Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
72/100RyuScore 72 out of 100, Above average
72
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
-50%-40%-30%-20%-10%today+10%+20%+30%
Above average. McDonald's scores higher than 80% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on capital, with nothing holding it far back.
Consumer Cyclical median 67 · all companies 57
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time
61
65
65
65
72
2020202120222023today
The biggest move was up 7 points from 2023 to today, mostly capital allocation.
Valuation
26% of the score
69median 56
McDonald's is valued at 18.5x its operating profit, including debt: an ordinary multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
18.5x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
Return on capital
18% of the score
86median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 18% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
18%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 18%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
62median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 5 cents. New capital earned 29%, and 19% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
5.5%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
92median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 1.9% a year over 5 years: buybacks
86
5%
-3%
-1.9%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 2.5% a year, sales 7%
100
12%
-2%
-4.5%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
60median 62
Today's operating margin of 46% is 1.06x its normal 44%: close to 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
1.1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 46%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
54median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA2.6x a year of EBITDA
48
4.5x
0.5x
2.6x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 8x
61
1.5x
12x
7.9x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
80median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.17x profit over 3 years
83
0.7x
1x
1.3x
1.2x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 3.5% of assets
77
8%
0%
-8%
-3.5%
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.