Value Line is an investment research company collecting data and analyzing performance of approximately 8,000 stocks, 15,000 mutual funds, and 80,000 options and other securities. Value Line is best known for their Investment Survey. one of the most widely read investment services in the world.

Let’s take a closer look.

From the library’s Value Line page, go to the Quick Index on the left. Click on Standard Edition > Survey Issues. Now you’re at The Value Line Investment Survey. for which Value Line is best known and where investors spend the bulk of their time. The current issue is listed first; back issues below it.

The Value Line Investment Survey has three main parts:

1. The Ratings & Reports section’s one-page reports contain, among other things, Value Line’s Timeliness, Safety, and Technical ranks, financial and stock price forecasts for the coming 3-5 years, an analyst’s written commentary, and more. Clicking on Ratings & Reports will take you to the companies included in the current issue. From here, you have many options.
   Click on the name of a company to go to the Value Line Stock Page. Click on the ticker symbol of the company and you’ll go to the Quote Lookup page, which will give you a company snapshot. Click on the industry name to get information on more companies in that industry.
2. The Selection & Opinion section contains Value Line’s latest economic and stock market forecasts, one-page write-ups about interesting and attractive stocks, model portfolios, and financial and stock market statistics.
3. The Summary & Index contains an index of all stock in the Investment Survey as well as many up-to-date statistics, keeping investors informed about the latest company results. Also here, you’ll find a variety of stock “screens” designed to help investors quickly identify companies with characteristics matching their investing goals.

While we’re at the Value Line’s Investment Survey page, let’s look at the links on the left sidebar. Some of the most useful of these resources include:

Lookup Industry -where you’ll find industry reports.

Lookup Company- where you’ll find company reports.

Rank Changes -Listing of stocks whose Timeliness or Performance ranks have

changed for the week.

Supplementary Report -an update of a regular full-page Value Line company

report published in the back of the Ratings & Reports section when there is a

significant development relating to a company. Among the most likely reasons

for a Supplementary Report are a major corporate development, such as a

merger or acquisition, or a surprising earnings announcement.