Value Line (VALU) Payout Ratio (2011 - 2026)
Value Line's Payout Ratio was 0.63 in fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 15.8% from 0.54 a year earlier and up 11.1% from the prior quarter.
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Value Line (VALU) Payout Ratio (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), Payout Ratio at Value Line came in at 0.57, up 3.4% from FY2025.
- In earlier fiscal years, Payout Ratio was 0.55 in FY2025 (-1.6%), 0.56 in FY2024 (+6.0%), 0.52 in FY2023 (+48.6%) and 0.35 in FY2022 (+1.8%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure marks the highest quarterly Payout Ratio since fiscal Q2 2023.
- Compared with a year earlier, Payout Ratio has increased for five straight quarters, with growth averaging 1.9% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Payout Ratio over five years was fiscal Q2 2023 (growth of 121.7%); the worst was fiscal Q2 2024 (a decline of 21.4%).
- Per Business Quant data, VALU's Payout Ratio in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 was 0.57 (Q4 2026), 0.55 (Q3 2026) and 0.55 (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.70 Bn | 63.36 Bn | 4.10 Bn |
| 2 | Fox | 28.41 Bn | 14.21 Bn | - |
| 3 | Omnicom | 22.53 Bn | 4.62 Bn | 1.30 Bn |
| 4 | News | 16.96 Bn | 8.44 Bn | - |
| 5 | Pearson | 11.84 Bn | 8.95 Bn | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 11.16 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 394.61 Mn |
| 7 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 9.11 Bn | 8.68 Bn | 1.44 Bn |
| 8 | Skydance | 7.66 Bn | 5.58 Bn | - |
| 9 | Wpp | 5.68 Bn | -6.36 Bn | - |
| 10 | Value Line | 390.01 Mn | 137.32 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 0.63 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 0.57 |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 0.55 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 0.55 |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 0.54 |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 0.55 |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 0.52 |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 0.49 |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 0.54 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 0.56 |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 0.56 |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 0.57 |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 0.53 |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 0.52 |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 0.52 |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 0.49 |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 0.39 |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 0.35 |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 0.32 |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 0.30 |
API Access
Value Line Payout Ratio 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=payout-ratio&ticker=VALU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payout-ratio", "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=payout-ratio&ticker=VALU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();