New York, March 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Value Line, Inc., (NASDAQ: VALU) reported results for the third fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2019.

Income from operations of $1,413,000 during the three months ended January 31, 2019 was 79.5% above income from operations of $787,000 during the third quarter of fiscal 2018.  Income from operations of $4,443,000 during the nine months ended January 31, 2019 was 61.0% above income from operations of $2,760,000 in the corresponding period of fiscal 2018.  During the three and nine months ended January 31, 2019 operating expenses decreased $668,000 and $1,606,000, respectively, below those during the three and nine months ended January 31, 2018.  During the three months ended January 31, 2019, the Company’s net income of $2,451,000, or $0.25 per share, was $6,545,000 or 72.8% below net income of $8,996,000, or $0.93 per share, for the three months ended January 31, 2018.  During the nine months ended January 31, 2019, the Company’s net income of $8,857,000, or $0.91 per share, was $4,426,000 or 33.3% below net income of $13,283,000, or $1.37 per share, for the nine months ended January 31, 2018.  The largest factor in the decrease in net income during the three and nine months ended January 31, 2019 compared to the prior fiscal year was the January 1, 2018 reduction in the U.S. statutory federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% resulting in a one-time tax benefit of 65.87% of pre-tax income for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2018, a reduction that was not duplicated in the current fiscal year.

Shareholders’ equity of $46,891,000 at January 31, 2019, increased by $3,350,000 or 7.7% over shareholders’ equity of $43,541,000 at April 30, 2018.  As of January 31, 2019, retained earnings of $48,238,000 increased by 7.4% above retained earnings at April 30, 2018.  Liquid assets of $23,633,000 at January 31, 2019 were 0.6% below liquid assets at April 30, 2018.  Copyright fees were up $579,000 or 12.2% during the nine months ended January 31, 2019 as compared to the prior fiscal year.

During the nine months ended January 31, 2019 there were 9,688,681 average common shares outstanding as compared to 9,705,347 average common shares outstanding during the nine months ended January 31, 2018.  The reduction was the result of buybacks by the Company under the repurchase program.

The Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q has been filed with the SEC and is available on the Company’s website at www.valueline.com/About/corporate_filings.aspx. Shareholders may receive a printed copy, free of charge upon request.

Value Line, Inc. is a leading New York based provider of investment research. The Value Line Investment Survey is one of the most widely used sources of independent equity investment research. Value Line also publishes a range of proprietary investment research in both print and digital formats including research in the areas of Mutual Funds and Options. Value Line’s acclaimed research also enables the Company to provide specialized products such as Value Line Select, Value Line Special Situations, Value Line Select: Dividend Income & Growth, Value Line Select: ETFs and certain Value Line copyrights, distributed under agreements including certain proprietary ranking system information and other proprietary information used in third party products. Investment Advisory services are provided through its substantial non-voting interests in EULAV Asset Management, the investment advisor to The Value Line Family of Mutual Funds. Value Line’s products are available to individual investors by mail, at www.valueline.com or through 1-800-VALUELINE or 1-800-825-8354, while institutional-level services for professional investors, advisers, corporate, academic, and municipal libraries are offered at www.ValueLinePro.com, www.ValueLineLibrary.com and at 1-800-531-1425. 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This report contains statements that are predictive in nature, depend upon or refer to future events or conditions (including certain projections and business trends) accompanied by such phrases as “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “will”, “intend” and other similar or negative expressions, that are “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended.  Actual results for Value Line, Inc. (“Value Line” or “the Company”) may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to the following:

• maintaining revenue from subscriptions for the Company’s digital and print published products;
• changes in market and economic conditions, including global financial issues;
• protection of intellectual property rights;
• dependence on non-voting revenues and non-voting profits interests in EULAV Asset Management, a Delaware statutory trust (“EAM” or “EAM Trust”), which serves as the investment advisor to the Value Line Funds and engages in related distribution, marketing and administrative services;
• fluctuations in EAM’s assets under management due to broadly based changes in the values of equity and debt securities, redemptions by investors and other factors, and the effect these changes may have on the valuation of EAM’s intangible assets;
• generating future revenues or collection of receivables from significant customers;
• dependence on key personnel;
• competition in the fields of publishing, copyright and investment management;
• the impact of government regulation on the Company’s and EAM’s businesses;
• availability of free or low cost investment data through discount brokers or generally over the internet;
• terrorist attacks, cyber attacks and natural disasters;
• other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to the risks described in Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2018; and  in Part II, Item 1A of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended January 31, 2019; and
• other risks and uncertainties arising from time to time.

             
These factors are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. Other unknown or unpredictable factors which may involve external factors over which we may have no control or changes in our plans, strategies, objectives, expectations or intentions, which may happen at any time at our discretion, could also have material adverse effects on future results. Except as otherwise required to be disclosed in periodic reports required to be filed by public companies with the SEC pursuant to the SEC's rules, we have no duty to update these statements, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. In light of these risks and uncertainties, current plans, anticipated actions, and future financial conditions and results may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking information contained herein. 

Contact: Howard A. Brecher
Value Line, Inc.
(212) 907-1500                                                                                  
www.valueline.com
www.ValueLinePro.com, www.ValueLineLibrary.com
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