Valuation
26% of the score
58median 56
Exponent, Inc. is valued at 22.1x its operating profit, including debt: a rich multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
22.1x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
EXPOExponent, Inc.
$64.33-8.2% 1Y
$64.33
$53.3952 weeks$79.04
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 72 out of 100, Above average
Above average. Exponent, Inc. scores higher than 78% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on capital and capital allocation, held back by return on new capital.
Industrials median 61 · all companies 57
Return on capital
18% of the score
100median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 32% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
32%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 24%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
40median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 2 cents. New capital earned 5.8%, and 31% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
1.8%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
83median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 0.8% a year over 5 years: buybacks
725%
-3%
-0.8%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 6% a year, sales 7.8%
9812%
-2%
-1.8%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
64median 62
Today's operating margin of 22% is 1.02x its normal 22%: close to 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
1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 22%
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 63790x
1001.5x
12x
63789.5x
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 1.28x profit over 3 years
970.7x
1x
1.3x
1.3x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 3.3% of assets
778%
0%
-8%
-3.3%
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 2026-07-03, latest annual report FY2025.
Engineering & Construction
Ranks #5 of 22 by RyuScore