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Consolidated Condensed Statements of Income (unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2015 | Jan. 31, 2014 | Jan. 31, 2015 | Jan. 31, 2014
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Investment periodicals and related publications | $ 8,203 us-gaap_SubscriptionRevenue | $ 8,554 us-gaap_SubscriptionRevenue | $ 25,023 us-gaap_SubscriptionRevenue | $ 25,056 us-gaap_SubscriptionRevenue
Copyright data fees | 660 us-gaap_LicensesRevenue | 720 us-gaap_LicensesRevenue | 2,171 us-gaap_LicensesRevenue | 2,183 us-gaap_LicensesRevenue
Total revenues | 8,863 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 9,274 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 27,194 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet | 27,239 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Expenses: |  |  |  |
Advertising and promotion | 963 us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense | 1,030 us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense | 3,316 us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense | 3,188 us-gaap_MarketingAndAdvertisingExpense
Salaries and employee benefits | 3,992 us-gaap_LaborAndRelatedExpense | 4,155 us-gaap_LaborAndRelatedExpense | 11,946 us-gaap_LaborAndRelatedExpense | 12,020 us-gaap_LaborAndRelatedExpense
Production and distribution | 1,859 us-gaap_OtherSellingAndMarketingExpense | 1,737 us-gaap_OtherSellingAndMarketingExpense | 5,258 us-gaap_OtherSellingAndMarketingExpense | 4,798 us-gaap_OtherSellingAndMarketingExpense
Office and administration | 1,198 us-gaap_OtherGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense | 1,344 us-gaap_OtherGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense | 3,715 us-gaap_OtherGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense | 5,110 us-gaap_OtherGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Total expenses | 8,012 us-gaap_OperatingExpenses | 8,266 us-gaap_OperatingExpenses | 24,235 us-gaap_OperatingExpenses | 25,116 us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
Income from operations | 851 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss | 1,008 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss | 2,959 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss | 2,123 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Revenues and profits interests in EAM Trust | 2,024 valu_RevenuesAndProfitsDistributionFromUnconsolidatedEntity | 1,974 valu_RevenuesAndProfitsDistributionFromUnconsolidatedEntity | 5,995 valu_RevenuesAndProfitsDistributionFromUnconsolidatedEntity | 5,597 valu_RevenuesAndProfitsDistributionFromUnconsolidatedEntity
Income from securities transactions, net | 96 us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet | 70 us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet | 203 us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet | 142 us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeNet
Income before income taxes | 2,971 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic | 3,052 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic | 9,157 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic | 7,862 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic
Income tax provision | 794 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | 1,026 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | 2,962 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | 2,775 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income | $ 2,177 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | $ 2,026 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | $ 6,195 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss | $ 5,087 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Earnings per share, basic & fully diluted (in dollars per share) | $ 0.22 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted | $ 0.21 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted | $ 0.63 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted | $ 0.52 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted
Weighted average number of common shares (in shares) | 9,813,371 us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted | 9,826,336 us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted | 9,813,973 us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted | 9,845,925 us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted

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