Valuation
26% of the score
99median 13
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. is valued at 6.3x its operating profit, including debt: a low multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
6.3x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
SBHSally Beauty Holdings, Inc.
$16.94+15% 1Y
$16.94
$11.8252 weeks$17.18
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 73 out of 100, Above average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Above average. Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. scores higher than 89% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and return on capital, held back by return on new capital.
Consumer Cyclical median 61 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
73median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 14% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
14%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 11%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
21median 49
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 2 cents for every dollar earned. New capital earned -5.9%, and 26% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
-1.5%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
90median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 2% a year over 5 years: buybacks
875%
-3%
-2%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -0.2% a year, sales 1%
9412%
-2%
-1.2%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
76median 62
Today's operating margin of 8.4% is 0.91x its normal 9.3%: 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
0.9x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 8.4%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
53median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA1.5x a year of EBITDA
744.5x
0.5x
1.5x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 5x
321.5x
12x
4.9x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
85median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.44x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
1.4x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 2.8% of assets
748%
0%
-8%
-2.8%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.60
80-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.60
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.