Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
Below average. Knowles Corporation scores higher than 34% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by capital allocation and the balance sheet, held back by return on new capital and return on capital.
Technology median 46 · all companies 55
The biggest move was down 30 points from 2022 to 2023, mostly valuation.
26% of the score, 28% here after data gaps
Knowles Corporation is valued at 26.5x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: a rich multiple.
18% of the score, 19% here after data gaps
Over 7 years the business earned 4.5% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
16% of the score, 17% here after data gaps
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 7 cents for every dollar earned. It did so while using less capital than before.
14% of the score, 15% here after data gaps
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
12% of the score, 13% here after data gaps
Today's operating margin of 15% is 1.39x its normal 10%: near a peak, where margins tend to fall back. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
8% of the score, 9% here after data gaps
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Taken out: its 6% is shared by the others
No cash flow or profit figures on file.
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. For KN, earnings quality could not be measured from the filings, so it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up.
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.
Ranks #19 of 25 by RyuScore