Valuation
26% of the score
0median 56
An operating loss over the last year: there are no earnings to price.
IPInternational Paper
$34.02-27% 1Y
$34.02
$28.9552 weeks$47.99
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 23 out of 100, Weak
Weak. International Paper scores higher than 19% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by cycle position and earnings quality, held back by valuation and return on capital.
Basic Materials median 59 · all companies 57
Return on capital
18% of the score
0median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 1.6% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
1.6%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest -13%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
0median 49
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 194 cents for every dollar earned. New capital earned -85%, and 228% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
-194%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
40median 67
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 5% a year over 5 years: new shares
05%
-3%
5%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 3.7% a year, sales 6.1%
10012%
-2%
-2.5%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
100median 62
Today's operating margin of -12% is -2.05x its normal 6%: 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
-2.1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow -12%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
0median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDANet debt with no operating cash profit.
0Interest coverAn operating loss: the interest is not covered
01.5x
12x
-5.4x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
96median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 17.2% of assets
1008%
0%
-8%
-17%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.84
92-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.84
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 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.
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