Value Line (NAS:VALU) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 0.49 (As of Jan. 2023)

View and export this data going back to 1983. Start your Free Trial

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Value Line's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2023 was $1.32 Mil. Value Line's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2023 was $5.13 Mil. Value Line's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2023 was $13.27 Mil. Value Line's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2023 was 0.49.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Value Line's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

VALU' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.44 Med: 1.22 Max: 1.26
Current: -1.44

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Value Line was 1.26. The lowest was -1.44. And the median was 1.22.

VALU's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 464 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 2.10 vs VALU: -1.44

Value Line Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Value Line's Debt-to-EBITDA 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.

* Premium members only.

Value Line Annual Data

Trend

Apr13

Apr14

Apr15

Apr16

Apr17

Apr18

Apr19

Apr20

Apr21

Apr22

Debt-to-EBITDA

1.26

1.22

0.61

Value Line Quarterly Data
	Apr18	Jul18	Oct18	Jan19	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23
Debt-to-EBITDA																0.24	-0.13	0.61	0.48	0.49

Competitive Comparison

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, Value Line's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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.

Annual Data Quarterly Data

Value Line Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Value Line's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Value Line's Debt-to-EBITDA falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Debt-to-EBITDA's extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.

Value Line Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Value Line's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(1.239	+	6.129)	/	12.136
	=	0.61

Value Line's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(1.317	+	5.131)	/	13.272
	=	0.49

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2023) EBITDA data.

Value Line (NAS:VALU) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

Value Line Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Value Line's Debt-to-EBITDA provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.

Value Line (NAS:VALU) Business Description

Industry

GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Financial Services » Capital Markets » Value Line Inc (NAS:VALU) » Definitions » Debt-to-EBITDA

Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

N/A

Address

551 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10176-0001

Website

https://www.valueline.com

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
Howard A Brecher	director, officer: Acting Chairman and Acting CEO	VALUE LINE 220 E 42ND ST, SUITE 600, NEW YORK NY 10017
Mary Bernstein	director	220 E 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10017
Alfred R Fiore	director	1 ANGORA ROAD, WESTPORT CT 06880
William Edward Reed	director	12 KNORR STREET, NORWALK CT 06854
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
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
Arnold Bernhard & Co Inc	10 percent owner	220 EAST 42ND STREET 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Edgar A Buttner	director	C/O VALUE LINE, 220 E 42ND STREET, NEW YORK NY 10017