Value Line (VALU) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Value Line, Inc. (NASDAQ: VALU) is a financial research and publishing company that provides investment information, analysis and decision-support tools to individual and institutional investors. Its services cover publicly traded companies, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, options and other investment categories.

The company is best known for The Value Line Investment Survey, a subscription-based research service that provides analyst reports, earnings projections, investment commentary and proprietary rankings of stocks. Value Line also offers related publications and digital products, including research focused on smaller companies, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and other areas of the investment markets.

Value Line was founded in 1931 by Arnold Bernhard and is headquartered in New York. The company distributes its research through print and electronic channels and serves subscribers primarily in the United States, while making its products available to investors and institutions through online platforms and licensing arrangements.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $40.51 to $44.79
• 50-Day Range: $34.19 to $44.44
• 52-Week Range: $32.00 to $44.79
• Volume: 8,755 shs
• Average Volume: 2,637 shs
• Market Capitalization: $416.85 million
• P/E Ratio: 21.06
• Dividend Yield: 3.15%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Value Line Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Value Line scored higher than 36% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 733rd out of 833 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Value Line has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Value Line has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Value Line is 21.06, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.59.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Value Line is 21.06, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.76.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Value Line has a P/B Ratio of 3.87. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.17% of the float of Value Line has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Value Line has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.89, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Value Line has recently increased by 8.36%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Value Line pays a meaningful dividend of 3.41%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Value Line has been increasing its dividend for 11 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Value Line is 66.35%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Value Line has a news sentiment score of 1.42. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Value Line this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Value Line insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.03% of the stock of Value Line is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

6.26% of the stock of Value Line is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/11 Dividend: 7/27/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/11 Dividend: 7/27/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/11/2026
• Last Earnings: 9/14/2026
• Today: 10/07/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 4/30/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Financial Exchanges & Data
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:VALU
• CIK: 717720
• Web: www.valueline.com
• Phone: (212) 907-1500
• Fax: 212-907-1945
• Employees: 106
• Year Founded: 1931

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.11
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.06
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $21.63 million
• Net Margins: 60.27%
• Pretax Margin: 82.60%
• Return on Equity: 18.43%
• Return on Assets: 13.14%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 4.09
• Quick Ratio: 4.09

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $33.45 million
• Price / Sales: 12.46
• Cash Flow: $2.65 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 16.79
• Book Value: $11.49 per share
• Price / Book: 3.87

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 9,380,000
• Free Float: 9,379,000
• Market Cap: $416.85 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.01