CNMCore & Main, Inc.

$42.40-36% 1Y

RyuScore

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

RyuScore 77 out of 100, Strong
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Strong. Core & Main, Inc. scores higher than 94% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by valuation and return on new capital, with nothing holding it far back.

Industrials median 53 · all companies 50

Valuation

26% of the score

71median 13

Core & Main, Inc. is valued at 12.8x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: an ordinary multiple.

25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
12.8x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

69median 34

Over 5 years the business earned 13% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
13%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
5 years agolatest 11%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

95median 49

For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 11 cents. New capital earned 18%, and 64% of profit went back into the business.

-5%
12%
11%
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 5.1% a year over 4 years: buybacks
100
5%
-3%
-5.1%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 9.2% a year, sales 16%
100
12%
-2%
-6.8%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

68median 62

Today's operating margin of 9.6% is 0.97x its normal 9.9%: close to its usual level. Normal is half the 7 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
1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
7 years agonow 9.6%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

50median 50

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

Net debt to EBITDA2.3x a year of EBITDA
55
4.5x
0.5x
2.3x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 6x
45
1.5x
12x
6.2x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

87median 90

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

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.91x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
1.9x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 3.5% of assets
78
8%
0%
-8%
-3.5%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.65
82
-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.65
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 2026-08-02, latest annual report FY2025.