Value Line Reviews 9

VL = miser complex; 5* for content, 1* for physical product and delivery;

since the (recent) switch to plastic, fr inferior paper envelopes always arriving damaged, the already too thin stock appears to be getting gotten thinner; the Some Investment surveys arrive with damaged and ripped pages;
the paper stock is so thin the ink may blot through; if this happens then the clarity on the verso page suffers;
You need a clear copy?
No - impossible, for both sides show;

I've been a Value Line customer for several years. The information and research data they provide is extremely well done and highly valuable, second to none.
They offer multiple services, including some advisory services, which I have found very valuable and have made some decent returns off some of the recommendations.
If it wasn't for the reasons below they would get a 5 star+ .
The reason I only give them a 4 star is for a couple reasons.
1. The website is clunky and annoying to use. It seems like something that was made in the 1990's and still hangs out there. Finding what you are looking for is going through a maze of links and pages. They need to upgrade and make a modern, well organized, easy to navigate website with everything accessible through the main dashboard, but it isn't.
When you first login you land on a cover page, you then have to go to the "Dashboard" then start digging though other links for what you are looking for.
2. The multiple services they provide are paid for separately, you pick and choose, which is fine and I definitely like a couple of them. But finding your way to where those are defined and pricing is equally a maze to find.

One of highest level services for the non-professional, is "The Savvy Investor", but it's limited in what it provides and doesn't show up in the "Quick Links" listing the services you are subscribed to.

The Savvy Investor information page, when you can find it, tells you it's covers a certain number of companies it, but you would think being sold as a premier non-professional service claiming to cover all types of stocks, small-mid and large cap, it would provide the research data of every stock in their system, but it doesn't. You type in a ticker symbol to go to the research page for that symbol and find out you are locked out, you don't have access to that one. Quite annoying. You have to buy other services that then overlap this service.

3. I suggest they offer one service that covers everything, and in addition they should offer a lifetime subscription service to that "all-in" service.
Nothing more annoying than being locked out, or shackled, when you've you paid a lot of money for a premier service they offer.

If you can deal with those issues you will find that the information, data, and pricing forecasts that they provide, their core function, is extremely valuable, as are the advisory services I have tried.

Valueline options service is missing most etf options. This data has been missing for over a month. Have sent 3 or 4 emails to valueline. One reply said problem solved but it is not solved.

I have invested and paid for the long-term since I like VL: 2 x 3yr recent subs; very expensive; over the past 10 months VL has stopped arriving on time; before that, shipping and delivery were not excellent OK! but now nothing arives on time, and sometimes up to 2 weeks late; 14 day late VL information...? Not so valuable; Since VL changed from a paper envelope to plastic... no delivery change; none of my other mail bills, or service subs arrive late; only VL;
VL needs to upgrade their mail room into the 21Cty... with USPS provided SCAN labels; with at least 4 ea scan bars, now missing on VL; Nik in IL 5 2025 VL = "miser complex"

Their cancellation policy is terrible!
Our mother passed away, who subscribed to their periodical, and Value Line demanded her death certificate and then charged us $50.00 to cancel her subscription and refund amount left on her subscription. I have never encountered anything like this before.

The investment service is OK, but they seem to have changed their approach to customer service. I was offered a renewal discount (the service isn't worth the full price to me), but when I renewed online it didn't even offer the opportunity to put in the Promo Code online and charged me nearly twice as much. When I then called the company, the woman lectured me that it "doesn't work that way" and she needs to correspond with "the powers that be" via e-mail in order to cancel the mistaken order. Part of her lecture indicated that they're forcing the call rather than fixing the web site so they can hard sell you on the phone.

I have been a Valueline subscriber for many years. This is my go to tool when I am considering buying or selling. The platform provides the need to know data with an easy to understand proprietary ranking system and targets I can trust.

Great investment research company, intelligent deep analysis of businesses and a lot to learn from. Well done keep it up!

Have not used it extensively, but good experience with Value Line :-)