Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
Average. Flowers Foods, Inc. scores higher than 43% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by cycle position and capital allocation, held back by return on new capital and return on capital.
Consumer Defensive median 65 · all companies 57
26% of the score
Flowers Foods, Inc. is valued at 20.7x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: a rich multiple.
18% of the score
Over 7 years the business earned 7.4% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
16% of the score
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 4 cents for every dollar earned. New capital earned -5.7%, and 70% of profit went back into the business.
14% of the score
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
12% of the score
Today's operating margin of 3.2% is 0.52x its normal 6.2%: near a trough. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
8% of the score
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
6% of the score
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
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 2026-07-18, latest annual report FY2025.