Valuation
26% of the score
94median 56
FactSet is valued at 10.1x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: a low multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
10.1x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
FDSFactSet
$267.63-27% 1Y
$267.63
$188.1752 weeks$370.13
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 81 out of 100, Strong
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Strong. FactSet scores higher than 94% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on capital, with nothing holding it far back.
Financial Services median 63 · all companies 57
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time70
70
63
65
68
73
81
202020212022202320242025today
The biggest move was up 8 points from 2025 to today, mostly valuation.
Return on capital
18% of the score
95median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 22% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
22%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 19%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
77median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 8 cents. New capital earned 10%, and 80% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
8.1%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
55median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 0.1% a year over 5 years: buybacks
645%
-3%
-0.1%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 16% a year, sales 9.2%
4012%
-2%
6.4%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
59median 62
Today's operating margin of 32% is 1.07x its normal 30%: 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
1.1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 32%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
92median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA1.1x a year of EBITDA
854.5x
0.5x
1.1x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 13x
1001.5x
12x
13x
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 1.29x profit over 3 years
990.7x
1x
1.3x
1.3x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 3.1% of assets
768%
0%
-8%
-3.1%
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.