NTESNetEase, Inc.

$121.03-14% 1Y

RyuScore

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

RyuScore 88 out of 100, Strong

Strong. NetEase, Inc. scores higher than 99% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by valuation and return on capital, held back by cycle position.

Communication Services median 55 · all companies 50

Valuation

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

100median 13

NetEase, Inc. is valued at 2x its operating profit, including debt: cheap enough for full points.

25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
2x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score, 20% here after data gaps

98median 34

Over 7 years the business earned 24% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
24%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 33%

Return on new capital

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

100median 49

For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 14 cents. New capital earned 90%, and 16% of profit went back into the business.

-5%
12%
14%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

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

77median 64

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

Share countDown 0.8% a year over 5 years: buybacks
73
5%
-3%
-0.8%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 9.3% a year, sales 8.9%
83
12%
-2%
0.4%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

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

40median 62

Today's operating margin of 32% is 1.31x its normal 24%: 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.

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A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 32%

Balance sheet

Taken out: its 8% is shared by the others

n/ano data

No debt or interest figures on file.

Earnings quality

6% of the score, 7% here after data gaps

99median 90

Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.33x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
1.3x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 7.6% of assets
98
8%
0%
-8%
-7.6%
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. For NTES, balance sheet 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 2025-12-31, latest annual report FY2025.