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Value Line VALU Return on invested capital

Return on invested capital at other companies

FactSet Research Systems logo
FactSet Research SystemsFDS
16.7%-0.4pp
Morningstar logo
MorningstarMORN
18.9%+0.4pp
MSCI logo
MSCIMSCI
44.9%+7.5pp
T Rowe Price Group logo
T Rowe Price GroupTROW
22.7%0.0pp
BEN
Franklin ResourcesBEN
4%+1.4pp
Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. logo
Victory Capital Holdings, Inc.VCTR
15.6%-1.5pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$8.3M-7.7%
Operating income$1.0M-35.8%
Net income$5.9M+14.5%
EPS (diluted)$0.59

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$46.5M+73.3%
Total debt$2.6M-32.9%
Total equity$107.8M+8.9%
Total assets$151.0M+5.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$5.3M-22.9%
CapEx--100%
Free cash flow$5.3M-21.6%

Valuation

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Market cap$341.6M-4.6%
Enterprise value$297.75M-9.1%
P/E15.5×-1.8×
P/S10.1×-0.1×

Profitability

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Operating margin14.3%-4.3pp
Net margin65%+4.8pp
FCF margin57.2%+5.9pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity21.3%-1.6pp
Debt / equity0.0×
Current ratio4.1×+0.6×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Value Line’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Value Line’s 10-Q, filed March 17, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Value Line's return on invested capital?
Value Line (VALU) reported return on invested capital of 6.9% in Q4 2025.
How has Value Line's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Value Line's return on invested capital decreased by 14.3% year-over-year, from 8.1% to 6.9%.
What is the long-term trend for Value Line's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Value Line's return on invested capital has grown at a -12.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 12.7% to 7.5%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
Net operating profit after tax (operating income taxed at the effective rate) divided by average invested capital (debt plus equity minus cash). Measures the after-tax return on all capital put to work in the business, independent of capital structure.