Value Line (VALU) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)

Value Line has reported Operating Margin for 17 years, with the latest figure at 12.13% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 531.0% year-over-year to 12.13%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at 14.31% (down 430.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 17.06%, down 732.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 12.13%, down from 17.67% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Operating Margin was 31.52% in Q4 2022, with the low at 9.9% in Q2 2025.
• Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 22.61% across 5 years, with a median of 24.44% in 2024.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin jumped 2024 bps — and 2024, when it plunged 1184 bps.
• Value Line's Operating Margin stood at 31.52% in 2022, then decreased by 12 bps to 27.83% in 2023, then retreated by 29 bps to 19.73% in 2024, then dropped by 10 bps to 17.67% in 2025, then tumbled by 31 bps to 12.13% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 12.13% (Q1 2026), 17.67% (Q4 2025), and 17.38% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.