DJCODaily Journal Corporation

$643.08+52% 1Y

RyuScore

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

RyuScore 32 out of 100, Below average

Below average. Daily Journal Corporation scores higher than 30% of the 2,291 companies Ryufin scores.

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

Technology median 43 · all companies 54

Valuation

26% of the score

0median 50

Daily Journal Corporation is valued at 66.5x its operating profit, including debt: past the 60 times where this criterion gives nothing.

60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
66.5x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

0median 23

Over 7 years the business earned n/a a year after tax on the capital it uses.

Return on new capital

16% of the score

100median 33

For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 27 cents. It did so while using less capital than before.

-5%
12%
27%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

54median 63

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

Share countDown 0% a year over 7 years: buybacks
63
5%
-3%
-0%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 18% a year, sales 12%
42
12%
-2%
6.2%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

0median 63

Today's operating margin of 14% is 4.86x its normal 2.8%: near a peak, where margins tend to fall back. 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
4.9x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 14%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

100median 50

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

Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 60x
100
1.5x
12x
59.5x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

0median 90

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

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 0.13x profit over 3 years
0
0.7x
1x
1.3x
0.1x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsProfit ran ahead of cash by 20.8% of assets
0
8%
0%
-8%
21%
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.