Value Line

VALU

Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges · Financial Services

Price

$36.73

-1.02 (-2.70%)

Market Cap

$344.8M

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Apr 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Weak

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Strong

Stability

Good

Valuation

Mixed

Dividends

Good

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Share count falling — buybacks

−1.7% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 9.5M (2022) → 9.4M (2026)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Value Line, Inc. is a financial research and data company that has published investment research since 1931. Its most well-known product is the Value Line Investment Survey, a weekly publication that rates thousands of stocks using a proprietary ranking system. The company serves individual investors, financial advisors, and institutions who want independent stock analysis and data.

Value Line earns money primarily through subscriptions to its research publications and online data services. It operates almost entirely in the United States and is a small company with a market cap around $400 million. Its main competitive advantage is its long track record and the brand recognition of its timeliness and safety ranking system, which has been studied in academic finance for decades. However, the company faces ongoing pressure from free financial data available online and from larger data providers like Bloomberg and FactSet, which could make it harder to grow or retain subscribers over time.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

34.9%

Modest — 34.9% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

0.2%

Thin — 0.2% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

3.7%

Weak — 3.7% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

-4.7%

Shrinking sales (-4.7% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

+4.5%

Modest earnings growth (+4.5% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

86%

Modest — 86% of profit becomes cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

55.6%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (55.6%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

100.00x

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Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

16.0x

Fair value — P/E 16.0

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

3.51%

Moderate income — 3.51% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+8.0%

Dividend growing modestly (8.0% YoY)

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