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How Value Line, Inc. stacks up
VALU · against 76 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Valuation
16/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #66 of 77 · scores higher than 14% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score3 peers with a valuation score of 10–19, including VALU · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 16?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly because of its EBITDA yield and free cash flow yield, which are weaker than most Financial Services peers.
- less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 82% of peers. EBITDA yield: 1.4% vs peer median 6.9%
- less free cash flow for the price paid: weaker than 63% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 4.1% vs peer median 6.1%
- Earnings yield is close to the peer norm. Earnings yield: 4.6% vs peer median 5.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 141 reported | 4.6% | 5.0% | 42% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 51 reported | 1.4% | 8.2% | 22% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 55 reported | 4.1% | 11.5% | 39% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 140 reported | 24.8% | 110.7% | 9% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around VALU| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 498M USD | 100 | 90 | |
| 1 | 641M USD | 100 | 74 | |
| 3 | 827M USD | 99 | 62 | |
| 3 | 659M USD | 99 | 72 | |
| 5 | 1.1B CAD (≈$782M) | 98 | 59 | |
| 61 | 709M USD | 26 | 32 | |
| 63 | 345M USD | 24 | 21 | |
| 64 | 1.3B AUD (≈$862M) | 22 | 36 | |
| 65 | 308M EUR (≈$338M) | 20 | 40 | |
| 66 | 434M USD | 16 | 43 | |
| 67 | 336M USD | 15 | ||
| 68 | 394M USD | 14 | ||
| 69 | 372M USD | 9 | 35 | |
| 70 | 832M USD | 8 | 17 |
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