Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
62/100RyuScore 62 out of 100, Above average
62
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
-50%-40%-30%-20%-10%today+10%+20%+30%
Above average. Clorox scores higher than 71% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on capital, held back by return on new capital and cycle position.
Consumer Defensive median 60 · all companies 50
Valuation
26% of the score
76median 13
Clorox is valued at 11.8x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: a low multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
11.8x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
Return on capital
18% of the score
83median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 17% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
17%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 24%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
0median 49
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 11 cents for every dollar earned. It did so while using less capital than before.
-5%
12%
-11%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
82median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 0.5% a year over 5 years: buybacks
69
5%
-3%
-0.5%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -2.2% a year, sales 1.1%
100
12%
-2%
-3.3%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
37median 62
Today's operating margin of 17% is 1.35x its normal 13%: 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
1.3x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 17%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
80median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.29x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
2.3x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 3% of assets
75
8%
0%
-8%
-3%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.52
75
-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.52
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 2026-03-31, latest annual report FY2025.