Value Line subscription cost: Value Line subscription prices, Value Line pricing and the professional investor rate
A Value Line subscription costs $199 to $795 a year if you are an individual investor, and the flagship Value Line Investment Survey is $598 in print or digital. Those are Value Line's own store prices. The catch is who counts as an individual. Value Line's definition of a professional is much wider than the stock exchanges' one. It covers CPAs, lawyers, academics, anyone who sells insurance or annuities, and anyone affiliated with a bank or a government agency. Professionals have to buy a Pro plan, and Value Line does not publish those prices.
- 1 THESIS
- 2 EVIDENCE
- 3 BACKTEST
- 4 RISK
- 5 VERDICT
02 EVIDENCE · FUNDAMENTALS
04 RISK · IN PLAIN ENGLISH
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In short
Value Line's own store lists nine retail packages from $199 to $795 a year. The Value Line Investment Survey, which covers about 1,700 stocks, costs $598 a year in print or as the digital Smart Investor. Savvy Investor adds the Small and Mid-Cap survey for $795, covering more than 3,000 stocks. Investor 600 is $199, Investor 900 $249 and Investor 2400 $448. Those prices apply only to non-professional individual investors. Value Line counts anyone affiliated with an SEC or FINRA registered firm as a professional, along with financial planners, CPAs, legal counsel, academic entities, insurance and annuity sellers, and bank, trust and government staff. Each professional needs their own license, and Value Line Pro (Basic, Premium and Elite) is priced by quote only. Value Line's 10-K says professional subscriptions can run to $100,000 or more a year. AgentTrading is a different kind of tool: research and backtesting from $19 a month, bought online, with no execution, no brokerage connection and no personalized advice.
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SIDE BY SIDE - PRICING CHECKED SEPTEMBER 18, 2026
Value Line against the research subscriptions a Value Line buyer usually weighs, priced for who you are
The first two cards are Value Line itself, split the way Value Line splits it, because the price you pay depends on which side of its professional line you fall. The rest are the options a Value Line reader tends to compare, sorted from the cheapest route to the most specialized.
| Tool | Best for | Price (September 18, 2026) | The honest limitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value Line for individual investors | A self-directed investor who wants one-page reports, 3 to 5 year projections, and the Timeliness and Safety ranks on a large universe of US stocks | $199 to $795 a year. Investment Survey $598 in print or digital, Savvy Investor $795, Investor 600 $199 | Only for non-professional individuals, not for commercial use. Value Line reserves the right to reject the order, or to shorten the subscription term to reflect professional pricing, if you do not qualify. |
| Value Line Pro | Advisers, planners, CPAs, bank and trust staff, and anyone using Value Line research for commercial purposes | Not published. Pro Basic, Pro Premium and Pro Elite are quoted by phone or email. The 10-K says clients pay as much as $100,000 or more a year for comprehensive research | One license per professional individual who needs online access. There is no shared firm login. |
| Value Line through a public library | Anyone who reads Value Line a few times a year rather than every week | Paid by the library. Many US public libraries license the online edition for card holders | Library terms usually limit remote access, and a library license is for personal research, not for a practice. |
| Morningstar Investor | Fund and ETF investors who want star ratings, portfolio X-ray and analyst reports on a personal portfolio | $249 a year or $34.95 a month, as reported by third-party reviews. Morningstar's product page blocked automated reading on September 18, 2026 | A personal membership. A registered firm cannot present its output to clients, and the institutional product, Morningstar Direct, averages about $17,200 per license a year. |
| Koyfin | Investors and small advisory firms that want charts, screening, fundamentals and model portfolios with a published price on every tier | Plus $39 a month and Premium $79 a month for individuals. Advisor Core $209 a month billed annually, $2,508 a year | No proprietary ranks or analyst projections like Value Line's, and no backtesting at any tier. |
| AgentTrading | Testing whether a rule you would build from Value Line's ranks or a screen has actually worked, which is not what a Value Line subscription does | Starter $19 a month, or $15 a month billed yearly. Analyst $49, Pro $129 | Not a research publication: no analyst reports, no Timeliness or Safety ranks, no 3 to 5 year projections, no one-page stock reports. |
Prices are the vendors' public list prices, checked September 18, 2026, and vendors change them. Verify current pricing and capabilities with each vendor before you buy.
Value Line for individual investors
A self-directed investor who wants one-page reports, 3 to 5 year projections, and the Timeliness and Safety ranks on a large universe of US stocks
The store prices are fixed and public, which is more than most research vendors offer. The prices are annual. We found no monthly plan in the store, and trials are limited to one per non-professional investor in any 12 months. Value Line's 10-K says 85.7% of print and 89.8% of digital sales in fiscal 2026 were renewals, so the typical customer keeps paying year after year. Check your renewal terms before you sign up.
Value Line Pro
Advisers, planners, CPAs, bank and trust staff, and anyone using Value Line research for commercial purposes
This is the finding no review of Value Line mentions. The exchange policy that most data vendors follow says a person is not a securities professional just because they work at a bank. Value Line's own rule counts anyone affiliated with a bank, trust institution or government agency as a professional client, along with CPAs, legal counsel, academic entities and anyone who sells life insurance or annuities, whatever they use the research for. A CPA managing their own IRA is a professional client by that wording. The tiers differ by coverage: Basic 1,700 stocks, Premium 3,400, Elite 6,000 plus 2,500 database companies and five years of historical reports.
Value Line through a public library
Anyone who reads Value Line a few times a year rather than every week
Value Line sells library licenses as a product line, and its 10-K lists colleges and municipal libraries among its institutional licensees. Before buying the $598 Survey, check whether your library already carries it. If it does, the subscription only makes sense if you need it at your desk every week.
Morningstar Investor
Fund and ETF investors who want star ratings, portfolio X-ray and analyst reports on a personal portfolio
The most common alternative to Value Line in comparison articles, and cheaper than the flagship Survey by $349 a year. Morningstar is stronger on funds and portfolio tools. Value Line is stronger on single-stock one-page reports with long statistical histories and projections. Morningstar's 10-K put paid US Investor members at 96,791 at the end of 2025.
Koyfin
Investors and small advisory firms that want charts, screening, fundamentals and model portfolios with a published price on every tier
Included because it publishes every tier on both billing terms and sells an adviser tier openly, which answers the question Value Line leaves to a phone call. For a registered adviser priced out of Value Line's retail list, Koyfin Advisor Core is a known number to compare with the Pro quote.
AgentTrading
Testing whether a rule you would build from Value Line's ranks or a screen has actually worked, which is not what a Value Line subscription does
We list what we lack first, because it rules us out as a Value Line replacement. What it does is narrow. You state a rule in plain English, such as buying a stock when it trades at a discount to its five-year average earnings multiple. It restates that as an explicit rule and shows you the rule before anything runs. It then tests the rule across 20-plus years of split and dividend adjusted daily data, charging 0.1% per trade by default, plots the result against buy and hold, and gives a verdict that includes UNDERPERFORMED when the idea loses. Every plan is on the pricing page and can be bought online. Research and analysis only: no execution, no brokerage connection, no personalized advice.
Past performance does not guarantee future results. For educational and informational purposes only. Not financial advice. Consult a licensed advisor.
EVERY RETAIL PRICE VALUE LINE LISTS, AND WHAT EACH DOLLAR BUYS
Value Line subscription prices, coverage and cost per stock covered
Prices and coverage come from Value Line's own store pages and its Value Line Pro tier comparison, read on September 18, 2026. The last column is our arithmetic: annual price divided by the number of stocks Value Line says the package covers. It is a crude measure, because a one-page report on a large company is not the same product as a line in a small-cap table, but it shows where the list price is doing the most work.
| Package | Format | Stocks covered, per Value Line | Price a year | Cost per stock covered, derived |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investor 600 | Digital | About 600 major large-cap stocks | $199 | $0.33 |
| The Value Line 600 | About 600 large caps, including 75 to 100 international companies | $199 | $0.33 | |
| Small Cap Investor | Digital | About 90% of the small and mid-cap market, about 1,700 stocks in Value Line's own tier table | $225 | About $0.13 |
| Investor 900 | Digital | The 600 plus about 300 small and mid-cap stocks | $249 | $0.28 |
| Small and Mid-Cap with digital access | About 90% of the small and mid-cap market | $249 | About $0.15 | |
| Investor 2400 | Digital | The 600 plus about 1,800 small and mid-cap stocks | $448 | $0.19 |
| The Value Line Investment Survey, Smart Investor | Digital | About 1,700 stocks, about 90% of US market capitalization | $598 | $0.35 |
| The Value Line Investment Survey | The same universe, printed | $598 | $0.35 | |
| Savvy Investor | Digital | More than 3,000: Smart Investor plus Small Cap Investor | $795 | About $0.26. Bought separately the two cost $823 |
| Selection and Opinion | Print or digital | Weekly market commentary and four model portfolios of 20 stocks | $199 | Not applicable |
| Value Line Pro Basic, Premium and Elite | Digital, professionals only | 1,700, 3,400 and 6,000 stocks, with 3, 3 and 5 years of historical reports | Not published. Quote by phone or email | Not computable |
| AgentTrading, for comparison | Web | Any US ticker you type, 20-plus years of adjusted daily history | Starter $180 billed yearly, $19 a month monthly. Analyst $49, Pro $129 a month | Not comparable. It tests rules rather than publishing reports |
Two things stand out. First, the flagship is the most expensive way to buy Value Line coverage. The $598 Investment Survey costs about 35 cents per stock covered a year. Investor 2400 covers 2,400 stocks for $448, about 19 cents each. If you mostly hold large caps, Investor 600 covers the 600 biggest names for a third of the flagship price. What the extra money buys is breadth in mid caps and the full Survey, so decide whether you use that breadth before paying for it. Second, digital is not cheaper. Print and digital Investment Survey are both $598. Value Line's 10-K shows print revenue falling from $14.1 million in fiscal 2017 to $8.5 million in fiscal 2026 while digital revenue held at $15 to $16 million, so print is shrinking but has not been discounted.
Sources: Value Line store pages for Digital Equities Services and Classic Print Services, the Investment Survey product page, the Value Line Pro Platform Tier Comparison, and the Free Trial Offer Details page, all read on September 18, 2026. Value Line, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2026 (filed July 29, 2026), and the 10-Ks for fiscal 2019, 2022 and 2023 for the earlier revenue figures, read on EDGAR. Value Line's home page puts the Investment Survey at about 1,600 stocks and its Pro tier table at 1,700; we use the tier table. Prices are list prices for new non-professional subscribers and may differ on renewal or by promotion. Past performance does not guarantee future results. For educational and informational purposes only. Not financial advice. Consult a licensed advisor.
WHAT YOU GET - VALUE LINE SUBSCRIPTION COST
Value Line subscription cost, run on the bench
The flagship is the priciest way to buy Value Line coverage
The $598 Investment Survey works out to about 35 cents per stock covered a year. Investor 2400 is about 19 cents and Investor 600 covers the 600 largest companies for $199. If your portfolio is mostly large caps, the cheaper packages cover your holdings at a third of the price.
The professional line is wider than the exchanges draw it
Value Line counts CPAs, lawyers, academics, insurance and annuity sellers, and anyone affiliated with a bank, trust or government agency as a professional client who needs a Pro license, whatever they use the research for. The NYSE policy most data vendors follow says bank employment alone does not make you a professional. Check which side you are on before you buy the $598 plan.
The prices are public, and nine in ten sales are renewals
Unlike most research vendors, Value Line publishes its retail prices. Its 10-K also shows that renewals made up 85.7% of print sales and 89.8% of digital sales in fiscal 2026. Most customers stay year after year, so the renewal terms matter as much as the first-year price.
Where we lose, stated plainly
AgentTrading does not publish research, rank stocks or project earnings, and it does not replace a Value Line subscription. It tests one rule you can state in a sentence against 20-plus years of adjusted daily history, with costs charged, and tells you honestly whether it held up.
HOW IT WORKS - 4 STEPS
From a sentence to a stamped verdict
Settle whether you are a professional client first
Read Value Line's definition before you look at prices. If you are affiliated with an SEC or FINRA registered broker or adviser, or you are a financial planner, CPA, lawyer, academic, insurance or annuity seller, or you work with a bank, trust institution or government agency, the retail list does not apply to you and you need a Pro quote. Buying the retail plan anyway risks the order being rejected or the term being shortened.
Match the package to what you actually hold
If you hold large caps, Investor 600 at $199 covers the 600 biggest names. If you want the full flagship universe of about 1,700 stocks, the Investment Survey is $598 in either format. If you also want small and mid caps, Savvy Investor at $795 is $28 cheaper than buying Smart Investor and Small Cap Investor separately.
Check your library before paying
Many US public libraries license the online edition for card holders, and Value Line sells library licenses as a product line. If you read Value Line a few times a year, the library copy may be all you need. Subscribe if you want it at your desk every week.
Price the step Value Line does not cover
Value Line tells you what its analysts expect and how its ranks score a stock today. It does not tell you whether a rule built on those numbers would have made money over twenty years. That needs a backtest, which is a separate tool and a separate line in the research budget.
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On the same bench
If the real question is whether $598 is worth paying, is Value Line worth it goes through what the subscription does and does not do for a self-directed investor, and why nine in ten of Value Line's sales are renewals. The professional-investor rule on this page is one of several ways research vendors keep firms off their cheap tiers, and non-professional subscriber status sets Value Line's definition beside the exchange policy and ten other vendors. For the platforms a Value Line reader usually weighs next, Koyfin pricing and YCharts pricing cover the two that sell to advisers, and Morningstar Direct cost covers the institutional end of Morningstar. If you screen on Value Line's ranks and want to know whether a rule would have held up, a stock screener with backtesting explains how screening and testing fit together, and dividend backtesting tests an income rule on total return. The whole category is priced side by side in how much stock analysis software costs.
QUESTIONS - ASKED AND ANSWERED
Value Line subscription cost: the common questions
How much is a Value Line subscription?
A Value Line subscription costs $199 to $795 a year for individual investors, going by Value Line's own store. The flagship Value Line Investment Survey is $598 a year in print or as the digital Smart Investor. Savvy Investor, which adds small and mid caps for more than 3,000 stocks, is $795. Investor 600 is $199, Investor 900 $249 and Investor 2400 $448.
How much does Value Line cost per year?
For an individual investor, the flagship Value Line Investment Survey costs $598 a year, and the most comprehensive retail package, Savvy Investor, costs $795. Professionals pay separately quoted Value Line Pro prices, and Value Line's 10-K says professional clients can pay $100,000 or more a year for comprehensive research. The store lists every retail price as an annual subscription.
Is the digital Value Line cheaper than the print edition?
No. The Value Line Investment Survey costs $598 a year in print and $598 as the digital Smart Investor package. Some smaller packages differ, such as the $249 print Small and Mid-Cap edition, which includes digital access, against the $225 digital-only Small Cap Investor. Value Line's 10-K shows print revenue falling each year while digital holds steady.
What is the difference between Value Line Smart Investor and Savvy Investor?
Smart Investor is the digital edition of the Value Line Investment Survey: about 1,700 stocks covering about 90% of US market capitalization, for $598 a year. Savvy Investor adds the Small Cap Investor package for more than 3,000 stocks in total, for $795. Bought separately, the two would cost $823, so Savvy saves $28.
Who counts as a professional investor at Value Line?
Value Line treats as professional clients anyone affiliated with an SEC or FINRA registered broker or investment adviser, financial planners, CPAs, legal counsel, academic entities, anyone offering life insurance or annuities, anyone affiliated with banks, trust institutions or government agencies, and anyone using the research commercially. Each professional needs their own license, and retail prices do not apply.
How much does Value Line Pro cost?
Value Line does not publish Value Line Pro prices. Pro Basic, Pro Premium and Pro Elite are quoted by phone at 1-800-531-1425 or by email. They differ by coverage, 1,700, 3,400 and 6,000 stocks, and by 3 or 5 years of historical reports. Value Line's 10-K says professional clients pay up to $100,000 or more a year for comprehensive research.
Does Value Line offer a subscription discount?
The store lists fixed annual prices, and the only built-in discount we found is the bundle: Savvy Investor at $795 costs $28 less than its two parts bought separately. Value Line offers one free trial per non-professional investor in any 12 months. Many public libraries also carry the online edition, which is the cheapest way to use it occasionally.
Can I get Value Line through my library?
Often, yes. Value Line sells library licenses, its 10-K lists colleges and municipal libraries among its institutional licensees, and many US public libraries give card holders online access. Library access is for personal research and may limit remote use. If you use Value Line every week, a personal subscription is more practical.
Is Value Line worth the subscription price?
For an investor who uses the one-page reports and ranks every week, $598 buys a long statistical history and projections on about 1,700 stocks that are hard to assemble elsewhere. For an occasional reader, a library copy or the $199 Investor 600 package is usually enough. Value Line does not test whether a rule built on its ranks would have worked; that takes a backtest.
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