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RyuScore

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

RyuScore 77 out of 100, Strong
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Strong. Netflix scores higher than 90% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.

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

Communication Services median 56 · all companies 55

How the score has moved

At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time
44
49
63
63
62
68
77
202020212022202320242025today

The biggest move was up 14 points from 2021 to 2022, mostly valuation.

Valuation

26% of the score

72median 53

Netflix is valued at 17.4x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: an ordinary multiple.

60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
17.4x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

92median 24

Over 7 years the business earned 21% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
21%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 32%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

100median 33

For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 15 cents. New capital earned 66%, and 23% of profit went back into the business.

-5%
12%
15%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

84median 63

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

Share countDown 0.9% a year over 5 years: buybacks
74
5%
-3%
-0.9%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 7.2% a year, sales 13%
100
12%
-2%
-5.4%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

19median 63

Today's operating margin of 31% is 1.61x its normal 19%: 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.

2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1.6x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 31%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

100median 50

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

Net debt to EBITDA0.4x a year of EBITDA
100
4.5x
0.5x
0.4x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 18x
100
1.5x
12x
18.2x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

61median 90

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

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 0.99x profit over 3 years
58
0.7x
1x
1.3x
1x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsProfit ran ahead of cash by 1.5% of assets
49
8%
0%
-8%
1.5%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.52
75
-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.52
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 2026-09-30, latest annual report FY2025.