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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended July 31, 2025

☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____________________________________ to __________________________________

Commission File Number: 0-11306

VALUE LINE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York	13-3139843
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

551 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York	10176-0001
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(212) 907-1500

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading symbol	Name of each Exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.10 par value per share	VALU	The Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☐ Non-accelerated filer ☒

Smaller reporting company ☐ Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Class	Outstanding at August 31, 2025
Common stock, $0.10 par value per share	9,407,869 shares

VALUE LINE, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


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	PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements

	Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets as of July 31, 2025 and April 30, 2025	3

	Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and July 31, 2024	4

	Consolidated Condensed Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and July 31, 2024	5

	Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended July 31, 2025 and July 31, 2024	6

	Consolidated Condensed Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the three months ended July 31, 2025	7

	Consolidated Condensed Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the three months ended July 31, 2024	8

	Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements	9

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	23

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	35

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	37

	PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	37
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	37
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	38
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	38
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	38
Item 5.	Other Information	38
Item 6.	Exhibits	39
	Signatures	40

Part I - Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements

Value Line, Inc.

Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except share amounts)

	July 31,			April 30,
	2025			2025
	(unaudited)
Assets
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents (including short term investments of $33,430 and $33,615, respectively)	$	33,708		$	34,077
Equity securities		22,126			20,879
Available-for-sale Fixed Income securities		25,362			22,435
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $15 and $16, respectively		1,287			1,327
Prepaid and refundable income taxes		42			42
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		946			1,123
Total current assets		83,471			79,883

Long term assets:
Investment in EAM Trust		61,220			60,807
Restricted money market investments		305			305
Property and equipment, net		3,171			3,475
Capitalized software and other intangible assets, net		36			63
Total long term assets		64,732			64,650

Total assets	$	148,203		$	144,533

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	991		$	1,528
Accrued salaries		1,009			1,161
Dividends payable		3,058			3,059
Accrued taxes on income		1,808			43
Operating lease obligation-short term		1,304			1,304
Unearned revenue		15,553			16,558
Total current liabilities		23,723			23,653

Long term liabilities:
Unearned revenue		6,003			5,732
Operating lease obligation-long term		1,959			2,275
Deferred income taxes		13,482			13,195
Total long term liabilities		21,444			21,202
Total liabilities		45,167			44,855

Shareholders' Equity:
Common stock, $0.10 par value; authorized 30,000,000 shares; issued 10,000,000 shares		1,000			1,000
Additional paid-in capital		991			991
Retained earnings		116,802			113,400
Treasury stock, at cost (590,478 shares and 588,997 shares, respectively)		(15,706	)		(15,647	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax		(51	)		(66	)
Total shareholders' equity		103,036			99,678

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	148,203		$	144,533

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed financial statements.

Part I - Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements

Value Line, Inc.

Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income

(in thousands, except share & per share amounts)

(unaudited)

	For the Three Months Ended
	July 31,
	2025		2024

Revenues:
Investment periodicals and related publications	$	6,140	$	6,287
Copyright fees		2,466		2,597
Total publishing revenues		8,606		8,884

Expenses:
Advertising and promotion		717		860
Salaries and employee benefits		3,616		3,543
Production and distribution		1,631		1,489
Office and administration		1,146		1,145
Total expenses		7,110		7,037
Income from operations		1,496		1,847

Revenues and profits interests in EAM Trust		5,121		4,241
Investment gains/(losses)		2,019		1,709
Income before income taxes		8,636		7,797
Income tax provision		2,176		1,910
Net income	$	6,460	$	5,887

Earnings per share, basic & fully diluted	$	0.69	$	0.62


Weighted average number of common shares		9,414,605		9,419,938

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed financial statements.

Part I - Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements

Value Line, Inc.

Consolidated Condensed Statements of Comprehensive Income

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

	For the Three Months Ended
	July 31,
	2025		2024


Net income	$	6,460	$	5,887

Other comprehensive income/(loss), net of tax:
Change in unrealized gains/(losses) on Fixed Income securities, net of tax		15		177
Other comprehensive income/(loss)		15		177
Comprehensive income	$	6,475	$	6,064

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed financial statements.

Part I - Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements

Value Line, Inc.

Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

	For the Three Months Ended
	July 31,
	2025			2024
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	6,460		$	5,887

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		331			294
Investment (gains)/losses		(1,344	)		(950	)
Non-voting revenues interest from EAM Trust		(4,488	)		(3,680	)
Non-voting profits interest from EAM Trust		(633	)		(561	)
Distributions received from EAM Trust		4,708			4,004
Deferred income taxes		395			315
Deferred rent		(316	)		(292	)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Unearned revenue		(734	)		(1,205	)
Accounts payable & accrued expenses		(537	)		(563	)
Accrued salaries		(152	)		(125	)
Accrued taxes on income		1,653			1,287
Prepaid and refundable income taxes		-			209
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		179			70
Accounts receivable		38			81
Total adjustments		(900	)		(1,116	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		5,560			4,771

Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of equity securities		(118	)		(4,520	)
Purchases of fixed income securities classified as available-for-sale		(5,055	)		(2,450	)
Proceeds from sales of equity securities		215			90
Proceeds from sales of fixed income securities classified as available-for-sale		2,147			16,357
Acquisition of property and equipment		-			(4	)
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities		(2,811	)		9,473

Cash flows from financing activities:
Purchase of treasury stock at cost		(59	)		(179	)
Dividends paid		(3,059	)		(2,827	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(3,118	)		(3,006	)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents		(369	)		11,238
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period		34,382			4,695
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period	$	34,013		$	15,933

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed financial statements.

Part I - Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements

Value Line, Inc.

Consolidated Condensed Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity

For the Three Months Ended July 31, 2025

(in thousands, except share amounts)

(unaudited)

	Common stock				Additional paid-in-		Treasury stock						Retained			Accumulated other comprehensive
	Shares		Amount		capital		Shares			Amount			earnings			income			Total
Balance at April 30, 2025		10,000,000	$	1,000	$	991		(588,997	)	$	(15,647	)	$	113,400		$	(66	)	$	99,678

Net income														6,460						6,460
Change in unrealized gains on Fixed Income securities, net of taxes																	15			15
Purchase of treasury stock								(1,481	)		(59	)								(59	)
Dividends declared														(3,058	)					(3,058	)
Balance at July 31, 2025		10,000,000	$	1,000	$	991		(590,478	)	$	(15,706	)	$	116,802		$	(51	)	$	103,036

Dividends declared per common share were $0.325 for the three months ending July 31, 2025.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed financial statements.

Part I - Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements

Value Line, Inc.

Consolidated Condensed Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity

For the Three Months Ended July 31, 2024

(in thousands, except share amounts)

(unaudited)

	Common stock				Additional paid-in-		Treasury stock						Retained			Accumulated other comprehensive
	Shares		Amount		capital		Shares			Amount			earnings			income			Total
Balance at April 30, 2024		10,000,000	$	1,000	$	991		(577,517	)	$	(15,194	)	$	104,249		$	(253	)	$	90,793

Net income														5,887						5,887
Change in unrealized gains on Fixed Income securities, net of taxes																	177			177
Purchase of treasury stock								(4,409	)		(179	)								(179	)
Dividends declared														(2,825	)					(2,825	)
Balance at July 31, 2024		10,000,000	$	1,000	$	991		(581,926	)	$	(15,373	)	$	107,311		$	(76	)	$	93,853

Dividends declared per common share were $0.30 for the three months ending July 31, 2024.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed financial statements.

Value Line, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements

July 31, 2025

(Unaudited)

Note 1 - Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

Value Line, Inc. ("Value Line" or "VLI", and collectively with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) is incorporated in the State of New York. The name "Value Line" as used to describe the Company, its products, and its subsidiaries, is a registered trademark of the Company. The Company's core business is producing investment periodicals and their underlying research and making available certain Value Line copyrights, Value Line trademarks and Value Line Proprietary Ranks and other proprietary information, to third parties under written agreements for use in third-party managed and marketed investment products and for other purposes. The Company maintains a significant investment in Eulav Asset Management LLC ("EAM") from which it receives a non-voting revenues interest and a non-voting profits interest. Pursuant to the EAM Declaration of Trust dated as of December 23, 2010 (the "EAM Trust Agreement"), VLI granted EAM the right to use the Value Line name for all existing Value Line Funds and agreed to supply, without charge or expense, the Value Line Proprietary Ranking System information to EAM for use in managing the Value Line Funds. EAM was established to provide investment management services to the Value Line Mutual Funds ("Value Line Funds" or the "Funds").

The Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets as of July 31, 2025 and April 30, 2025, which have been derived from the unaudited interim Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements and the audited Consolidated Financial Statements, respectively, were prepared following the interim reporting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In the opinion of management, the accompanying Unaudited Interim Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements contain all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals except as noted below) considered necessary for a fair presentation. This report should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and footnotes contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025 filed with the SEC on July 29, 2025 (the “Form 10-K”). Results of operations covered by this report may not be indicative of the results of operations for the entire year.

Use of Estimates:

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts and disclosures. Accordingly, actual results may differ from those estimates.

Principles of Consolidation:

The Company follows the guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board's ("FASB") Topic 810 “Consolidation” to determine if it should consolidate its investment in a variable interest entity ("VIE"). A VIE is a legal entity in which either (i) equity investors do not have sufficient equity investment at risk to enable the entity to finance its activities independently or (ii) the equity holders at risk lack the obligation to absorb losses, the right to receive residual returns or the right to make decisions about the entity’s activities that most significantly affect the entity's economic performance. A holder of a variable interest in a VIE is required to consolidate the entity if it is determined that it has a controlling financial interest in the VIE and is therefore the primary beneficiary. The determination of a controlling financial interest in a VIE is based on a qualitative assessment to identify the variable interest holder, if any, that has (i) the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance, and (ii) either the obligation to absorb losses of the entity or the right to receive benefits from the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE. The accounting guidance requires the Company to perform an ongoing assessment of whether the Company is the primary beneficiary of a VIE and the Company has determined it is not the primary beneficiary of a VIE (see Note 3).

In accordance with FASB's Topic 810, the assets, liabilities, and results of operations of subsidiaries in which the Company has a controlling interest have been consolidated. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company holds a significant non-voting revenues interest (excluding distribution revenues) and a significant non-voting profits interest in EULAV Asset Management, a Delaware statutory trust (“EAM” or “EAM Trust”). The Company relied on the guidance in FASB's ASC Topics 323 and 810 in its determination not to consolidate its investment in EAM and to account for such investment under the equity method of accounting. The Company reports the amount it earns for its non-voting revenues and non-voting profits interests as a separate line item below operating income in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income.

Revenue Recognition:

Depending upon the product, subscription fulfillment for Value Line periodicals and related publications is available in print or digitally, via internet access. The length of a subscription varies by product and offer received by the subscriber. Generally, subscriptions are offered as annual subscriptions with the majority of subscriptions paid in advance. Subscription revenues, net of discounts, are recognized ratably on a straight line basis when the product is served to the client over the life of the subscription. Accordingly, the amount of subscription fees to be earned by fulfilling subscriptions after the date of the balance sheets are shown as unearned revenue within current and long-term liabilities.

Copyright fees are derived from providing certain Value Line trademarks and the Value Line Proprietary Ranks to third parties under written agreements for use in selecting securities for third party marketed products, including unit investment trusts, annuities and exchange traded funds ("ETFs"). The Company earns asset-based copyright fees upon delivery to the customer as specified in the individual agreements. Revenue is recognized monthly and received either quarterly or in advance over the term of the agreement and, because it is asset-based, will fluctuate as the market value of the underlying portfolio increases or decreases in value.

EAM earns investment management fees from the Value Line Funds. The management fees and average daily net assets for the Value Line Funds are calculated by State Street Bank, which serves as the fund accountant, fund administrator, and custodian of the Value Line Funds.

The Value Line Funds are open-end management companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"). Shareholder transactions for the Value Line Funds are processed each business day by the third party transfer agent of the Funds. Shares can be redeemed without advance notice upon request of the shareowners each day that the New York Stock Exchange is open.

Investment in Unconsolidated Entities:

The Company accounts for its investment in its unconsolidated entity, EAM, using the equity method of accounting in accordance with FASB’s ASC 323. The equity method is an appropriate means of recognizing increases or decreases measured by GAAP in the economic resources underlying the investments. Under the equity method, an investor recognizes its share of the earnings or losses of an investee in the periods for which they are reported by the investee in its financial statements rather than in the period in which an investee declares a dividend or distribution. An investor adjusts the carrying amount of an investment for its share of the earnings or losses recognized by the investee.

The Company’s “interests” in EAM, the investment adviser to and the sole member of the distributor of the Value Line Funds, consist of a "non-voting revenues interest" and a "non-voting profits interest" in EAM as defined in the EAM Trust Agreement. The non-voting revenues interest entitles the Company to receive a range of 41% to 55%, based on the amount of EAM’s adjusted gross revenues, excluding EULAV Securities' distribution revenues (“Revenues Interest”). The non-voting profits interest entitles the Company to receive 50% of EAM's profits, subject to certain limited adjustments as defined in the EAM Trust Agreement (“Profits Interest”). The Revenues Interest and at least 90% of the Profits Interest are to be distributed each quarter to all interest holders of EAM, including Value Line. The Company's Revenues Interest in EAM excludes participation in the service and distribution fees of EAM's subsidiary EULAV Securities. The Company reflects its non-voting revenues and non-voting profits interests in EAM as non-operating income under the equity method of accounting. Although the Company does not have control over the operating and financial policies of EAM, pursuant to the EAM Trust Agreement, the Company has a contractual right to receive its share of EAM's revenues and profits.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements:

In November 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2023-07, “Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-07”), which requires disclosures of significant expenses by segment and interim disclosure of items that were previously required on an annual basis. ASU 2023-07 is to be applied on a retrospective basis and is effective for annual reporting periods after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. We adopted ASU 2023-07 with such disclosures included in Note 16 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2023-09, “Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”), which provides for additional disclosures primarily related to the income tax rate reconciliations and income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 requires entities to annually disclose the income tax rate reconciliation using both amounts and percentages, considering several categories of reconciling items, including state and local income taxes, foreign tax effects, tax credits and nontaxable or nondeductible items, among others. Disclosure of the reconciling items is subject to a quantitative threshold and disaggregation by nature and jurisdiction. ASU 2023-09 also requires entities to disclose net income taxes paid or received to federal, state and foreign jurisdictions, as well as by individual jurisdiction, subject to a five percent quantitative threshold. ASU 2023-09 may be adopted on a prospective or retrospective basis and is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2024 with early adoption permitted. We are evaluating the impact of ASU 2023-09 on disclosures in our Consolidated Financial Statements.

In November 2024, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2024-03, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income- Expense Disaggregation Disclosures, requiring all public business entities to provide additional disclosure of the nature of expenses include in the income statement. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and for interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, on a prospective basis, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact on our financial statement disclosures.

Valuation of Securities:

The Company's securities classified as cash equivalents, equity securities and available-for-sale fixed income securities consist of shares of money market funds that invest primarily in short-term U.S. Government securities, investments in equities including ETFs and fixed income securities invested primarily in short-term U.S. Treasury bills, and to a smaller extent bank certificates of deposit that are valued in accordance with the requirements of the Fair Value Measurements Topic of the FASB's ASC 820. The securities classified as equity securities reflected in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets are valued at market and unrealized gains and losses are recorded in the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income per FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01 ("ASU 2016-01"). The securities classified as available-for-sale fixed income securities reflected in the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets are valued at market and unrealized gains and losses, net of applicable taxes, are reported as a separate component of shareholders' equity. Investment gains and losses on sales of the equity securities are the difference between proceeds from sales and the fair value of the equity securities at the beginning of the period or the purchase date, if later. Investment gains and losses on sales of the available-for-sale fixed income securities are the difference between proceeds from sales and the cost of the securities. Investment gains and losses on sales of all securities are recorded in earnings as of the trade date and are determined on the identified cost method.

The Company classifies its equity securities and available-for-sale fixed income securities as current assets to properly reflect its liquidity and to recognize the fact that it has liquid assets available-for-sale should the need arise.

Market valuations of securities listed on a securities exchange and ETF shares are based on the closing sales prices on the last business day of each month. The market value of the Company's fixed maturity U.S. Government debt securities is determined utilizing publicly quoted market prices. Cash equivalents consist of investments in money market funds that invest primarily in U.S. Government securities valued in accordance with rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act.

The Fair Value Measurements Topic of FASB's ASC defines fair value as the price that the Company would receive upon selling an investment in a timely transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market for the investment. The Fair Value Measurements Topic established a three-tier hierarchy to maximize the use of observable market data and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the information that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Examples of risks include those inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value such as the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. Inputs are classified as observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.

The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Company’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following summarizes the levels of fair value measurements of the Company’s investments:

	As of July 31, 2025
($ in thousands)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Cash equivalents	$	33,430	$	-	$	-	$	33,430
Equity securities		22,126		-		-		22,126
Available-for-sale fixed income securities		25,362		-		-		25,362
	$	80,918	$	-	$	-	$	80,918

	As of April 30, 2025
($ in thousands)	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Cash equivalents	$	33,615	$	-	$	-	$	33,615
Equity securities		20,879		-		-		20,879
Available-for-sale fixed income securities		22,435		-		-		22,435
	$	76,929	$	-	$	-	$	76,929

The Company had no other financial instruments such as futures, forwards and swap contracts. For the periods ended July 31, 2025 and April 30, 2025, there were no Level 3 investments. The Company does not have any liabilities that are subject to fair value measurement.

Advertising expenses:

The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred.

Income Taxes:

The Company computes its income tax provision in accordance with the Income Tax Topic of the FASB's ASC. Deferred tax liabilities and assets are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been reflected in the Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements. Deferred tax liabilities and assets are determined based on the differences between the book values and the tax bases of particular assets and liabilities, using tax rates currently in effect for the years in which the differences are expected to reverse. The Company adopted the provisions of ASU 2015-17, Income taxes (Topic 740) and classifies all deferred taxes as long-term liabilities on the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets.

The Income Tax Topic of the FASB's ASC establishes for all entities, a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of positions taken in filing tax returns (including whether an entity is taxable in a particular jurisdiction), and requires certain expanded tax disclosures. As of July 31, 2025, management has reviewed the tax positions for the years still subject to tax audit under the statute of limitations, evaluated the implications, and determined that there is no material impact to the Company's financial statements.

Earnings per share:

Earnings per share are based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock and common stock equivalents outstanding during each period. Any shares that are reacquired during the period are weighted for the portion of the period that they are outstanding. The Company does not have any potentially dilutive common shares from outstanding stock options, warrants, restricted stock, or restricted stock units.

Cash and Cash Equivalents:

For purposes of the Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows, the Company considers all cash held at banks and short term liquid investments with an original maturity of less than three months to be cash and cash equivalents. As of July 31, 2025 and April 30, 2025, cash equivalents included $33,430,000 and $33,615,000, respectively, for amounts invested in money market mutual funds that invest in short-term U.S. government securities.

Note 2 - Investments:

Investments held by the Company and its subsidiaries are classified as equity securities and available-for-sale fixed income securities in accordance with FASB's ASC 321, Investments - Equity Securities and with FASB's ASC 320, Investments - Debt Securities. All of the Company's securities were readily marketable or had a maturity of twelve months or less and are classified as current assets on the Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets.

Equity Securities:

Equity securities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, consist of ETFs held for dividend yield that attempt to replicate the performance of certain equity indexes and ETFs that hold preferred shares primarily of financial institutions.

As of July 31, 2025 and April 30, 2025, the aggregate cost of the equity securities, which consist of investments in the SPDR Series Trust S&P Dividend ETF (SDY), First Trust Value Line Dividend Index ETF (FVD), ProShares Trust S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NOBL), IShares DJ Select Dividend ETF (DVY) and other Exchange Traded Funds and common stock equity securities was a combined total $15,411,000 and $15,513,000, respectively, and the fair value was $22,126,000 and $20,879,000, respectively.

Proceeds from sales of equity securities during the three months ended July 31, 2025 and July 31, 2024, were $215,000 and $90,000, respectively.

The carrying value and fair value of equity securities at July 31, 2025 were as follows:

($ in thousands)

Cost

Gross

Unrealized

Gains

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

Fair Value

ETFs - equities

15,411

6,743

SEC Form 10-Q filed by Value Line Inc.