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$38.55 +0.13 (+0.34%)
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VALU vs. SSTK, SCHL, DJCO, MKTW, TRI, MORN, NYT, PSEC, CNNE, and CSWC

Should you be buying Value Line stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Value Line include Shutterstock (SSTK), Scholastic (SCHL), Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.) (DJCO), MarketWise (MKTW), Thomson Reuters (TRI), Morningstar (MORN), New York Times (NYT), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Cannae (CNNE), and Capital Southwest (CSWC).

Value Line vs. Its Competitors

Value Line (NASDAQ:VALU) and Shutterstock (NYSE:SSTK) are both small-cap publishing companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Shutterstock has higher revenue and earnings than Value Line. Shutterstock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Value Line, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Value Line$35.08M10.34$20.69M$2.1917.60
Shutterstock$1.01B0.72$35.93M$1.8111.26

Value Line has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shutterstock has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

6.3% of Value Line shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Shutterstock shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Value Line shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Shutterstock shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Value Line has a net margin of 58.97% compared to Shutterstock's net margin of 6.36%. Value Line's return on equity of 21.26% beat Shutterstock's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Value Line58.97% 21.26% 14.60%
Shutterstock 6.36%18.42%7.48%

Shutterstock has a consensus price target of $43.67, indicating a potential upside of 114.31%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Shutterstock is more favorable than Value Line.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Value Line
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Shutterstock
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

In the previous week, Shutterstock had 4 more articles in the media than Value Line. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Shutterstock and 1 mentions for Value Line. Shutterstock's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Value Line's score of 0.15 indicating that Shutterstock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Value Line
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Shutterstock
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Value Line pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Shutterstock pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Value Line pays out 59.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shutterstock pays out 72.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Value Line has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Shutterstock has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Summary

Shutterstock beats Value Line on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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VALU vs. The Competition

MetricValue LineFIN IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$361.51M$13.82B$12.15B$9.57B
Dividend Yield3.38%5.81%5.64%4.17%
P/E Ratio17.6036.0419.8625.14
Price / Sales10.347.1625.9986.71
Price / Cash16.4716.2621.4958.58
Price / Book3.642.662.115.59
Net Income$20.69M$572.25M$1.00B$265.48M
7 Day Performance3.21%1.21%1.01%1.22%
1 Month Performance1.26%1.70%-0.11%0.39%
1 Year Performance-10.29%15.07%543.15%23.47%

Value Line Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VALU
Value Line
2.4579 of 5 stars
$38.55
+0.3%
N/A-9.7%$361.51M$35.08M17.60140
SSTK
Shutterstock
4.3322 of 5 stars
$20.10
+7.7%
$43.67
+117.3%
-44.3%$661.95M$935.26M11.101,715
SCHL
Scholastic
3.9917 of 5 stars
$25.64
+2.8%
N/A-15.9%$624.99M$1.63B-641.007,090Positive News
DJCO
Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.)
0.7008 of 5 stars
$397.33
+3.3%
N/A+2.0%$529.97M$69.93M5.18320Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MKTW
MarketWise
3.7566 of 5 stars
$18.36
-0.9%
N/A-7.6%$300.49M$408.70M6.10800Positive News
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
TRI
Thomson Reuters
4.0359 of 5 stars
$203.82
+1.4%
$193.00
-5.3%
+15.0%$91.85B$7.27B41.6824,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
MORN
Morningstar
4.505 of 5 stars
$270.40
-0.7%
$361.67
+33.8%
-13.6%$11.51B$2.35B28.8011,085Trending News
Insider Trade
NYT
New York Times
3.4887 of 5 stars
$53.82
+2.9%
$56.40
+4.8%
+7.7%$8.53B$2.59B29.255,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
PSEC
Prospect Capital
0.9107 of 5 stars
$2.91
-2.0%
$3.00
+3.1%
-43.7%$1.32B$861.66M-3.382,019High Trading Volume
CNNE
Cannae
4.2585 of 5 stars
$20.92
+1.0%
$24.00
+14.7%
+1.5%$1.30B$452.50M-3.987,317Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CSWC
Capital Southwest
2.2786 of 5 stars
$22.47
-0.1%
$24.00
+6.8%
-5.7%$1.21B$204.44M15.1820Trending News
Earnings Report

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This page (NASDAQ:VALU) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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