Value Line (NAS:VALU) Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF

: $22.72 (As of Today)

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Since the intrinsic value calculations based on Discounted Cash Flow Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based), or Discounted Earnings Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based) cannot be applied to companies without consistent revenue and earnings, GuruFocus developed a valuation model based on normalized Free Cash Flow and Book Value of the company. The details of how we calculate the intrinsic value of stocks are described in detail here.

As of today (2023-03-27), Value Line's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF is $22.72. The stock price of Value Line is $49.00. Therefore, Value Line's Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF of today is 2.2.

The historical rank and industry rank for Value Line's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF or its related term are showing as below:

VALU' s Price-to-Projected-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.77 Med: 1.52 Max: 12.58
Current: 2.16

During the past 13 years, the highest Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF of Value Line was 12.58. The lowest was 0.77. And the median was 1.52.

VALU's Price-to-Projected-FCF is ranked worse than
78.91% of 512 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 0.87 vs VALU: 2.16

Value Line Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Value Line's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF 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 Annual Data

Trend

Apr13

Apr14

Apr15

Apr16

Apr17

Apr18

Apr19

Apr20

Apr21

Apr22

Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF

5.19

7.45

10.41

16.76

19.32

Value Line Quarterly Data
	Apr18	Jul18	Oct18	Jan19	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23
Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF																25.14	19.32	20.05	21.14	22.72

Competitive Comparison

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, Value Line's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF 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 Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Distribution

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Value Line's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF distribution charts can be found below:

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

Value Line Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Calculation

Since the intrinsic value calculations based on Discounted Cash Flow Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based), or Discounted Earnings Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based) cannot be applied to companies without consistent revenue and earnings, GuruFocus developed a valuation model based on normalized Free Cash Flow and Book Value of the company.

The details of how we calculate the intrinsic value of stocks are described in detail here.

This method smooths out the free cash flow over the past 6-7 years, multiplies the results by a growth multiple, and adds a portion of Total Stockholders Equity.

Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF = ( Growth Multiple * Free Cash Flow (6 year avg) + 0.8 * Total Stockholders Equity (most recent) ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)

In the case of negative Total Stockholders Equity, the following formula is used (see Explanation section below for the reason):

Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF = ( Growth Multiple * Free Cash Flow (6 year avg) + Total Stockholders Equity (most recent) / 0.8 ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)

Add all the Free Cash Flow together and divide 6 will get Value Line's Free Cash Flow(6 year avg) = $15.65.

Value Line's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF for today is calculated as

Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF	=	(Growth Multiple	*	Free Cash Flow (6 year avg)	+	Total Stockholders Equity (Jan23)	*	0.8)	/	Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
	=	(9.5203515959648	*	15.65472	+	82.226	*	0.8)	/	9.457
	=	22.72

Value Line (NAS:VALU) Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Explanation

The growth multiple is capped between 8.35 and 17.74.

Total Stockholders Equity weighting is more art than science and it should always be revisited in more detail when researching a company. Weightings from 0% to 100% to more than 100% are possible. 80% was chosen as a happy median after taking the above ideas into consideration.

Value Line's Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF for today is calculated as

Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF	=	Share Price	/	Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF
	=	49.00	/	22.715368355333
	=	2.16

Value Line Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Related Terms

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Value Line (NAS:VALU) Business Description

Industry

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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