Value Line, Inc.

Yield per half year: +0.6318%
Dividend yield: 2.91%
Sector: Financials

Company Analysis Value Line, Inc.

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1. Summary

Advantages

  • Dividends (2.91%) are higher than the sector average (2.68%).
  • The stock's return over the last year (-3.21%) is higher than the sector average (-38.39%).
  • Current debt level 2.48% is below 100% and has decreased over 5 years from 10.67%.
  • The company's current efficiency (ROE=20.75%) is higher than the sector average (ROE=17.16%)

Disadvantages

  • Price (38.14 $) is higher than fair price (29.57 $)

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2. Share price and performance

2.1. Share price

2.3. Market efficiency

Value Line, Inc. Financials Index
7 days -0.2% -26.9% 1.4%
90 days -3% -25.5% 3%
1 year -3.2% -38.4% 21.2%

VALU vs Sector: Value Line, Inc. has outperformed the "Financials" sector by 35.19% over the past year.

VALU vs Market: Value Line, Inc. has significantly underperformed the market by -24.38% over the past year.

Stable price: VALU is not significantly more volatile than the rest of the market on "NASDAQ" over the last 3 months, with typical variations of +/- 5% per week.

Long period: VALU with weekly volatility of -0.0617% over the past year.

3. Summary of the report

3.1. General

P/E: 17.34
P/S: 10.22

3.2. Revenue

EPS 2.2
ROE 20.75%
ROA 14.31%
ROIC 31.88%
Ebitda margin 20.68%

5. Fundamental Analysis

5.1. Stock price and price forecast

The fair price is calculated taking into account the Central Bank refinancing rate and earnings per share (EPS)

Above fair price: The current price (38.14 $) is higher than the fair price (29.57 $).

Price is higher than fair: The current price (38.14 $) is 22.5% higher than the fair price.

5.2. P/E

P/E vs Sector: The company's P/E (17.34) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (-221.56).

P/E vs Market: The company's P/E (17.34) is higher than that of the market as a whole (-68.72).

5.2.1 P/E Similar companies

5.3. P/BV

P/BV vs Sector: The company's P/BV (3.6) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (72.54).

P/BV vs Market: The company's P/BV (3.6) is lower than that of the market as a whole (51.39).

5.3.1 P/BV Similar companies

5.5. P/S

P/S vs Sector: The company's P/S indicator (10.22) is lower than that of the sector as a whole (261.36).

P/S vs Market: The company's P/S indicator (10.22) is lower than that of the market as a whole (148.63).

5.5.1 P/S Similar companies

5.5. EV/Ebitda

EV/Ebitda vs Sector: The company's EV/Ebitda (49.24) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (-236.49).

EV/Ebitda vs Market: The company's EV/Ebitda (49.24) is higher than that of the market as a whole (-95.22).

6. Profitability

6.1. Profitability and revenue

6.2. Earnings per share - EPS

6.3. Past profitability Net Income

Yield Trend: Negative and has fallen by -2.24% over the last 5 years.

Accelerating profitability: The return for the last year (0%) exceeds the average return for 5 years (-2.24%).

Profitability vs Sector: The return for the last year (0%) is lower than the return for the sector (0%).

6.4. ROE

ROE vs Sector: The company's ROE (20.75%) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (17.16%).

ROE vs Market: The company's ROE (20.75%) is higher than that of the market as a whole (-6.23%).

6.6. ROA

ROA vs Sector: The company's ROA (14.31%) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (5.8%).

ROA vs Market: The company's ROA (14.31%) is lower than that of the market as a whole (38.59%).

6.6. ROIC

ROIC vs Sector: The company's ROIC (31.88%) is higher than that of the sector as a whole (13.17%).

ROIC vs Market: The company's ROIC (31.88%) is higher than that of the market as a whole (9.66%).

7. Finance

7.1. Assets and debt

Debt level: (2.48%) is quite low in relation to assets.

Debt reduction: over 5 years, the debt has decreased from 10.67% to 2.48%.

Debt Covering: The debt is covered by 17.3% from net profit.

7.2. Profit growth and share price

8. Dividends

8.1. Dividend yield vs Market

High yield: The dividend yield of the company 2.91% is higher than the average for the sector '2.68%.

8.2. Stability and increase in payments

Dividend stability: The company's dividend yield 2.91% has been steadily paid over the past 7 years, DSI=0.93.

Dividend growth: Company's dividend yield 2.91% has been growing over the last 5 years. Growth over 5 years.

8.3. Payout percentage

Dividend Coverage: Current payments from income (54.64%) are at a comfortable level.

9. Insider trades

9.1. Insider trading

Insider Buying Exceeds insider sales by 100% over the last 3 months.

9.2. Latest transactions

No insider transactions have been recorded yet

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