Value Line (VALU) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026)
Value Line (VALU) reported Tax Rate of 27.00% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 1.81 percentage points from 25.20% a year earlier but down 106.33 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Value Line (VALU) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jul 31, 2026, Value Line's Tax Rate came in at 55.14%, up 5.35 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it was 74.57%, up 0.24 percentage points from FY2025.
- Tax Rate has increased for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of +20.57 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Tax Rate came in at 74.33% in FY2025 (+22.49 pp), 51.84% in FY2024 (+6.71 pp), 45.13% in FY2023 (-13.37 pp) and 58.50% in FY2022 (+4.50 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Tax Rate spans a low of 25.20% in fiscal Q1 2026 and a high of 214.68% in fiscal Q4 2025.
- Year over year, Tax Rate gained in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +8.90 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was fiscal Q4 2025 (a gain of 147.52 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q4 2026 (a drop of 81.34 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at 133.33% (Q4 2026), 63.89% (Q3 2026) and 80.40% (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.37 Bn | 63.04 Bn | 4.10 Bn | - |
| 2 | Fox | 26.93 Bn | 12.84 Bn | - | 24.43% |
| 3 | Omnicom | 20.34 Bn | 3.04 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 27.11% |
| 4 | News | 15.87 Bn | 8.07 Bn | - | 17.27% |
| 5 | Paramount Skydance | 11.07 Bn | 8.99 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Pearson | 10.15 Bn | 7.29 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | New York Times | 10.00 Bn | 7.49 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 25.40% |
| 8 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 8.68 Bn | 8.26 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 23.40% |
| 9 | 36Kr Holdings | 5.97 Bn | 5.91 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Value Line | 378.47 Mn | 125.78 Mn | - | 27.00% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 27.00% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 133.33% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 63.89% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 80.40% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 25.20% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 214.68% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 88.63% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 63.99% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 53.71% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 67.16% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 43.50% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 69.09% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 42.83% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 46.59% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 39.47% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 47.88% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 49.37% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 50.15% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 61.53% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 58.74% |
Value Line Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=VALU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=VALU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();