ATHMAutohome Inc.

$21.22-26% 1Y

RyuScore

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

RyuScore 71 out of 100, Above average

Above average. Autohome Inc. scores higher than 86% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by valuation and return on capital, held back by return on new capital.

Communication Services median 55 · all companies 50

Valuation

26% of the score, 28% here after data gaps

100median 13

Autohome Inc. is valued at 2.8x its operating profit, including debt: cheap enough for full points.

25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
2.8x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score, 20% here after data gaps

100median 34

Over 7 years the business earned 51% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
51%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 18%

Return on new capital

16% of the score, 17% here after data gaps

0median 49

Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 26 cents for every dollar earned. It did so while using less capital than before.

-5%
12%
-26%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score, 15% here after data gaps

48median 64

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

Share countDown 0.3% a year over 5 years: buybacks
67
5%
-3%
-0.3%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 3.6% a year, sales -5.7%
19
12%
-2%
9.3%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score, 13% here after data gaps

100median 62

Today's operating margin of 12% is 0.61x its normal 20%: near a trough. 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
0.6x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 12%

Balance sheet

Taken out: its 8% is shared by the others

n/ano data

No debt or interest figures on file.

Earnings quality

6% of the score, 7% here after data gaps

46median 90

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

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 0.93x profit over 3 years
46
0.7x
1x
1.3x
0.9x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsProfit ran ahead of cash by 1.9% of assets
46
8%
0%
-8%
1.9%
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. For ATHM, balance sheet 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 2025-12-31, latest annual report FY2025.