Valuation
26% of the score
100median 13
Gerdau S.A. is valued at 2.2x its operating profit, including debt: cheap enough for full points.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
2.2x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
GGBGerdau S.A.
$4.79+53% 1Y
$4.79
$2.9952 weeks$5.15
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 68 out of 100, Above average
Above average. Gerdau S.A. scores higher than 81% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on capital, held back by return on new capital and the balance sheet.
Basic Materials median 54 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
73median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 14% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
14%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 3.6%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
0median 49
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 12 cents for every dollar earned. New capital earned -35%, and 34% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
-12%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
78median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countFlat over 2 years
635%
-3%
0%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 5.3% a year, sales 9.8%
10012%
-2%
-4.5%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
100median 62
Today's operating margin of 5.3% is 0.38x its normal 14%: 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.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.4x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 5.3%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
3median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 2x
31.5x
12x
1.8x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
100median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.27x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
2.3x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 7.8% of assets
998%
0%
-8%
-7.8%
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 2025-12-31, latest annual report FY2025.