Valuation
26% of the score
38median 53
Walmart is valued at 30.7x its operating profit, including debt: a very rich multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
30.7x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
WMTWalmart
$119.95+13% 1Y
$119.95
$100.0152 weeks$134.20
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 64 out of 100, Above average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Above average. Walmart scores higher than 66% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by capital allocation and return on capital, held back by valuation.
Consumer Defensive median 63 · all companies 55
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time68
71
71
71
67
64
64
202120222023202420252026today
Return on capital
18% of the score
65median 24
Over 7 years the business earned 12% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
12%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 13%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
61median 33
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 5 cents. New capital earned 23%, and 24% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
5.4%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
87median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 1.3% a year over 5 years: buybacks
785%
-3%
-1.3%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 2.4% a year, sales 5%
10012%
-2%
-2.6%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
62median 63
Today's operating margin of 4.4% is 1.04x its normal 4.2%: close to 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
1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 4.4%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
96median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA0.8x a year of EBITDA
924.5x
0.5x
0.8x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 17x
1001.5x
12x
17.4x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
98median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.00x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
2x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 7.2% of assets
968%
0%
-8%
-7.2%
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 2026-07-31, latest annual report FY2026.
Consumer Defensive
Ranks #56 of 126 by RyuScore