Valuation
26% of the score
70median 56
AutoZone is valued at 18x its operating profit, including debt: an ordinary multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
18x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
AZOAutoZone
$2,914.63-31% 1Y
$2,914.63
$2.8K52 weeks$4.4K
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 79 out of 100, Strong
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Strong. AutoZone scores higher than 91% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on capital, with nothing holding it far back.
Consumer Cyclical median 67 · all companies 57
Return on capital
18% of the score
100median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 38% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
38%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 32%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
66median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 6 cents. New capital earned 31%, and 20% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
6.2%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
100median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 6.5% a year over 5 years: buybacks
1005%
-3%
-6.5%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 6.1% a year, sales 8.4%
10012%
-2%
-2.4%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
75median 62
Today's operating margin of 18% is 0.91x its normal 20%: 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
0.9x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 18%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
53median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA2.3x a year of EBITDA
564.5x
0.5x
2.3x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 7x
491.5x
12x
6.7x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
77median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.18x profit over 3 years
840.7x
1x
1.3x
1.2x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 3.4% of assets
778%
0%
-8%
-3.4%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.41
70-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.41
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 2026-05-09, latest annual report FY2025.
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