Value Line Inc

Finance
Investment Managers
www.valueline.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score

Market Cap $376.07M
PE 17
Debt -
Cash $27.12M
EV -
FCF $18.29M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$21.52M
EBIT	$6.64M
ROE	22%
ROA	5%
FCF	$18.29M
Equity	$98.95M
Growth Stability	86%
PE	17.48
PEG	6
PB	3.8
P/FCF	20.56
P/S	10.54
Price/Cash	0.07
Net Margins	63%
Op. Margins	19%
Earnings CAGR	11%
Sales Growth YoY	-2%
Sales Growth QoQ	1%
Sales CAGR	1%
FCF CAGR	18%
Equity CAGR	13%
Earnings Stability	0.47
Earnings Growth YoY	-12%
Earnings Growth QoQ	-9%

Earnings CAGR 5Y	3%
Sales CAGR 5Y	-1%
FCF CAGR 5Y	-1%
Equity CAGR 5Y	12%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	-5%
Sales CAGR 3Y	-5%
FCF CAGR 3Y	-8%
Equity CAGR 3Y	9%
Market Cap	$376.07M
Revenue	$35.70M
Dividend Yield	3%
Payout Ratio	52%
Assets	$143.56M
Cash	$27.12M
Shares Outstanding	9.4M
Earnings Score	52%
Moat Score	83%
Working Capital	55.48M
Current Ratio	3.43
Shares Growth 3y	-0%
Equity Growth QoQ	2%
Equity Growth YoY	11%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Value Line Inc is a U.S based company. It produces investment periodicals based on underlying research and making available copyright data, including ranking system and other information, to third parties under written agreements for use in third-party managed and marketed investment products and for other purposes. The company markets under well-known brands including Value Line, the Value Line logo, The Value Line Investment Survey, Smart Research, Smarter Investing and The Most Trusted Name in Investment Research. Its only operating segment being Publishing.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Value Line Inc (VALU) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2025
- 10-Q Jan 31
2024
- 10-Q Oct 31
- 10-Q Jul 31
- 10-K Apr 30
- 10-Q Jan 31
2023
- 10-Q Oct 31
- 10-Q Jul 31
- 10-K Apr 30
- 10-Q Jan 31

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Value Line Inc compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 11%

Stability 47%

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Value Line Inc Discounted Cash Flow

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Years

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= $658M

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$18M	$22M	$26M	$30M	$36M	$42M	$50M	$59M	$70M	$83M	$98M	$983M
DCF		$20M	$21M	$23M	$24M	$26M	$28M	$30M	$33M	$35M	$38M	$379M
Value	$658M

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	04/2016	04/2017	04/2018	04/2019	12/2019	04/2020	04/2021	04/2022	04/2023	04/2024	TTM
Net Margins	21%	24%	41%	31%	-	39%	58%	59%	46%	51%	63%
ROA	-	9%	3%	6%	-	8%	6%	8%	9%	7%	5%
ROE	-	27%	34%	23%	25%	29%	35%	30%	22%	21%	22%

Good Net Margins (62.7%)

Net Margins are high enough to offer a good protection on the profits in case of higher costs or higher interests. Furthermore higher margins reduce earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	04/2016	04/2017	04/2018	04/2019	12/2019	04/2020	04/2021	04/2022	04/2023	04/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.14	0	-	-	-
Debt over Equity	-	-	-	-	-	0.04	0.03	0	-	-	-
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	99%	100%	100%	100%	86%	88%	86%

Neutral Debt/FCF ratio (-)

Net Margins are at a level that is not too high nor too low. They are not a competitive advantage but they are not a competitive disadvantage either.

Neutral Debt/Equity ratio (-)

The company has a balance between equity and debt that is not too good nor too bad.

Neutral Graham’s Stability (86%)

The company has a stability in its earnings that is not too good nor too bad.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	04/2016	04/2017	04/2018	04/2019	12/2019	04/2020	04/2021	04/2022	04/2023	04/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	24%	-16%	1%	-	-	0%	0%	-2%	-6%	-1%
Earnings YoY growth	-	42%	42%	-24%	8%	30%	49%	2%	-24%	5%	3%
Equity YoY growth	-	9%	15%	9%	0%	13%	25%	19%	5%	9%	12%
FCF YoY growth	-	-379%	-113%	2K%	-	-	19%	50%	-26%	-1%	-1%