Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
50/100RyuScore 50 out of 100, Average
50
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
-50%-40%-30%-20%-10%today+10%+20%+30%
Average. Sasol Limited scores higher than 44% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and capital allocation, held back by return on capital and return on new capital.
Basic Materials median 57 · all companies 55
Valuation
26% of the score
100median 53
Sasol Limited is valued at 3.5x its operating profit, including debt: cheap enough for full points.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
3.5x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
Return on capital
18% of the score
0median 24
Over 3 years the business earned -8.2% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
-8.2%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
3 years agolatest -27%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
0median 33
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 23 cents for every dollar earned.
-5%
12%
-23%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
73median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 0.7% a year over 5 years: new shares
54
5%
-3%
0.7%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 0.2% a year, sales 6.2%
100
12%
-2%
-6%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
47median 63
Today's operating margin of 9.4% is 1.23x its normal 7.7%: above 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
1.2x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 9.4%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
37median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA2x a year of EBITDA
62
4.5x
0.5x
2x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 3x
12
1.5x
12x
2.7x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
88median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 5.6% of assets
88
8%
0%
-8%
-5.6%
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 FY2026.