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Employees: 106
Size Value Line (VALU) is a United States Communication Services company (Publishing: Books/Magazines) with a market value of $398M, the 2863rd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $42.37 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 22.0%, against -3.7% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 19 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 5.5% over the last twelve months (peer median -3.6%); the operating margin is 10.8% (peer median 5.8%).
Valuation It trades at 9.5× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.4× (2nd most expensive of 17).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 33% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -4%, so the hurdle is +37 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.5 points above its cost of capital (10.0% WACC).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $32.9M | $33.4M | $35.1M | $37.5M | $39.7M |
| Revenue growth | — | -5% | -6% | -6% | — |
| Gross profit | $12.8M | $13.1M | $14.6M | $17.2M | $19.3M |
| EBITDA | $4.85M | $5.33M | $7.26M | $10.6M | $12.8M |
| Net income | $19.8M | $21.6M | $20.7M | $19.0M | $18.1M |
| Free cash flow | $17.7M | $18.6M | $20.1M | $17.9M | $18.1M |
| Capital expenditure | $0 | $0 | $237,000 | $77,000 | $140,000 |
| Total debt | $1.93M | $2.27M | $3.58M | $4.78M | $6.13M |
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| Measure | VALU | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -2.6% | +2.8% | 6th lowest of 19 |
| 6-month return | +22.0% | -3.7% | 4th highest of 19 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -12.4% | -25.0% | 5th highest of 19 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -5.5% | -3.6% | 8th lowest of 19 |
| Operating margin | 10.8% | 5.8% | 6th highest of 19 |
| EV / Sales | 9.5× | 2.4× | 2nd most expensive of 17 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 33.3% | 9.6% | 4th most demanding of 16 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -3.7% | +1.2% | 3rd lowest of 16 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +37.0 pp | +3.7 pp | 3rd most demanding of 16 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +2.5 pp | -0.4 pp | 8th highest of 18 |
| EV / EBITDA | 64.2× | 10.5× | most expensive of 9 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -17.9× | 0.8× | 3rd least indebted of 11 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value Line VALU | United States | $398M | +22% | -5% | 11% | 9.5× | 33.3% | -3.7% |
| MPS MPSLTD.NS | India | $404M | +36% | +10% | 29% | 4.7× | 9.6% | +12.7% |
| Thinkingdom Media 603096.SS | China | $383M | -9% | -7% | 13% | 2.8× | 6.9% | -5.9% |
| Future FUTR.L | United Kingdom | $372M | +5% | -8% | 16% | 0.9× | -6.8% | +16.8% |
| Wilmington WIL.L | United Kingdom | $339M | +12% | +18% | 20% | 2.6× | 1.1% | +1.2% |
| Promotora de Informaciones PRS.MC | Spain | $338M | -23% | 0% | 8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Inner Mongolia Xinhua Distribution 603230.SS | China | $554M | -3% | -27% | 1% | 1.0× | 34.7% | +3.6% |
| DuZhe Publishing&Media 603999.SS | China | $577M | 0% | -6% | 2% | 3.2× | 24.3% | -3.5% |
| Arnoldo Mondadori Editore MN.MI | Italy | $579M | -5% | +2% | 9% | 0.9× | -4.9% | +4.6% |
| Astro Century Education & Technology 300654.SZ | China | $580M | -4% | -3% | 4% | 6.4× | 48.9% | +7.3% |
| Northern United Publishing & Media (Group) 601999.SS | China | $581M | -4% | -20% | 2% | 1.5× | 20.0% | -3.8% |
| Dook Media 301025.SZ | China | $603M | -11% | -5% | 4% | 10.2× | 52.3% | -3.1% |
| Scholastic SCHL | United States | $685M | -7% | -3% | 1% | 0.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Bloomsbury Publishing BMY.L | United Kingdom | $722M | +9% | -7% | 9% | 1.7× | 0.7% | +12.0% |
| Time Publishing & Media 600551.SS | China | $761M | -5% | -25% | 4% | 0.2× | -21.0% | +0.7% |
| Citic Press 300788.SZ | China | $958M | -6% | -2% | 1% | 2.9× | 26.8% | -2.1% |
| Storytel STORY-B.ST | Sweden | $1.01B | +37% | +9% | 12% | 2.3× | 12.0% | +12.5% |
| Heilongjiang Publishing & Media 605577.SS | China | $1.03B | +37% | +2% | 7% | 2.5× | 3.2% | -0.5% |
| Chinese Universe Publishing & Media 600373.SS | China | $1.57B | -6% | -5% | -4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |