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Value Line, Inc. (VALU)

Financial Services | Financial Data & Stock Exchanges | New York, United States | NasdaqCM
36.63 USD +0.25 (0.687%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 36.63 +0.25 (0.687%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4:10 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:★★★⯪☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:05 a.m. EDT

The stock presents a classic case of a resilient business trapped by a deteriorating price trend. Fundamentally, the company boasts an exceptional balance sheet with negligible debt relative to cash and a robust 64.7% profit margin, yet it is currently suffering from a multi-year structural decline. The price has fallen for three consecutive years, dropping 11.3% last year alone, which signals that the market is pricing in significant future headwinds despite the current fiscal year showing higher earnings. This disconnect creates a short-term opportunity; the stock recently rallied 15% and has crossed above its 200-day moving average, suggesting a potential bottoming process or a mean-reversion bounce. However, the long-term outlook remains cautious due to the persistent revenue contraction of 4.5% and the extended price decline, which suggests the core business may be losing its moat or facing secular challenges. On the income side, the company offers a compelling 3.7% yield with a conservative payout ratio of 57%, and it has demonstrated a consistent track record of increasing dividends for 12 years, providing a safety net for investors who can tolerate the equity's volatility.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.118143
AutoETS0.118173
MSTL0.122135
AutoTheta0.125543

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 45%
H-stat 12.43
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.173
Excess Kurtosis -1.36
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-07-26
Last Dividend Date 2026-07-26
Debt to Equity Ratio 2.108
Revenue per Share 3.559
Market Cap 343,672,672
Trailing P/E 15.93
Beta 1.02
Profit Margins 64.67%
Website https://www.valueline.com

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.93% 3.64% 3.14% 2.62%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-07-27 0.350 0.932339
2026-04-27 0.350 0.982594
2026-01-26 0.325 0.870380
2025-10-27 0.325 0.851900
2025-07-28 0.325 0.852795
2025-04-28 0.325 0.789218
2025-01-27 0.300 0.719597
2024-10-28 0.300 0.593354
2024-07-29 0.300 0.626959
2024-04-26 0.300 0.825310
2024-01-26 0.280 0.633484
2023-10-27 0.280 0.727273
2023-07-28 0.280 0.518519
2023-04-28 0.280 0.611354
2023-01-27 0.250 0.467290
2022-10-28 0.250 0.405844
2022-07-29 0.250 0.288052
2022-04-29 0.250 0.381854
2022-01-28 0.220 0.402562
2021-10-29 0.220 0.638607
2021-07-23 0.220 0.664653
2021-04-23 0.220 0.726073
2021-01-29 0.210 0.681818
2020-10-23 0.210 0.739437
2020-07-24 0.210 0.861715
2020-04-24 0.210 0.690789
2020-01-24 0.200 0.573394
2019-10-25 0.200 0.815661
2019-07-26 0.200 0.727537
2019-04-26 0.200 0.841751
2019-01-25 0.190 0.964957
2018-10-26 0.190 0.784800
2018-07-27 0.190 0.788382
2018-04-27 0.190 0.981405
2018-02-22 0.200 1.075847
2018-01-26 0.180 0.861244
2017-10-30 0.180 1.007839
2017-07-27 0.180 1.008969
2017-04-28 0.180 1.029748
2017-01-26 0.170 0.954520
2016-10-27 0.170 0.936123
2016-07-22 0.170 0.920910
2016-04-22 0.170 1.021635
2016-01-27 0.160 1.063123
2015-10-27 0.160 1.002506
2015-07-23 0.160 1.114206
2015-04-23 0.150 1.031637
2015-01-23 0.150 0.967742
2014-10-24 0.150 0.951173
2014-07-29 0.150 0.877706
2014-04-24 0.150 1.007387
2014-01-24 0.150 1.058574
2013-10-24 0.150 1.650165
2013-07-26 0.150 1.661130
2013-04-26 0.150 1.595745
2013-01-28 0.150 1.525941
2012-10-25 0.150 1.524390
2012-07-27 0.150 1.196172
2012-04-26 0.150 1.175549
2012-01-26 0.150 1.415094
2011-10-27 0.200 1.495886
2011-07-21 0.200 1.515152
2011-04-20 0.200 1.378360
2011-01-27 0.200 1.507159
2010-10-28 2.000 12.307692
2010-07-28 0.200 1.377410
2010-04-22 3.000 12.684990
2010-01-28 0.200 0.790514
2009-10-27 0.200 0.636943
2009-07-28 0.200 0.636537
2009-04-28 0.300 1.207729
2009-01-27 0.400 1.000500
2008-10-30 0.400 1.168224
2008-07-24 0.400 1.103448
2008-04-24 0.300 0.709220
2008-01-22 0.300 0.789474
2007-10-29 0.300 0.657895
2007-07-31 0.300 0.550661
2007-04-27 0.300 0.622407
2007-01-23 0.300 0.646691
2006-10-26 0.300 0.572847
2006-07-26 0.250 0.638244
2006-04-25 0.250 0.609756
2006-01-19 0.250 0.719632
2005-10-26 0.250 0.688136
2005-07-27 0.250 0.651891
2005-04-26 0.250 0.636943
2005-01-20 0.250 0.625000
2004-10-26 0.250 0.680457
2004-08-11 0.250 0.696961
2004-05-20 17.500 38.368778
2004-04-21 0.250 0.480862
2004-01-23 0.250 0.508130
2003-10-22 0.250 0.502614
2003-07-23 0.250 0.487805
2003-04-23 0.250 0.539374
2003-01-23 0.250 0.556917
2002-10-23 0.250 0.640369
2002-07-24 0.250 0.657549
2002-04-24 0.250 0.517598
2002-01-23 0.250 0.502008
2001-10-24 0.250 0.591996
2001-07-25 0.250 0.561924
2001-04-25 0.250 0.610650
2001-01-24 0.250 0.698690
2000-10-25 0.250 0.731261
2000-07-26 0.250 0.687285
2000-04-26 0.250 0.700525
2000-01-28 0.250 0.680272
1999-10-27 0.250 0.699301
1999-07-26 0.250 0.611621
1999-04-26 0.250 0.649351
1999-01-25 0.250 0.632911
1998-10-23 0.250 0.578871
1998-07-24 0.250 0.630915
1998-04-24 0.250 0.547945
1998-01-22 0.250 0.581395
1997-10-23 0.250 0.675676
1997-07-24 0.250 0.568182
1997-04-24 0.250 0.769231
1997-01-03 0.250 0.790514
1996-10-24 0.250 0.675676
1996-07-25 0.200 0.588235
1996-05-09 0.200 0.536913
1996-02-09 0.200 0.522876
1995-10-03 0.200 0.615385
1995-07-06 0.200 0.666667
1995-03-31 0.200 0.615385
1994-12-01 0.200 0.677966
1994-09-08 0.200 0.634921
1994-06-09 0.200 0.571429
1994-03-10 0.200 0.547945
1994-01-06 0.200 0.526316
1993-09-01 0.200 0.579710
1993-06-07 0.150 0.521739
1993-03-11 0.150 0.517241
1992-11-30 0.150 0.566038
1992-08-31 0.150 0.588235
1992-06-08 0.150 0.447761
1992-03-09 0.150 0.416667
1991-12-02 0.150 0.612245
1991-08-30 0.150 0.638298
1991-06-03 0.150 0.638298
1991-03-11 0.150 0.697674
1990-12-12 0.150 0.882353
1990-08-31 0.150 0.882353
1990-06-29 0.150 0.697674
1990-03-12 0.150 0.652174
1989-12-04 0.150 0.645161
1989-08-28 0.150 0.652174
1989-06-05 0.150 0.631579
1989-03-13 0.150 0.638298
1988-12-05 0.150 0.705882
1988-09-09 0.150 0.674157
1988-06-06 0.150 0.681818
1988-03-14 0.150 0.714286
1987-12-07 0.150 0.882353
1987-08-31 0.150 0.600000
1987-06-08 0.150 0.540541
1987-03-05 0.100 0.353982
1986-12-08 0.100 0.444444
Additional Data
dividendRate 1.4
dividendYield 3.8
exDividendDate 2026-07-27
trailingAnnualDividendRate 1.325
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.03642111
lastDividendValue 0.35
lastDividendDate 2026-07-27
dividendDate 2026-08-11

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.046854794
Address1 551 Fifth Avenue
All Time High 118.4
All Time Low 8.02
Ask 37.37
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 8
Average Daily Volume10 Day 4,010
Average Daily Volume3 Month 3,559
Average Volume 3,559
Average Volume10Days 4,010
Beta 1.015
Bid 36.45
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 10
Book Value 11.479
City New York
Compensation Risk 4
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 36.63
Current Ratio 3.917
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 36.63
Day Low 36.63
Debt To Equity 2.108
Display Name Value Line
Dividend Date 1,786,406,400
Dividend Rate 1.4
Dividend Yield 3.8
Earnings Growth -0.092
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.094
Earnings Timestamp End 1,753,704,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,753,354,740
Ebitda 5,283,000
Ebitda Margins 0.15795
Enterprise To Ebitda 49.125
Enterprise To Revenue 7.759
Enterprise Value 259,528,272
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.3
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,785,110,400
Exchange NCM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 37.6164
Fifty Day Average Change -0.9864006
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.02622262
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -4.685479
Fifty Two Week High 41.18
Fifty Two Week High Change -4.549999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.11049051
Fifty Two Week Low 32.0
Fifty Two Week Low Change 4.630001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.14468753
Fifty Two Week Range 32.0 - 41.18
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 421,421,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.5
Float Shares 746,839
Free Cashflow 2,627,375
Full Exchange Name NasdaqCM
Full Time Employees 106
Fullday Change 0.25
Fullday Change Percent 0.687191
Fullday Price 36.63
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.82007
Gross Profits 27,429,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.92054003
Held Percent Institutions 0.05982
Implied Shares Outstanding 9,382,273
Industry Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Industry Disp Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Industry Key financial-data-stock-exchanges
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,785,110,400
Last Dividend Value 0.35
Last Fiscal Year End 1,777,507,200
Long Business Summary 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 services; The Value Line Research Center, which provides on-line access; 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 investment related to 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.
Long Name Value Line, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 343,672,672
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_311579
Most Recent Quarter 1,777,507,200
Net Income To Common 21,630,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,809,043,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 345,455,291
Open 36.63
Operating Cashflow 18,583,000
Operating Margins 0.0023700001
Overall Risk 8
Payout Ratio 0.5761
Phone 212 907 1500
Post Market Change 0.25
Post Market Change Percent 0.6871908
Post Market Price 36.63
Post Market Time 1,787,947,805
Previous Close 36.38
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 3.1910446
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 10.275142
Profit Margins 0.64669
Quick Ratio 3.844
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.25
Regular Market Change Percent 0.6871908
Regular Market Day High 36.63
Regular Market Day Low 36.63
Regular Market Day Range 36.63 - 36.63
Regular Market Open 36.63
Regular Market Previous Close 36.38
Regular Market Price 36.63
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 531
Return On Assets 0.017
Return On Equity 0.20841
Revenue Growth -0.045
Revenue Per Share 3.559
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 6
Shares Outstanding 9,382,273
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0019
Shares Short 17,515
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 12,645
Short Name Value Line, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0235
Short Ratio 5.17
Source Interval 15
State NY
Symbol VALU
Total Cash 86,466,000
Total Cash Per Share 9.215
Total Debt 2,274,000
Total Revenue 33,447,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 1.325
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.03642111
Trailing Eps 2.3
Trailing P E 15.926087
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 36.4856
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.14440155
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.0039577684
Type Disp Equity
Volume 531
Website https://www.valueline.com
Zip 10,176-0001