PKXPOSCO Holdings Inc.

$57.90+14% 1Y

RyuScore

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

RyuScore 60 out of 100, Above average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Above average. POSCO Holdings Inc. scores higher than 66% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

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

Basic Materials median 54 · all companies 50

Valuation

26% of the score

95median 13

POSCO Holdings Inc. is valued at 7.4x its operating profit, including debt: a low multiple.

25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
7.4x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

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 1.5%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

12median 49

Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 3 cents for every dollar earned. New capital earned -2.6%, and 113% of profit went back into the business.

-5%
12%
-2.9%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

68median 64

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

Share countDown 0.5% a year over 5 years: buybacks
69
5%
-3%
-0.5%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 5.4% a year, sales 2.5%
65
12%
-2%
2.9%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

100median 62

Today's operating margin of 2% is 0.44x its normal 4.5%: 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
0.4x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 2%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

32median 50

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

Net debt to EBITDA2x a year of EBITDA
63
4.5x
0.5x
2x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 1x
0
1.5x
12x
1.4x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

94median 90

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

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 3.18x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
3.2x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 5.4% of assets
87
8%
0%
-8%
-5.4%
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 2024-12-31, latest annual report FY2024.