Growth Metrics

Value Line (VALU) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Value Line's FCF Payout Ratio history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.58 for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio rose 37.83% year-over-year to 0.58; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.63, up 3.42%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.57, 3.04% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio reached 0.58 in Q1 2026 per VALU's latest filing, down from 1.04 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 3.74 in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.11 in Q1 2022.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.75, with a median of 0.55 recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: soared 416.68% in 2023, then plummeted 74.94% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.72 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 416.68% to 3.74 in 2023, then tumbled by 74.94% to 0.94 in 2024, then grew by 10.41% to 1.04 in 2025, then plummeted by 44.31% to 0.58 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for VALU's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.58 (Q1 2026), 1.04 (Q4 2025), and 0.55 (Q3 2025).