VALU (Value Line) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 0.50% (As of Jan. 2025)

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What is Value Line 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

3-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past three years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. A positive ratio may indicate share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio may reflect no repurchases or potential share issuance. Value Line's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 0.50%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Value Line's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

VALU' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.3 Med: 0.35 Max: 0.6
Current: 0.5

During the past 13 years, Value Line's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 0.60%. The lowest was -0.30%. And the median was 0.35%.

VALU's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
80.95% of 420 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: -2.8 vs VALU: 0.50

Competitive Comparison of Value Line's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, Value Line's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Share Buyback 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 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Value Line's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Value Line's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.

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Value Line 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).

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Value Line (NAS:VALU) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Explanation

A negative number means the company might be issuing new shares. A positive number indicates that the company is buying back shares.

Be Aware

Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.

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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 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