Growth Metrics

Value Line (VALU) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Value Line's Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.71% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Sales rose 14.0% year-over-year to 0.71%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.67%, up 6.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.6%, 9.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.71% in Q1 2026 per VALU's latest filing, up from 0.71% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.75% in Q3 2025 to a low of 0.36% in Q4 2023.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.55%, with a median of 0.55% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: tumbled -42bps in 2022, then increased 28bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.43% in 2022, then fell by -16bps to 0.36% in 2023, then surged by 77bps to 0.64% in 2024, then grew by 10bps to 0.71% in 2025, then rose by 1bps to 0.71% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for VALU's Return on Sales are 0.71% (Q1 2026), 0.71% (Q4 2025), and 0.75% (Q3 2025).