KNKnowles Corporation

$37.24+74% 1Y

RyuScore

Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.

RyuScore 28 out of 100, Weak
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Weak. Knowles Corporation scores higher than 24% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by capital allocation and the balance sheet, held back by valuation and return on new capital.

Technology median 43 · all companies 50

Valuation

26% of the score, 28% here after data gaps

0median 13

Knowles Corporation is valued at 37.1x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: past the 25 times where this criterion gives nothing.

25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
37.1x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score, 19% here after data gaps

19median 34

Over 7 years the business earned 4.5% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
4.5%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 6.1%

Return on new capital

16% of the score, 17% here after data gaps

0median 49

Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 7 cents for every dollar earned. It did so while using less capital than before.

-5%
12%
-6.9%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score, 15% here after data gaps

86median 64

How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.

Share countDown 1.1% a year over 5 years: buybacks
76
5%
-3%
-1.1%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -8.7% a year, sales -4.9%
100
12%
-2%
-3.7%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score, 13% here after data gaps

42median 62

Today's operating margin of 13% is 1.28x its normal 10%: 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
1.3x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 13%

Balance sheet

8% of the score, 9% here after data gaps

69median 50

What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.

Net debt to EBITDA0.8x a year of EBITDA
92
4.5x
0.5x
0.8x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 6x
46
1.5x
12x
6.3x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

Taken out: its 6% is shared by the others

n/ano data

No cash flow or profit figures on file.

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. For KN, earnings quality could not be measured from the filings, so it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up.

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 2026-03-31, latest annual report FY2025.