Value Line (VALU) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026)
Value Line (VALU) reported Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 2.74% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 1.86 percentage points from 4.59% a year earlier and down 0.40 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Value Line (VALU) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), Value Line posted Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] of 3.21%, down 1.92 percentage points from FY2025.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of -5.40 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] came in at 5.13% in FY2025 (-3.08 pp), 8.21% in FY2024 (-2.54 pp), 10.76% in FY2023 (+0.08 pp) and 10.67% in FY2022 (+2.06 pp).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since fiscal Q2 2018.
- Year over year, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has now declined in each of the last 12 quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.63 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in five years was fiscal Q2 2023 (a gain of 2.98 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q2 2025 (a drop of 3.94 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at 3.13% (Q4 2026), 3.78% (Q3 2026) and 4.25% (Q2 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.60 Bn | 63.26 Bn | 4.10 Bn | -1.56% |
| 2 | Fox | 26.84 Bn | 12.75 Bn | - | 11.70% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 20.35 Bn | 3.05 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 4.52% |
| 4 | News | 15.97 Bn | 8.16 Bn | - | 8.19% |
| 5 | Paramount Skydance | 10.53 Bn | 8.45 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Pearson | 10.25 Bn | 7.39 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | New York Times | 10.06 Bn | 7.55 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 20.89% |
| 8 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 8.67 Bn | 8.25 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 6.68% |
| 9 | 36Kr Holdings | 5.97 Bn | 5.91 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Value Line | 379.97 Mn | 127.28 Mn | - | 2.74% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 2.74% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 3.13% |
| 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 | 8.03% |
API Access
Value Line Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] 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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=VALU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=VALU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();