Value Line (VALU) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026)
Value Line (VALU) posted EBITDA Margin of 16.74% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 4.49 percentage points from 21.23% a year earlier but up 12.46 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Value Line (VALU) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jul 31, 2026, EBITDA Margin at Value Line was 14.74%, down 5.21 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it came in at 15.92%, down 4.76 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual EBITDA Margin has declined for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of -5.93 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Value Line's EBITDA Margin was 20.68% in FY2025 (-7.46 pp), 28.14% in FY2024 (-4.15 pp), 32.29% in FY2023 (+2.35 pp) and 29.95% in FY2022 (+8.09 pp).
- Quarterly EBITDA Margin has run from a low of 4.28% in fiscal Q4 2026 to a high of 37.80% in fiscal Q3 2022 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, EBITDA Margin has declined in each of the last 12 quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -5.74 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for EBITDA Margin in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2022, with a gain of 20.14 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2024, with a drop of 11.43 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, EBITDA Margin for the three prior fiscal quarters was 4.28% (Q4 2026), 16.02% (Q3 2026) and 21.39% (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.37 Bn | 63.04 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 16.01% |
| 2 | Fox | 26.93 Bn | 12.84 Bn | - | 24.50% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 20.34 Bn | 3.04 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 16.59% |
| 4 | News | 15.87 Bn | 8.07 Bn | - | 17.37% |
| 5 | Paramount Skydance | 11.07 Bn | 8.99 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Pearson | 10.15 Bn | 7.29 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | New York Times | 10.00 Bn | 7.49 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 18.25% |
| 8 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 8.68 Bn | 8.26 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 29.49% |
| 9 | 36Kr Holdings | 5.97 Bn | 5.91 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Value Line | 378.47 Mn | 125.78 Mn | - | 16.74% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 16.74% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 4.28% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 16.02% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 21.39% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 21.23% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 13.62% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 21.51% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 23.12% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 24.10% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 20.47% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 28.42% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 31.39% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 31.77% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 31.90% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 33.29% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 34.88% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 29.06% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 32.15% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 31.28% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 30.81% |
Value Line EBITDA Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=VALU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebitda-margin", "ticker": "VALU", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=VALU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();