STZConstellation Brands

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RyuScore

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

RyuScore 61 out of 100, Above average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.

Above average. Constellation Brands scores higher than 56% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

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

Consumer Defensive median 65 · all companies 57

Valuation

26% of the score

89median 56

Constellation Brands is valued at 11.8x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: a low multiple.

60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
11.8x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points

Return on capital

18% of the score

40median 34

Over 7 years the business earned 7.3% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
7.3%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 10%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

0median 49

Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 9 cents for every dollar earned. It did so while using less capital than before.

-5%
12%
-8.9%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score

100median 67

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

Assets against salesAssets grew -4.2% a year, sales 1.2%
100
12%
-2%
-5.4%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

58median 62

Today's operating margin of 32% is 1.08x its normal 29%: 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
1.1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow 32%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

48median 50

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

Net debt to EBITDA3.2x a year of EBITDA
33
4.5x
0.5x
3.2x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 8x
64
1.5x
12x
8.2x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

91median 90

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

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.58x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
2.6x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 4.5% of assets
83
8%
0%
-8%
-4.5%
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 2026-05-31, latest annual report FY2026.