Value Line Inc (VALU) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)
Value Line (VALU) reported Operating Expenses of $7.02 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 1.2% from $7.11 million a year earlier and down 12.1% from the prior quarter.
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Value Line Inc (VALU) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jul 31, 2026, Value Line's Operating Expenses came in at $29.33 million, up 0.6% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it came in at $29.42 million, up 1.1% from FY2025.
- Operating Expenses has increased for three consecutive fiscal years, though with a five-year compound annual growth rate of -2.2% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Operating Expenses came in at $29.09 million in FY2025 (+2.6%), $28.35 million in FY2024 (+0.4%), $28.23 million in FY2023 (-5.0%) and $29.73 million in FY2022 (-9.5%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Operating Expenses since fiscal Q3 2024.
- Year over year, Operating Expenses gained in five of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 1.7%.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Expenses in five years was fiscal Q4 2024 (growth of 8.0%); the low point was fiscal Q4 2022 (a decline of 18.9%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at $7.99 million (Q4 2026), $7.27 million (Q3 2026) and $7.04 million (Q2 2026).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 7.02 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 7.99 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 7.27 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 7.04 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 7.11 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 7.56 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 7.40 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 7.10 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 7.04 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 7.52 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 6.90 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 6.94 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 7.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 6.96 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 6.98 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 6.89 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 7.39 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 7.21 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 7.38 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 7.24 Mn |
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Value Line Inc Operating Expenses API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=VALU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "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=operating-expenses&ticker=VALU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();