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Value Line, Inc.
VALU Financial Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Value Line, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended April 2026) was $33.4 million, down 4.65% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue fell 6.45%, EPS fell 27.5% and free cash flow fell 15.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to April
| Group | Line | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Trend | 2027e | 2028e | 2029e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 13.26 | 17.30 | 17.12 | 20.01 | 26.53 | 42.02 | 32.07 | 36.00 | 32.94 | 32.00 |
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| High | 20.15 | 30.64 | 30.58 | 36.60 | 48.79 | 118.40 | 62.09 | 57.68 | 54.30 | 47.00 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 183 | 171 | 162 | 161 | 166 | 140 | 138 | 122 | 117 | 106 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.32 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 43 | 36 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 41 | 40 | 37 | 35 | 33 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |||||
| EBT | 15 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 30 | 31 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 29 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 36.27 | 33.17 | 44.99 | 51.24 | 74.96 | 75.60 | 59.89 | 67.19 | 78.51 | 87.99 | |||||
| Net income | 10 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 22 | |||||
| Depreciation | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 4.39 | 3.70 | 3.74 | 4.18 | 4.21 | 4.25 | 4.20 | 3.98 | 3.73 | 3.56 | ||||
| Earnings | 1.07 | 1.52 | 1.15 | 1.62 | 2.43 | 2.50 | 1.91 | 2.02 | 2.20 | 2.30 | |||||
| Cash flow | 0.42 | 1.02 | 1.19 | 1.42 | 1.71 | 2.58 | 1.92 | 1.90 | 2.15 | 1.98 | |||||
| Capex | 1.09 | 0.31 | (0.01) | 0.90 | (0.02) | 0.26 | 1.03 | (0.01) | (0.03) | 0.00 | |||||
| Free cash flow | 1.51 | 1.33 | 1.17 | 2.32 | 1.69 | 2.84 | 2.95 | 1.89 | 2.12 | 1.98 | |||||
| Book value | 3.89 | 4.49 | 4.91 | 5.55 | 6.98 | 8.35 | 8.85 | 9.63 | 10.58 | 11.48 | |||||
| Shares, m | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 16.37 | 12.82 | 18.73 | 20.02 | 13.11 | 28.71 | 23.93 | 17.92 | 18.68 | 15.30 | ||||
| P/S | 3.99 | 5.27 | 6.18 | 7.42 | 7.26 | 16.90 | 10.89 | 9.10 | 10.98 | 9.89 | |||||
| P/B | 4.50 | 4.34 | 4.72 | 5.58 | 4.37 | 8.60 | 5.17 | 3.76 | 3.86 | 3.07 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 3.45 | 4.61 | 5.40 | 6.63 | 6.23 | 15.58 | 9.43 | 7.39 | 8.89 | 7.43 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 10.04 | 12.83 | 17.22 | 15.04 | 15.51 | 23.27 | 13.39 | 5.24 | 15.59 | 7.38 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 4 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 19 | ||||
| Capex | 11 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | |||||
| Free cash flow | 15 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 16 | 27 | 28 | 18 | 20 | 19 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 38 | 43 | 49 | 56 | 66 | ||||
| Total debt | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | |||||
| Net debt | (23) | (24) | (28) | (32) | (43) | (58) | (62) | (68) | (77) | (86) | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 38 | 44 | 48 | 54 | 67 | 80 | 84 | 91 | 100 | 108 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 11.97 | 16.99 | 13.45 | 14.83 | 20.17 | 19.07 | 13.91 | 14.24 | 14.75 | 14.59 | ||||
| ROIC | 31.67 | 8.14 | 17.62 | 26.17 | 19.63 | 30.93 | 33.17 | 25.45 | 16.78 | 11.76 | |||||
| ROE | 28.62 | 36.21 | 26.37 | 29.57 | 38.62 | 32.49 | 22.13 | 21.80 | 21.72 | 20.84 | |||||
Negative figures in brackets.
Fiscal years to Apr 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026 · fundamentals updated 2 Oct 2026
Charts ten years each
Value Line, Inc. vs peers in Financial Data & Stock Exchanges (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. | $48.5B | — (loss-making) | 359× | −18.51% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +128.50% (above 0%: growing) | 84.44% | (9.30%) | Compare |
| MSCI MSCI Inc | $41.8B | 31.1× | 30.8× | +12.20% (above 0%: growing) | +19.90% (above 0%: growing) | +8.19% (above 0%: growing) | 82.71% | 56.23% | Compare |
| CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | $32.2B | 24.5× | — | +22.95% (above 0%: growing) | +50.67% (above 0%: growing) | −270.85% (below 0%: shrinking) | 50.71% | 32.99% | Compare |
| TRU TransUnion | $14.2B | 19.3× | 17.1× | +14.91% (above 0%: growing) | +33.93% (above 0%: growing) | +42.65% (above 0%: growing) | 58.41% | 19.70% | Compare |
| FDS FactSet Research Systems Inc. | $10.7B | 20.6× | 14.5× | +6.33% (above 0%: growing) | −15.94% (below 0%: shrinking) | −0.46% (below 0%: shrinking) | 48.59% | 24.68% | Compare |
| MORN Morningstar, Inc. | $7.9B | 19.5× | 17.9× | +9.60% (above 0%: growing) | +35.07% (above 0%: growing) | +96.31% (above 0%: growing) | 63.92% | 24.22% | Compare |
| VALU Value Line, Inc. | $412.8M | 20.7× | 12.6× | −6.45% (below 0%: shrinking) | −27.54% (below 0%: shrinking) | −15.38% (below 0%: shrinking) | 100.00% | 12.76% | |
| MKTW MarketWise, Inc. | $298.3M | 19.4× | 10.0× | −5.18% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +22.28% (above 0%: growing) | 85.34% | (5.61%) | Compare |
| DTCX Datacentrex, Inc. | $67.4M | — (loss-making) | — | −0.77% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +60.66% (above 0%: growing) | 10.73% | (250.61%) | Compare |
| Median of peers | $12.5B | 20.1× | 17.5× | +7.97% | +33.93% | +32.47% | 61.17% | 21.96% |
Value Line, Inc. (VALU) key facts
- Concern: Value Line, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended April 2026) was $33.4 million, down 4.65% from fiscal 2025.
- Value Line, Inc. (VALU) is a Financial Data & Stock Exchanges company in the Financial sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- As of October 16, 2026, VALU traded at $43.73, a market capitalization of $412.8 million.
- Value Line, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.35 per share, a yield of 3.09%, with a payout ratio of 64.0%.
- Return on equity was 20.8% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 for fiscal 2026.