Value Line, Inc. - Introduction

Introduction

220 East 42nd Street
New York, New York 10017
U.S.A.
Telephone: (212) 907-1500
Toll Free: (800) 634-3583
Fax: (212) 818-9748
Web site: http://www.valueline.com

Public Company
Incorporated: 1931 as Arnold Bernhard & Company
Employees: 249
Sales: $84.7 million (2004)
Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol: VALU
NAIC: 523920 Portfolio Management; 511110 Newspaper Publishers; 511120 Periodical Publishers; 511140 Database and Directory Publishers; 511210 Software Publishers; 541810 Advertising Agencies

Value Line, Inc. is best known for publishing the Value Line Investment Survey, the most widely used independent investment service in the world. The company publishes more than a dozen print and electronic products, read by more than half a million people. The company's flagship weekly periodical, which provides comprehensive information on approximately 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy, earned the moniker the bible of Wall Street. Long known for its strong and consistent record, the seven-decadeold information service was widely regarded by many as the world's best-performing financial newsletter. The Investment Survey had been perennially ranked number one by the Hulbert Financial Digest. Other publications bearing the venerable company name include the Value Line Mutual Fund Survey, which ranks and evaluates mutual funds. The company's Value Line Family of Mutual Funds, consisting of 15 investment companies, which manages investments for private and institutional clients, has generally failed to match the success of its information segment.