Value Line Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2026, Value Line Inc had return on equity of 20.8%, an operating margin of 12.1%, debt equal to 0.0% of equity and a current ratio of 3.92. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Value Line Inc: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year	2010Apr 2010	2011Apr 2011	2012Apr 2012	2013Apr 2013	2014Apr 2014	2015Apr 2015	2016Apr 2016	2017Apr 2017	2018Apr 2018	2019Apr 2019	2020Apr 2020	2021Apr 2021	2022Apr 2022	2023Apr 2023	2024Apr 2024	2025Apr 2025	2026Apr 2026	LTMJul 2026
Operating margin	−55.4%	17.5%	14.6%	11.5%	6.9%	6.8%	5.4%	17.5%	7.2%	14.9%	22.6%	18.7%	26.7%	28.9%	24.4%	17.1%	12.1%	10.8%
Net margin	−39.9%	77.6%	18.9%	18.5%	18.6%	20.5%	21.1%	24.3%	41.1%	33.1%	37.1%	57.6%	58.8%	45.5%	50.7%	59.0%	64.7%	60.3%
Free-cash-flow margin	−15.0%	21.7%	6.4%	2.3%	9.0%	3.6%	5.1%	6.5%	26.5%	31.7%	34.1%	40.5%	60.8%	45.7%	47.8%	57.2%	55.6%	—
Return on equity	−108.1%	138.1%	21.1%	20.3%	20.4%	21.5%	21.1%	28.6%	36.2%	26.4%	29.6%	38.6%	32.5%	22.1%	21.8%	21.7%	20.8%	18.3%
Return on assets	—	43.0%	8.0%	7.8%	7.9%	8.4%	8.4%	12.0%	17.0%	13.4%	14.8%	20.2%	19.1%	13.9%	14.2%	14.7%	14.6%	13.0%
Asset turnover	—	0.55	0.43	0.42	0.42	0.41	0.40	0.49	0.41	0.41	0.40	0.35	0.32	0.31	0.28	0.25	0.23	0.22
Current ratio	—	0.80	0.70	0.61	0.68	0.72	0.76	1.05	1.07	1.24	1.51	1.83	2.58	2.84	3.19	3.38	3.92	4.09
Debt to equity	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	4.4%	6.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Capital spending as % of revenue	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.9%	0.6%	0.3%	0.7%	3.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	—
Free cash flow ÷ net income	—	27.9%	33.6%	12.6%	48.5%	17.6%	24.4%	26.6%	64.5%	95.6%	92.0%	70.3%	103.4%	100.4%	94.2%	97.0%	85.9%	—
Dividends ÷ net income	—	63.4%	107.6%	89.7%	87.3%	80.7%	84.6%	63.8%	60.6%	61.3%	51.7%	34.7%	35.3%	52.4%	55.5%	54.6%	56.5%	62.8%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow	—	227.8%	360.7%	730.8%	196.9%	467.0%	391.8%	266.6%	97.7%	69.4%	65.0%	58.6%	44.2%	78.1%	61.9%	58.6%	70.8%	—

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal quarters.

Value Line Inc: financial ratios, quarterly
Quarter	2025 Q2Oct 2024	2025 Q3Jan 2025	2025 Q4Apr 2025	2026 Q1Jul 2025	2026 Q2Oct 2025	2026 Q3Jan 2026	2026 Q4Apr 2026	2027 Q1Jul 2026
Operating margin	19.7%	17.4%	9.9%	17.4%	17.7%	12.1%	0.2%	12.8%
Net margin	64.3%	57.6%	47.1%	75.1%	66.4%	71.4%	44.7%	57.8%
Free-cash-flow margin	34.1%	75.3%	66.0%	64.6%	34.5%	63.9%	59.7%	—
Current ratio	3.42	3.43	3.38	3.52	3.99	4.07	3.92	4.09

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Moat

59 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Value Line's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

Returns on capital 20 / 20

Net income has been a median 14.4% of total assets over 10 years.
Durability 6 / 20

Operating margin has been a median 17.8%; its worst year was 1.4%.
Discipline 12 / 20

The diluted share count fell 2.0% over five years.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (64 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Value Line Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Value Line Inc.