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How Value Line, Inc. stacks up
VALU · against 119 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Profitability
70/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #26 of 120 · scores higher than 78% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score8 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including VALU · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 70?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, which is stronger than most Financial Services peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 71% of peers. Operating margin: 10.8% vs peer median 23.5%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 69% of peers. Return on invested capital: 3.0% vs peer median 6.3%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 93% of peers. Return on assets: 13.0% vs peer median 2.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = VALU, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | VALU | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 115 reported | 3.0% | 5.2% | 32% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 59 reported | 10.8% | 20.5% | 34% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 139 reported | 13.0% | 2.6% | 96% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 135 reported | 18.7% | 5.3% | 84% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 153 reported | 82.2% | 99.0% | 41% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around VALU| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 342M EUR (≈$376M) | 100 | 77 | |
| 2 | 566M AUD (≈$374M) | 99 | 84 | |
| 3 | 527M AUD (≈$348M) | 97 | 64 | |
| 4 | 76.5B JPY (≈$520M) | 96 | 67 | |
| 5 | 323M EUR (≈$355M) | 93 | 59 | |
| 23 | 500M NZD (≈$300M) | 75 | 52 | |
| 24 | 1.0B AUD (≈$687M) | 73 | 69 | |
| 24 | 584M AUD (≈$385M) | 73 | 61 | |
| 26 | 113.3B JPY (≈$771M) | 70 | 69 | |
| 26 | 434M USD | 70 | 43 | |
| 28 | 1.3B MYR (≈$289M) | 67 | 49 | |
| 28 | 566M USD | 67 | 75 | |
| 30 | 538M USD | 65 | 43 | |
| 30 | 465M USD | 65 | 54 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score