Value Line (VALU) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026)
Value Line (VALU) reported Free Cash Flow of $4.71 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 15.4% from $5.56 million a year earlier and down 1.6% from the prior quarter.
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Value Line (VALU) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jul 31, 2026, Value Line's Free Cash Flow came in at $17.73 million, down 15.0% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it was $18.58 million, down 7.4% from FY2025.
- Free Cash Flow has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 2.6% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Free Cash Flow came in at $20.07 million in FY2025 (+12.0%), $17.92 million in FY2024 (-1.3%), $18.15 million in FY2023 (-26.3%) and $24.64 million in FY2022 (+50.4%).
- Five-year quarterly Free Cash Flow spans a low of $705,000 in fiscal Q2 2024 and a high of $19.63 million in fiscal Q3 2022.
- Year over year, Free Cash Flow has now declined in each of the last four quarters, with growth averaging 39.9% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Free Cash Flow in five years was fiscal Q2 2025 (growth of 327.2%); the low point was fiscal Q2 2024 (a decline of 78.4%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at $4.78 million (Q4 2026), $5.29 million (Q3 2026) and $2.95 million (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.62 Bn | 63.29 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 572.00 Mn |
| 2 | Fox | 27.00 Bn | 12.91 Bn | - | 726.00 Mn |
| 3 | Omnicom | 20.21 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 1.30 Bn | -433.10 Mn |
| 4 | News | 15.94 Bn | 8.14 Bn | - | 276.00 Mn |
| 5 | Paramount Skydance | 11.45 Bn | 9.37 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 10.22 Bn | 7.71 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 184.15 Mn |
| 7 | Pearson | 10.20 Bn | 7.34 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 8.72 Bn | 8.30 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 592.00 Mn |
| 9 | 36Kr Holdings | 5.91 Bn | 5.85 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Value Line | 370.12 Mn | 117.43 Mn | - | 4.71 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 4.71 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 4.78 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 5.29 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 2.95 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 5.56 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 5.54 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 6.75 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 3.01 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 4.77 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 3.76 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 8.39 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 705,000.00 |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 5.06 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 4.19 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 5.38 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 3.26 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 5.31 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 5.01 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 8.37 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 3.63 Mn |
API Access
Value Line Free Cash Flow API
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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=free-cash-flow&ticker=VALU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "free-cash-flow", "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=free-cash-flow&ticker=VALU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();