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RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 78 out of 100, Strong
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Strong. AppLovin scores higher than 92% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by valuation and return on capital, held back by cycle position.

Technology median 46 · all companies 55

How the score has moved

At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time
9
49
49
60
78
2022202320242025today

The biggest move was up 40 points from 2022 to 2023, mostly return on new capital.

Valuation

26% of the score

75median 53

AppLovin is valued at 16.3x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: an ordinary multiple.

60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
16.3x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

100median 24

Over 5 years the business earned 33% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
33%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
5 years agolatest 95%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

100median 33

For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 43 cents. New capital earned 242%, and 18% of profit went back into the business.

-5%
12%
43%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

78median 63

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countDown 0.1% a year over 4 years: buybacks
63
5%
-3%
-0.1%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 28% a year, sales 30%
100
12%
-2%
-2.9%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

0median 63

Today's operating margin of 77% is 3.58x its normal 22%: near a peak, where margins tend to fall back. Normal is half the 7 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
3.6x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
7 years agonow 77%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

100median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA0.1x a year of EBITDA
100
4.5x
0.5x
0.1x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 27x
100
1.5x
12x
26.6x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

97median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.35x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
1.4x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 9.7% of assets
100
8%
0%
-8%
-9.7%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.84
92
-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.84
0 pointsfull points

How the RyuScore works

Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.

Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.