13.12M | 6.56M | 5.94M | 6.49M | - | 4.95M | - | 19.17M | 29.70M | 7.59M | 4.39M | 34.08M |
| Inventory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Receivables | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.68M | 2.12M | 1.31M | 1.33M |
| Total Liabilities | - | - | 54.55M | 52.05M | 51.36M | 53.58M | 52.98M | 51.91M | 48.87M | 43.25M | 44.26M | - | 56.19M | - | 54.12M | 49.10M | 47.40M | 45.24M | 44.85M |
| Current Liabilities | - | - | 31.42M | 27.18M | 27.39M | 27.06M | 26.21M | 26.30M | 24.59M | 24.87M | 25.40M | - | 26.82M | - | 27.92M | 23.76M | 23.29M | 22.25M | 23.65M |
| Long Term Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.14M | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.37M | 6.13M | 4.78M | 3.58M |
| Total Equity | 80.87M | 21.45M | 33.25M | 32.31M | 32.98M | 33.30M | 34.44M | 34.60M | 37.85M | 43.54M | 47.52M | 47.52M | 53.54M | 53.54M | 67.01M | 79.64M | 83.67M | 90.79M | 99.68M |
| Shares Outstanding | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.00M | 10.00M | 10.00M | 10.00M |
Cash Flows (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Apr 2010 | Apr 2011 | Apr 2012 | Apr 2013 | Apr 2014 | Apr 2015 | Apr 2016 | Apr 2017 | Apr 2018 | Apr 2019 | Dec 2019 | Apr 2020 | Dec 2020 | Apr 2021 | Apr 2022 | Apr 2023 | Apr 2024 | Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | -8.66M | 10.66M | 2.38M | - | - | - | 2.00M | 4.04M | 9.91M | 11.49M | 11.49M | 13.74M | 13.74M | 16.41M | 24.65M | 18.18M | 17.93M | 20.24M |
| Investing Cash Flow | 21.09M | 3.75M | 11.26M | - | - | - | 12.21M | -2.77M | -1.24M | -2.97M | - | -8.66M | - | 7.38M | -3.39M | -26.12M | -10.05M | 21.20M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -38.93M | -24.05M | -8.40M | - | - | - | -6.96M | -7.36M | -9.28M | -7.97M | - | -6.63M | - | -9.57M | -10.89M | -14.18M | -11.08M | -11.76M |
| Capital Expenditure | -81.00K | -106.00K | -48.00K | -331.00K | -206.00K | -120.00K | -227.00K | -1.28M | -408.00K | -11.00K | - | -2.00K | - | -33.00K | -11.00K | -140.00K | -77.00K | -237.00K |
| Free Cash Flow | -8.74M | 10.55M | 2.33M | - | - | - | 1.78M | 2.76M | 9.50M | 11.48M | - | 13.74M | - | 16.38M | 24.64M | 18.04M | 17.86M | 20.01M |
| Net Change in Cash | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10.37M | -22.11M | -3.20M | 29.69M |
| Share Buybacks | - | 90.00K | 946.00K | 182.00K | 550.00K | 122.00K | 796.00K | 741.00K | 354.00K | 608.00K | - | 1.21M | - | 1.53M | 2.48M | 4.70M | 523.00K | 453.00K |
Ratios (Annual)
Figures in %.
| Metric | Apr 2010 | Apr 2011 | Apr 2012 | Apr 2013 | Apr 2014 | Apr 2015 | Apr 2016 | Apr 2017 | Apr 2018 | Apr 2019 | Dec 2019 | Apr 2020 | Dec 2020 | Apr 2021 | Apr 2022 | Apr 2023 | Apr 2024 | Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 57.3% | 61.7% | 60.4% | 58.8% |
| Operating Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | 6.8% | 5.4% | 17.5% | 7.2% | 14.9% | - | - | - | - | 26.7% | 28.9% | 24.4% | 17.1% |
| Net Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | 20.5% | 21.1% | 24.3% | 41.1% | 33.1% | - | - | - | - | 58.8% | 45.5% | 50.7% | 59.0% |
| ROE % | -108.1% | 113.6% | 21.4% | 20.1% | 20.3% | 21.2% | 21.1% | 27.4% | 33.8% | 25.3% | 25.3% | 27.9% | 27.9% | 34.7% | 29.9% | 21.6% | 20.9% | 20.8% |
| ROCE % | - | 15.1% | 9.3% | 7.2% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 3.1% | 12.0% | 4.2% | 8.2% | - | 11.0% | - | 8.1% | 10.3% | 10.6% | 8.0% | 5.0% |
Shareholding Pattern
Top Institutional Holders
| # | Holder | % Held | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neuberger Berman Group, LLC | 1.24% | 116.72K | $3.76M |
| 2 | Blackrock Inc. | 0.89% | 83.51K | $2.69M |
| 3 | Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 0.58% | 54.46K | $1.75M |
| 4 | Gabelli Funds, LLC | 0.49% | 46.31K | $1.49M |
| 5 | Teton Advisors, LLC | 0.32% | 29.96K | $964.65K |
| 6 | Wells Fargo & Company | 0.28% | 26.44K | $851.40K |
| 7 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 0.26% | 24.14K | $777.40K |
| 8 | Oppenheimer & Co Inc | 0.23% | 22.02K | $708.98K |
| 9 | North Star Investment Management Corp | 0.17% | 16.10K | $518.42K |
| 10 | State Street Corporation | 0.15% | 13.86K | $446.32K |
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