Valuation
26% of the score
46median 13
American States Water Company is valued at 17.4x its operating profit, including debt: an ordinary multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
17.4x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
AWRAmerican States Water Company
$81.38+13% 1Y
$81.38
$68.9452 weeks$91.04
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 53 out of 100, Average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Average. American States Water Company scores higher than 54% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on new capital and earnings quality, held back by return on capital and the balance sheet.
Utilities median 40 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
35median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 6.7% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
6.7%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 6.6%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
74median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 8 cents. New capital earned 7.3%, and 102% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
7.5%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
58median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 0.9% a year over 5 years: new shares
515%
-3%
0.9%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 8.7% a year, sales 6.2%
6812%
-2%
2.5%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
56median 62
Today's operating margin of 32% is 1.11x its normal 29%: 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
1.1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 32%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
40median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA2.6x a year of EBITDA
494.5x
0.5x
2.6x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 5x
311.5x
12x
4.7x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
86median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.32x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
1.3x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 3.8% of assets
798%
0%
-8%
-3.8%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.59
79-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.59
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 FY2025.
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