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Is the business good?

Mixed

The checks split: nothing decisive, though elite returns on assets.

1 good, 1 neutral, 2 without data
Margin direction, 3 yearsStable

Margins have held roughly steady, a stable cost structure.

Where ROE comes from18% ROA

High-quality, exceptional returns on the assets themselves, not leverage. ROE 24% = margin × turnover × leverage.

All from derived.

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

How good a business is JOYY?

JOYY Inc. earns −8.3% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.

−8.3%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 17 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value

Operating margin
−21%

Operating margin · Internet Content & Information median 4.9% · fiscal year to FY2020

Share count, year on year
+3.6%

Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago

R&D as % of revenue
16%

R&D as % of revenue

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Gross marginfiscal year to FY2020
28%
Operating marginfiscal year to FY2020
−21%
Net marginfiscal year to FY2020
73%
Free cash flow margin
18%
R&D as % of revenue
16%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$13.2B
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$2.38B
Net income, trailing twelve months
$9.68B
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
−8.3%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.