AWIArmstrong World Industries, Inc.

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RyuScore

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

RyuScore 80 out of 100, Strong
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Strong. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. scores higher than 94% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by valuation and return on capital, with nothing holding it far back.

Industrials median 61 · all companies 55

How the score has moved

At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time
79
67
74
72
72
77
80
202020212022202320242025today

The biggest move was down 12 points from 2020 to 2021, mostly return on new capital.

Valuation

26% of the score

76median 53

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. is valued at 16.1x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: an ordinary multiple.

60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
16.1x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

85median 24

Over 7 years the business earned 18% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
18%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 22%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

80median 33

For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 9 cents. New capital earned 95%, and 9% of profit went back into the business.

-5%
12%
8.6%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

92median 63

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

Share countDown 1.9% a year over 5 years: buybacks
86
5%
-3%
-1.9%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 2.3% a year, sales 12%
100
12%
-2%
-9.3%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

62median 63

Today's operating margin of 26% is 1.03x its normal 25%: close to its usual level. Normal is half the 10 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
1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 26%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

96median 50

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

Net debt to EBITDA0.8x a year of EBITDA
92
4.5x
0.5x
0.8x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 14x
100
1.5x
12x
14.1x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

74median 90

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

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.07x profit over 3 years
70
0.7x
1x
1.3x
1.1x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 2.5% of assets
72
8%
0%
-8%
-2.5%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.59
79
-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.59
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.