SXCSunCoke Energy, Inc.

$9.72+21% 1Y

RyuScore

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

RyuScore 30 out of 100, Below average

Below average. SunCoke Energy, Inc. scores higher than 28% of the 2,291 companies Ryufin scores.

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

Basic Materials median 54 · all companies 54

Valuation

26% of the score

0median 50

An operating loss over the last year: there are no earnings to price.

Return on capital

18% of the score

8median 23

Over 7 years the business earned 3% a year after tax on the capital it uses.

2%
8%
15%
25%
3%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest -3.2%

Return on new capital

16% of the score

0median 33

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

73median 63

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

Share countUp 0.5% a year over 5 years: new shares
56
5%
-3%
0.5%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 2.1% a year, sales 6.6%
100
12%
-2%
-4.5%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score

100median 63

Today's operating margin of -2.7% is -0.34x its normal 7.8%: 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
-0.3x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
Operating margin by year, against its normal level
10 years agonow -2.7%

Balance sheet

8% of the score

0median 50

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

Net debt to EBITDA4.7x a year of EBITDA
0
4.5x
0.5x
4.7x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverAn operating loss: the interest is not covered
0
1.5x
12x
-1.3x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score

100median 90

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

Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 4.83x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
4.8x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 8.9% of assets
100
8%
0%
-8%
-8.9%
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.