CHDNChurchill Downs Incorporated

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RyuScore

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

RyuScore 70 out of 100, Above average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Above average. Churchill Downs Incorporated scores higher than 75% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

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

Consumer Cyclical median 67 · all companies 57

How the score has moved

At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time
43
45
49
52
57
65
70
202020212022202320242025today

The biggest move was up 8 points from 2024 to 2025, mostly capital allocation.

Valuation

26% of the score

86median 56

Churchill Downs Incorporated is valued at 12.6x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: an ordinary multiple.

60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
12.6x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

39median 34

Over 7 years the business earned 7.2% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
7.2%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 7.6%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

100median 49

For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 20 cents. New capital earned 9.2%, and 219% of profit went back into the business.

-5%
12%
20%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

94median 64

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

Share countDown 2.2% a year over 5 years: buybacks
90
5%
-3%
-2.2%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 20% a year, sales 23%
100
12%
-2%
-2.4%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

45median 62

Today's operating margin of 24% is 1.25x its normal 19%: 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 24%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

5median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA4.8x a year of EBITDA
0
4.5x
0.5x
4.8x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 3x
9
1.5x
12x
2.5x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

93median 90

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

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.75x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
1.7x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 5.2% of assets
86
8%
0%
-8%
-5.2%
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 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.