Valuation
26% of the score
67median 13
Gold Fields Limited is valued at 13.6x its operating profit, including debt: an ordinary multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
13.6x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
GFIGold Fields Limited
$35.17+1.6% 1Y
$35.17
$31.2752 weeks$59.77
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 73 out of 100, Above average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Above average. Gold Fields Limited scores higher than 88% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on capital, with nothing holding it far back.
Basic Materials median 54 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
83median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 17% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
17%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 20%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
74median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 8 cents. New capital earned 24%, and 32% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
7.5%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
68median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 1.3% a year over 5 years: new shares
465%
-3%
1.3%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 9.1% a year, sales 12%
10012%
-2%
-2.8%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
51median 62
Today's operating margin of 44% is 1.18x its normal 37%: above 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
1.2x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 44%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
99median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA0.6x a year of EBITDA
984.5x
0.5x
0.6x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 17x
1001.5x
12x
17.4x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
90median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.57x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
1.6x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 3.9% of assets
808%
0%
-8%
-3.9%
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 2024-12-31, latest annual report FY2024.