Value Line (Value Line) ROCE %

: 8.07% (As of Jan. 2024)

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ROCE % measures how well a company generates profits from its capital. It is calculated as EBIT divided by Capital Employed, where Capital Employed is calculated as Total Assets minus Total Current Liabilities. Value Line's annualized ROCE % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 8.07%.

Value Line ROCE % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Value Line's ROCE % can be seen below:

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Value Line Annual Data

Trend

Apr14

Apr15

Apr16

Apr17

Apr18

Apr19

Apr20

Apr21

Apr22

Apr23

ROCE %

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8.44

12.18

8.56

10.90

10.78

Value Line Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
ROCE %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															11.27	10.27	10.14	9.82	8.07

Value Line ROCE % Calculation

Value Line's annualized ROCE % for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(A: Apr. 2023 )		(A: Apr. 2022 )		(A: Apr. 2023 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(A: Apr. 2023 )		(A: Apr. 2022 )		(A: Apr. 2023 )
	=	11.47	/	( ( (128.743 - 23.758)	+	(131.076 - 23.288) )	/ 2 )
	=	11.47	/	( (104.985	+	107.788)	/ 2 )
	=	11.47	/	106.3865
	=	10.78 %

Value Line's ROCE % of for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT ⁽¹⁾	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(Q: Jan. 2024 )		(Q: Oct. 2023 )		(Q: Jan. 2024 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(Q: Jan. 2024 )		(Q: Oct. 2023 )		(Q: Jan. 2024 )
	=	8.928	/	( ( (130.341 - 21.575)	+	(134.541 - 22.039) )	/ 2 )
	=	8.928	/	( ( 108.766	+	112.502 )	/ 2 )
	=	8.928	/	110.634
	=	8.07 %

(1) Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2024) EBIT data.

Value Line (NAS:VALU) ROCE % Explanation

ROCE % can be especially useful when comparing the performance of capital-intensive companies. Unlike ROE %, which indicates the profitability of Shareholders Equity, ROCE % also considers long-term debt in Capital Employed. This can be helpful when analyzing companies with significant debt, as the result is neutralized by taking debt into consideration.

Generally speaking, a higher ROCE % indicates a stonger profitability for a company. Moreover, it is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective. Investors tend to favor companies with stable and rising ROCE % trend over those with volatile ones.

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Value Line Inc is a U.S based company. It produces investment periodicals based on underlying research and making available copyright data, including ranking system and other information, to third parties under written agreements for use in third-party managed and marketed investment products and for other purposes. The company markets under well-known brands including Value Line, the Value Line logo, The Value Line Investment Survey, Smart Research, Smarter Investing and The Most Trusted Name in Investment Research. Its only operating segment being Publishing.

Executives

Glenn J. Muenzer	director	357 HARVARD COURT, EAST MEADOW NY 11554
Alfred R Fiore	director	1 ANGORA ROAD, WESTPORT CT 06880
Howard A Brecher	director, officer: Acting Chairman and Acting CEO	VALUE LINE 220 E 42ND ST, SUITE 600, NEW YORK NY 10017
Stephen Anastasio	officer: Chief Financial Officer	220 E 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10017
William Edward Reed	director	12 KNORR STREET, NORWALK CT 06854
Mary Bernstein	director	220 E 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10017
Stephen P Davis	director	57 EAST 95TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10128
Thomas Sarkany	director, officer: Secretary	220 EAST 42ND STREET, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Robert M. Perkins,	director	220 EAST 42ND STREET, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK CITY NY 10017
Ruth O. Legon,	director	220 EAST 42ND STREET, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK CITY NY 10017
Arnold Bernhard & Co Inc	10 percent owner	220 EAST 42ND STREET 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Janet Eakman	director	220 E 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10017
Mitchell Eric Appel	officer: CFO	VALUE LINE INC, 220 EAST 42ND STREET 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Edward J Shanahan	director	220 EAST 42 STREET, NEW YORK NY 10017
Marianne B Asher	director