RYAAYRyanair Holdings plc
Is the business good?
The checks split: nothing decisive, though earnings fully cash-backed (1.7×).
Operating profit is fully backed by cash. Conversion is worsening vs a year ago.
Margins have held roughly steady, a stable cost structure.
A balanced mix of margins, efficiency, and leverage. ROE 22% = margin × turnover × leverage.
Unless marked, from derived.
Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.
How good a business is RYAAY?
Ryanair Holdings plc earns 22% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 13 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 15%
Operating margin · Airlines median 7.5% · fiscal year to FY2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.74×
Cash conversion · 2.43× a year ago · operating cash flow covers the operating profit after tax
- Share count, year on year
- −3.9%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2021 | −51% |
| FY2022 | −7.1% |
| FY2023 | 13% |
| FY2024 | 15% |
| FY2025 | 11% |
| FY2026 | 15% |
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- Operating marginfiscal year to FY2026
- 15%
- Net marginfiscal year to FY2026
- 14%
- Free cash flow margin
- 12%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $15.5B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $1.80B
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $2.17B
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 22%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.