Value Line (VALU) Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Value Line (VALU) has reported Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.92 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Payout Ratio rose 18.37% year-over-year to 0.92; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 stood at 0.58 (up 3.19% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was 0.58, up 3.24% from the prior year.
• Payout Ratio advanced to 0.92 in Q2 2026 per VALU's latest filing, from 0.52 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Payout Ratio topped out at 0.92 in Q2 2026 and bottomed at 0.39 in Q1 2022.
• Historically, Payout Ratio has averaged 0.57 across 5 years, with a median of 0.54 in 2023.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Payout Ratio surged 119.61% in 2022, then tumbled 42.02% in 2024.
• Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 0.55 in 2022, then surged by 57.04% to 0.86 in 2023, then sank by 42.02% to 0.5 in 2024, then grew by 8.27% to 0.54 in 2025, then soared by 70.18% to 0.92 in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.92, 0.52, and 0.54 for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.