Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
36/100RyuScore 36 out of 100, Below average
36
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
-50%-40%-30%-20%-10%today+10%+20%+30%
Below average. Scholastic Corporation scores higher than 32% of the 2,291 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by capital allocation and cycle position, held back by valuation and return on capital.
Communication Services median 55 · all companies 54
Valuation
26% of the score
7median 50
Scholastic Corporation is valued at 51.1x its operating profit, including debt: a very rich multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
51.1x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
Return on capital
18% of the score
0median 23
Over 7 years the business earned 1.3% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
1.3%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 0.9%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
0median 33
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 10 cents for every dollar earned. New capital earned -17%, and 63% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
-11%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
100median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 6.7% a year over 5 years: buybacks
100
5%
-3%
-6.7%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -3% a year, sales 4%
100
12%
-2%
-7%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
100median 63
Today's operating margin of 1% is 0.41x its normal 2.4%: 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 1%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
44median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA1x a year of EBITDA
88
4.5x
0.5x
1x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 1x
0
1.5x
12x
1.1x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
79median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 4.93x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
4.9x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsProfit ran ahead of cash by 0.3% of assets
58
8%
0%
-8%
0.3%
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 2026-08-31, latest annual report FY2026.