Valuation
26% of the score
80median 50
Nathan's Famous, Inc. is valued at 14.7x its operating profit, including debt: an ordinary multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
14.7x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
NATHNathan's Famous, Inc.
$101.76-1.8% 1Y
$101.76
$88.9852 weeks$106.89
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 80 out of 100, Strong
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Strong. Nathan's Famous, Inc. scores higher than 93% of the 2,291 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on capital, with nothing holding it far back.
Consumer Cyclical median 65 · all companies 54
Return on capital
18% of the score
100median 23
Over 7 years the business earned 190% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
190%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 178%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
49median 33
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 3 cents. It did so while using less capital than before.
-5%
12%
3.3%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
77median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countFlat over 5 years
625%
-3%
0%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -13% a year, sales 16%
10012%
-2%
-30%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
100median 63
Today's operating margin of 18% is 0.69x its normal 26%: 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
0.7x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 18%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
92median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA0.7x a year of EBITDA
944.5x
0.5x
0.7x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 11x
901.5x
12x
10.9x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
47median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.00x profit over 3 years
590.7x
1x
1.3x
1x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsProfit ran ahead of cash by 3.3% of assets
358%
0%
-8%
3.3%
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 2026-06-28, latest annual report FY2025.