Valuation
26% of the score
100median 53
Caleres, Inc. is valued at 7.9x its operating profit, including debt: cheap enough for full points.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
7.9x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
CALCaleres, Inc.
$12.95+7.2% 1Y
$12.95
$8.7652 weeks$14.73
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. Caleres, Inc. scores higher than 91% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on new capital, held back by return on capital.
Consumer Cyclical median 66 · all companies 55
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time26
49
48
71
75
48
78
202020212022202320242025today
The biggest move was up 30 points from 2025 to today, mostly valuation.
Return on capital
18% of the score
4median 24
Over 7 years the business earned 2.6% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
2.6%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 0.4%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
100median 33
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 36 cents. New capital earned 89%, and 40% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
36%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
98median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 2.7% a year over 5 years: buybacks
965%
-3%
-2.7%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 1% a year, sales 5.4%
10012%
-2%
-4.4%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
100median 63
Today's operating margin of 3% is 0.55x its normal 5.6%: near a trough. 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
0.5x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 3%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
47median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA2x a year of EBITDA
624.5x
0.5x
2x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 5x
311.5x
12x
4.8x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
94median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.50x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
1.5x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 5.7% of assets
898%
0%
-8%
-5.7%
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 2026-08-01, latest annual report FY2025.