Value Line, Inc.

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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.

43.73 0.27 −0.61%
Market cap
$412.8M
P/E
20.7×
Fwd P/E
12.6×
Dividend yield
3.09%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.01
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — 1 — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 92.01%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 412.81
Revenue 32.89
Net Income 19.83
Free Cash Flow 17.73
Net Debt (88.46)
Current Ratio 4.09
Debt/Equity 0.00
P/E ratio 20.73
Fwd P/E 12.60
P/S ratio 12.48 (above 10: high)
P/B ratio 3.76
Past 5Y EPS Growth (1.09%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth —
Next Y EPS Growth —
Next Y revenue growth 0.25%
Next 5Y EPS Growth —

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 65.61%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 88.39%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 14.96%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.64
Annual Dividend Rate 1.35
Annual Dividend Yield 3.09%
total individual payouts
2026 1.03
0.33
0.35
0.35
2025 1.28
0.30
0.33
0.33
0.33
2024 1.18
0.28
0.30
0.30
0.30
2023 1.09
0.25
0.28
0.28
0.28
2022 0.97
0.22
0.25
0.25
0.25
2021 0.87
0.21
0.22
0.22
0.22
2020 0.83
0.20
0.21
0.21
0.21
2019 0.79
0.19
0.20
0.20
0.20
2018 0.75
0.18
0.20
0.19
0.19
0.19
2017 0.71
0.17
0.18
0.18
0.18
2016 0.67
0.16
0.17
0.17
0.17
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 68 77 86 88
Receivables 1 1 1 1
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
71 80 89 90
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 4 5 5 4
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
22 24 23 22

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (0.32%) (3.70%) (5.55%)
Cash Flow 24.95% 2.52% 0.74%
Earnings 11.49% (1.46%) 6.18%
Book Value 12.04% 9.99% 8.84%

Revenue $m

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 8 — — — —
’26 9 9 8 8 33
’25 9 9 9 8 35
’24 10 10 9 9 37
’23 10 10 10 10 40
’22 10 10 10 10 41
’21 10 10 10 10 40
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 5 — — — —
’26 6 3 5 5 19
’25 5 3 7 6 20
’24 5 1 8 4 18
’23 5 3 5 4 18
’22 8 4 8 5 25
’21 5 2 3 6 16
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 5 — — — —
’26 6 3 21 5 19
’25 5 3 45 (33) 20
’24 21 20 40 (28) 18
’23 5 3 15 4 28
’22 10 4 8 5 27
’21 5 2 14 (5) 16
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Jul Oct Jan Apr Year
’26 0.50 — — — —
’26 0.69 0.60 0.63 0.38 2.30
’25 0.62 0.60 0.55 0.42 2.20
’24 0.52 0.37 0.62 0.51 2.02
’23 0.47 0.46 0.55 0.43 1.91
’22 0.62 0.89 0.59 0.40 2.50
’21 0.53 0.53 0.63 0.64 2.43
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to April

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 13.26 17.30 17.12 20.01 26.53 42.02 32.07 36.00 32.94 32.00

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
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.

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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

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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
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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%

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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.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations · fundamentals updated Oct 2, 2026.

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