UPBDUpbound Group, Inc.

$15.80-33% 1Y

RyuScore

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

RyuScore 59 out of 100, Average

Average. Upbound Group, Inc. scores higher than 53% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.

Carried by valuation and earnings quality, held back by return on new capital and the balance sheet.

Technology median 48 · all companies 57

Valuation

26% of the score, 32% here after data gaps

100median 56

Upbound Group, Inc. is valued at 4.1x its operating profit before acquisition amortisation (EBITA), including debt: cheap enough for full points.

60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
4.1x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points

Return on capital

Taken out: its 18% is shared by the others

n/ano data

Fewer than three years of operating profit and capital on file.

Return on new capital

16% of the score, 20% here after data gaps

5median 49

Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 4 cents for every dollar earned.

-5%
12%
-4.2%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points

Capital allocation

14% of the score, 17% here after data gaps

57median 64

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

Share countUp 1% a year over 5 years: new shares
50
5%
-3%
1%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 13% a year, sales 11%
67
12%
-2%
2.6%
0 pointsfull points

Cycle position

12% of the score, 15% here after data gaps

59median 62

Today's operating margin of 5.1% is 1.07x its normal 4.8%: 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 5.1%

Balance sheet

8% of the score, 10% here after data gaps

7median 50

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

Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 2x
7
1.5x
12x
2.2x
0 pointsfull points

Earnings quality

6% of the score, 7% here after data gaps

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 3.19x profit over 3 years
100
0.7x
1x
1.3x
3.2x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 7.8% of assets
99
8%
0%
-8%
-7.8%
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. For UPBD, return on capital could not be measured from the filings, so it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up.

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.

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