Growth Metrics

Value Line (VALU) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Value Line posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 3.78% for Q1 2026, down 180.0% year-on-year from 4.73% in Q1 2025, and down 10.99% on a QoQ basis from 4.25% in Q4 2025.

Value Line (VALU) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 3.78% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 180.0% year-over-year to 3.78%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at 3.78% (down 180.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 5.13%, down 308.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 3.78%, down from 4.25% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 11.01% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 3.78% in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 8.53% (2022), against an average of 8.06%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Return on Capital Employed soared 243 bps; it then slumped 394 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 11.01% in 2022, then dropped by 8 bps to 10.17% in 2023, then sank by 39 bps to 6.23% in 2024, then tumbled by 32 bps to 4.25% in 2025, then retreated by 11 bps to 3.78% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 3.78% (Q1 2026), 4.25% (Q4 2025), and 4.59% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 126.06 Bn 129.16 Bn 2.94 Bn 13.36%
2 Cme 98.29 Bn 98.29 Bn 1.83 Bn 12.95%
3 Intercontinental Exchange 83.83 Bn 82.37 Bn - 16.61%
4 Moodys 80.13 Bn 78.77 Bn 1.55 Bn 29.45%
5 Nasdaq 52.44 Bn 51.76 Bn 1.41 Bn 9.84%
6 Coinbase Global 50.05 Bn 49.52 Bn 1.33 Bn 3.53%
7 Msci 46.28 Bn 45.89 Bn 765.10 Mn 44.72%
8 Cboe Global Markets 34.92 Bn 32.75 Bn 728.90 Mn 28.43%
9 TransUnion 13.79 Bn 13.22 Bn 726.20 Mn 8.05%
10 Value Line 302.42 Mn 230.41 Mn - 3.78%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 3.78%
Oct 31, 2025 4.25%
Jul 31, 2025 4.59%
Apr 30, 2025 4.97%
Jan 31, 2025 5.58%
Oct 31, 2024 6.23%
Jul 31, 2024 7.22%
Apr 30, 2024 8.09%
Jan 31, 2024 9.43%
Oct 31, 2023 10.17%
Jul 31, 2023 10.76%
Apr 30, 2023 10.73%
Jan 31, 2023 10.96%
Oct 31, 2022 11.01%
Jul 31, 2022 10.55%
Apr 30, 2022 10.24%
Jan 31, 2022 8.53%
Oct 31, 2021 8.77%
Jul 31, 2021 12.57%
Oct 31, 2020 10.07%
Jul 31, 2020 11.05%
Apr 30, 2020 11.24%
Jan 31, 2020 10.97%
Oct 31, 2019 9.03%
Jul 31, 2019 8.65%
Apr 30, 2019 8.38%
Jan 31, 2019 6.66%
Oct 31, 2018 5.70%
Jul 31, 2018 4.25%
Apr 30, 2018 4.12%
Jan 31, 2018 3.65%
Oct 31, 2017 1.98%
Jul 31, 2017 0.78%
Apr 30, 2017 11.98%
Jan 31, 2017 11.92%
Oct 31, 2016 12.89%
Jul 31, 2016 14.81%
Apr 30, 2016 3.14%
Jan 31, 2016 2.91%
Oct 31, 2015 3.31%
Jul 31, 2015 3.74%
Apr 30, 2015 3.91%
Jan 31, 2015 5.41%
Oct 31, 2014 5.66%
Jul 31, 2014 5.13%
Apr 30, 2014 4.22%
Jan 31, 2014 4.99%
Oct 31, 2013 5.15%
Jul 31, 2013 5.61%
Apr 30, 2013 7.30%
Jan 31, 2013 6.62%
Oct 31, 2012 7.76%
Jul 31, 2012 8.68%
Apr 30, 2012 9.46%
Jan 31, 2012 17.96%
Oct 31, 2011 20.01%
Jul 31, 2011 15.07%