Value Line Inc (VALU) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Sep 23, 2026: fair value of Value Line Inc $27.37, price $38.17, upside -28.3%, quality 69 out of 100. Calculated from audited financials with 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
- Fair value above price? No
- Good quality? Yes
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Value Line Inc
VALU · USOvervalued / MonitorQuality is not strong enough to offset the price risk.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Sep 23, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range $26.15 – $90.89 · fair‑value band $21.06 – $35.81 · the $38.17 price screens above the $27.37 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). 1 fiscal year is left out: there the valuation rested on only a fraction of the usual models. Dashed = 300-day average. As of Sep 23, 2026.
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Company profile
Value Line, Inc. engages in the production and sale of investment periodicals and related publications. Its investment periodicals and related publications cover a range of investments, including stocks, mutual funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), and options.
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Value Line, Inc. engages in the production and sale of investment periodicals and related publications. Its investment periodicals and related publications cover a range of investments, including stocks, mutual funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), and options. The company offers comprehensive research services, including The Value Line Investment Survey - Small and Mid-Cap, The Value Line 600, and The Value Line Fund Advisor Plus that provide statistical and text coverage of various investment securities, with an emphasis placed on its proprietary research, analysis, and statistical ranks. It also provides niche newsletters comprising Value Line Select: Dividend Income & Growth, Value Line Select: ETFs, The Value Line Special Situations Service, The Value Line M&A Service, The Value Line Climate Change Investing Service, and The Value Line Information You Should Know Wealth Newsletter; digital versions of its products through its Website, www.valueline.com; investment management; The Value Line Research Center platform; and investment analysis software, such as The Value Line Investment Analyzer and The New Value Line ETFs Service. In addition, the company offers current and historical financial databases comprising financial DataFile, estimates and projections, and mutual funds; and copyright products, which include unit investment trusts, variable annuities, managed accounts, and ETFs. Further, it operates as publishing unit for the investment related periodical publications and copyrights; places advertising on behalf of the company's publications; and distributes print publications. It serves municipal and university libraries, corporations, colleges, individual investors, and investment management professionals. The company was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Value Line, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Arnold Bernhard & Co., Inc.
Stock analysis
Value Line Inc (VALU) currently trades at $38.17, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is $27.37, implying the stock looks roughly 39.5% overvalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the DCF Models group reads highest at a median of $27.96 per share, and 0 of the 10 models we run sit above the $38.17 price.
Bear case: the Asset-Based group reads lowest at $7.11, and 10 of the 10 models stay below the price. Evidence for this calculation is high.
Scenario range: $21.06 (bear) to $35.81 (bull), the price of $38.17 sits above it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 69/100 (solid quality), in the Financial Services sector.
Weak Growth: Revenue is shrinking: the last year, the last three and the last five years are all negative.
Value Line Inc reported revenue of $35.1M in FY2025 versus $40.4M in FY2021, a compound −3.5%/yr. Reported net income was $20.7M in FY2025, compounding −2.9%/yr from FY2021.
Key figures
Market cap $359M · P/E ratio 16.3 · P/S ratio 9.62 · EPS (TTM) $2.34 · Dividend yield 3.4% · Net margin 59.0% · Return on equity 21.3% · Return on assets (EBIT) 6.8%.
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 50 out of 100 (low confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 7% below its 52-week high and 19% above its 52-week low, currently above its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Financial Services peers we cover trades at −27% fair-value upside, at −28%, VALU screens richer than that median.
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Of which business quality 67 · Market factors (momentum, volatility) 51
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Growth Forecast
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Peer GroupⓘHow this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · 55 stocks
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Strength profile in five axes (Snowflake)
VALUE 0: the price sits above our fair-value range.
Context: sector, industry, market
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