RAMPLiveRamp Holdings, Inc.

$37.55+36% 1Y

Is the business good?

Mixed

The checks split: nothing decisive, though margins widening.

1 good, 1 neutral, 2 without data
Margin direction, 3 years+27.8 pts

Positive operating leverage, operating profit is growing faster than sales, so margins widen as the business scales.

Where ROE comes from8% ROA

Margin-driven, fat margins on slower asset turns. ROE 11% = margin × turnover × leverage.

All from derived.

Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.

How good a business is RAMP?

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc. earns 13% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.

13%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 3.6 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value

Operating margin
12%

Operating margin · Software - Infrastructure median 5.8% · 12 months to Q1 2027

Share count, year on year
−7.3%

Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company

R&D as % of revenue
18%

R&D as % of revenue

Operating margin by fiscal year
YearOperating margin
FY2021−27%
FY2022−12%
FY2023−21%
FY20241.7%
FY20250.72%
FY202610%
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Gross margin12 months to Q1 2027
71%
Operating margin12 months to Q1 2027
12%
Net margin12 months to Q1 2027
19%
R&D as % of revenue
18%
Revenue, trailing twelve months
$832M
Net income, trailing twelve months
$156M
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
13%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.

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