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VALU vs. SSTK, SCHL, DJCO, MKTW, TRI, MORN, NYT, CSWC, PSEC, and CNNE

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), Capital Southwest (CSWC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), and Cannae (CNNE).

Value Line vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Shutterstock had 2 more articles in the media than Value Line. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Shutterstock and 3 mentions for Value Line. Value Line's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Shutterstock's score of 0.53 indicating that Value Line is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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$35.08M10.68$20.69M$2.2617.62
Shutterstock$1.01B0.76$35.93M$1.8111.96

Value Line pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Shutterstock pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Value Line pays out 57.5% 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 increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Shutterstock has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Shutterstock has a consensus price target of $43.67, suggesting a potential upside of 101.74%. Given Shutterstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Shutterstock
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

Value Line has a net margin of 61.09% compared to Shutterstock's net margin of 6.36%. Value Line's return on equity of 21.35% beat Shutterstock's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Value Line61.09% 21.35% 14.76%
Shutterstock 6.36%18.42%7.48%

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Value Line has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shutterstock has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Value Line beats Shutterstock 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$374.61M$13.17B$12.57B$10.58B
Dividend Yield3.34%6.19%5.54%4.71%
P/E Ratio17.6225.0130.1327.45
Price / Sales10.689.1330.03202.26
Price / Cash16.7015.4922.5761.55
Price / Book3.762.802.286.77
Net Income$20.69M$567.68M$1.02B$275.88M
7 Day Performance2.10%0.98%0.12%2.63%
1 Month Performance4.41%0.52%0.14%9.10%
1 Year Performance-16.66%8.63%539.57%35.69%

Value Line Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VALU
Value Line
2.1607 of 5 stars
$39.81
+0.9%
N/A-13.6%$374.61M$35.08M17.62140Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SSTK
Shutterstock
4.0721 of 5 stars
$20.65
-1.9%
$43.67
+111.5%
-28.9%$746.73M$1.01B11.411,715Analyst Forecast
SCHL
Scholastic
4.7544 of 5 stars
$26.83
-2.6%
$37.00
+37.9%
+8.2%$692.82M$1.63B-40.657,090Analyst Forecast
DJCO
Daily Journal Corp. (S.C.)
0.9019 of 5 stars
$471.02
+1.8%
N/A-6.7%$637.21M$79.16M6.71320Analyst Forecast
MKTW
MarketWise
3.5247 of 5 stars
$16.41
-1.8%
$20.00
+21.9%
+34.4%$273.57M$408.70M5.99800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TRI
Thomson Reuters
4.1687 of 5 stars
$156.18
-0.5%
$202.82
+29.9%
-9.7%$70.12B$7.32B31.9424,400Positive News
MORN
Morningstar
4.5787 of 5 stars
$234.12
-0.3%
$361.67
+54.5%
-31.9%$9.91B$2.35B24.9311,085Analyst Forecast
NYT
New York Times
4.3234 of 5 stars
$57.39
-1.4%
$60.33
+5.1%
+0.7%$9.47B$2.59B29.585,900Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CSWC
Capital Southwest
2.9416 of 5 stars
$21.93
-1.8%
$24.30
+10.8%
-18.3%$1.24B$123.48M13.2920News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
PSEC
Prospect Capital
1.0527 of 5 stars
$2.64
+1.1%
$2.50
-5.3%
-45.5%$1.21B$719.44M-1.972,019Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CNNE
Cannae
4.0946 of 5 stars
$18.53
+1.2%
$24.00
+29.6%
+1.5%$1.03B$452.50M-2.767,317Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:VALU) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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