diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index b6a32c9..fbadb9a 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -79,6 +79,18 @@ exports.src = function (stamp) {
   }
 }
 
+exports.val = function (stamp) {
+  if (typeof stamp === 'string') {
+    for (let i = stamp.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
+      if (stamp.charAt(i) === '-') {
+        return stamp.slice(i + 1)
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    return stamp
+  }
+}
+
 exports.hasSrc = function (stamp) {
   if (typeof stamp === 'string') {
     for (let i = 1, len = stamp.length - 1; i < len; i++) {
@@ -93,23 +105,27 @@ exports.setSrc = function (stamp, val) {
   return val + '|' + stamp
 }
 
-exports.type = function (stamp) {
+exports.type = function (stamp, src) {
   if (typeof stamp === 'string') {
     let index
-    let src
-    for (let i = 1, len = stamp.length - 1; i < len; i++) {
+    if (!src) {
+      src = -1
+      for (let j = 1; j < stamp.length - 2; j++) {
+        if (stamp.charAt(j) === '|') {
+          src = j
+          break
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    for (let i = stamp.length - 2; i > src + 1; i--) {
       let char = stamp.charAt(i)
       if (char === '-') {
         index = i
-        if (src) {
-          return stamp.slice(src + 1, index)
-        }
-      } else if (!src && char === '|') {
-        src = i
+        break
       }
     }
-    if (index && !src) {
-      return stamp.slice(0, index)
+    if (index) {
+      return stamp.slice(src + 1, index)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index ad03d86..8b1c561 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -29,13 +29,23 @@ test('parse type', function (t) {
   t.end()
 })
 
+test('parse stamps - val', function (t) {
+  t.plan(5)
+  const stamp = vstamp.create('special-type-of-stamp', 1, 222132123123.001)
+  t.equal(vstamp.type(stamp), 'special-type-of-stamp', 'correct type')
+  t.equal(vstamp.parse(stamp).type, 'special-type-of-stamp', 'correct type (from parse)')
+  t.equal(vstamp.parse(stamp).val, '222132123123.001', 'correct val')
+  t.equal(vstamp.val(stamp), '222132123123.001', 'correct val')
+  t.equal(vstamp.val(100), 100, 'correct val when not a string')
+})
+
 test('parse stamps', function (t) {
   t.plan(6)
   parse('source|type-val', { src: 'source', type: 'type', val: 'val' })
   parse('source|val', { src: 'source', val: 'val' })
   parse(
     'source-source|type|type-val-val|val',
-    { src: 'source-source', val: 'val-val|val', type: 'type|type' }
+    { src: 'source-source', val: 'val|val', type: 'type|type-val' }
   )
   parse('source-source|val', { src: 'source-source', val: 'val' })
   parse('val', { val: 'val' })
diff --git a/test/performance/index.js b/test/performance/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29