Value Line, Inc. (VALU) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Comparison

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Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is Value Line, Inc. ?

High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 24.04%

The company is Net-Debt Free

Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of -3.52% over the last 5 years

The company has declared Positive results for the last 3 consecutive quarters

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 19.34 MM
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Lowest at -76.04 %
DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Highest at 27.91 times

With ROE of 18.86%, it has a fair valuation with a 3.19 Price to Book Value

The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -10.16%, its profits have risen by 1.6% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 8.9

Majority shareholders : Mutual Funds

Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years

Along with generating -10.16% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Value Line, Inc. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Media & Entertainment should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Media & Entertainment)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Value Line, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Value Line, Inc.

-10.16%

-0.37

28.04%

S&P 500

20.78%

1.56

13.28%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

-3.52%

EBIT Growth (5y)

-9.56%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

9.08

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

-0.75

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

0.37

Tax Ratio

25.80%

Dividend Payout Ratio

55.77%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

6.45%

ROCE (avg)

38.17%

ROE (avg)

24.04%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

3.19

EV to EBIT

53.85

EV to EBITDA

42.57

EV to Capital Employed

10.60

EV to Sales

7.71

PEG Ratio

8.90

Dividend Yield

3.56%

ROCE (Latest)

19.69%

ROE (Latest)

18.86%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bearish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Mildly Bearish

Bearish

Moving Averages

Bearish (Daily)

KST

Bearish

Dow Theory

No Trend

OBV

No Trend

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

10What is working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 19.34 MM

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at -76.04 %

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 27.91 times

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 27.91

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 165.98 MM

-4What is not working for the Company

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 21.29%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 9% (YoY

NET SALES(Q)

Lowest at USD 8.28 MM

Here's what is working for Value Line, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow

Highest at USD 19.34 MM and Grown

In each year in the last three years

MOJO Watch

The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio

Lowest at -76.04 % and Grown

In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Highest at 27.91 times and Grown

In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Dividend per share

Highest at USD 27.91 and Grown

In each year in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Cash and Eqv

Highest at USD 165.98 MM

in the last six Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Here's what is not working for Value Line, Inc.

Net Sales

Lowest at USD 8.28 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (USD MM)

Raw Material Cost

Grown by 9% (YoY)

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales