Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
63/100RyuScore 63 out of 100, Above average
63
Above average. Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc scores higher than 66% of the 2,291 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and cycle position, held back by return on new capital and capital allocation.
Basic Materials median 54 · all companies 54
Valuation
26% of the score
91median 50
Caledonia Mining Corporation Plc is valued at 11x its operating profit, including debt: a low multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
11x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
Return on capital
18% of the score
62median 23
Over 7 years the business earned 11% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
11%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 9.8%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
0median 33
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 7 cents for every dollar earned. New capital earned -4.5%, and 150% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
-6.7%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
34median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 12.3% a year over 5 years: new shares
0
5%
-3%
12%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 19% a year, sales 19%
85
12%
-2%
0.1%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
83median 63
Today's operating margin of 23% is 0.85x its normal 28%: below its usual level, with room to recover. 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
0.8x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 23%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
100median 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 4.67x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
4.7x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 7.1% of assets
96
8%
0%
-8%
-7.1%
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 2024-12-31, latest annual report FY2024.