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VALU (Value Line) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 8.62 (As of May. 28, 2025)


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What is Value Line Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-28), Value Line's current share price is $40.00. Value Line's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was $4.64. Value Line's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 8.62.

The historical rank and industry rank for Value Line's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

VALU' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.66   Med: 6.71   Max: 22.22
Current: 8.31

During the past years, Value Line's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 22.22. The lowest was 1.66. And the median was 6.71.

VALU's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
74.05% of 555 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 3.63 vs VALU: 8.31

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Value Line's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $0.952. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is $4.64 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2025.

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Value Line Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Value Line's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Value Line Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Value Line Annual Data
Trend Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23 Apr24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.52 7.40 14.76 9.95 7.75

Value Line Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.65 7.75 10.15 10.42 8.46

Competitive Comparison of Value Line's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, Value Line's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Value Line's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Value Line's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Value Line's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.


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Value Line Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

Value Line's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=40.00/4.64
=8.62

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Value Line's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Value Line's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Jan. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2025)
=0.952/134.0288*134.0288
=0.952

Current CPI (Jan. 2025) = 134.0288.

Value Line Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201504 0.849 99.824 1.140
201507 0.901 100.691 1.199
201510 0.882 100.346 1.178
201601 0.880 99.957 1.180
201604 0.868 100.947 1.152
201607 0.875 101.524 1.155
201610 0.890 101.988 1.170
201701 0.890 102.456 1.164
201704 0.901 103.167 1.171
201707 0.918 103.278 1.191
201710 0.926 104.070 1.193
201801 0.937 104.578 1.201
201804 0.915 105.708 1.160
201807 0.926 106.324 1.167
201810 0.934 106.695 1.173
201901 0.934 106.200 1.179
201904 0.950 107.818 1.181
201907 0.995 108.250 1.232
201910 1.044 108.577 1.289
202001 1.121 108.841 1.380
202004 1.018 108.173 1.261
202007 1.074 109.318 1.317
202010 1.063 109.861 1.297
202101 1.056 110.364 1.282
202104 1.016 112.673 1.209
202107 1.063 115.183 1.237
202110 1.044 116.696 1.199
202201 1.075 118.619 1.215
202204 1.064 121.978 1.169
202207 1.049 125.002 1.125
202210 1.063 125.734 1.133
202301 1.054 126.223 1.119
202304 1.030 127.992 1.079
202307 1.033 128.974 1.073
202310 1.019 129.810 1.052
202401 0.969 130.124 0.998
202404 0.955 132.289 0.968
202407 0.943 132.708 0.952
202410 0.939 133.182 0.945
202501 0.952 134.029 0.952

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Value Line  (NAS:VALU) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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Value Line Business Description

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Address
551 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10176-0001
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 brands including Value Line, the Value Line logo, The Value Line Investment Survey, Smart Research, Smarter Investing and a 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