Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
53/100RyuScore 53 out of 100, Average
53
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
-50%-40%-30%-20%-10%today+10%+20%+30%
Average. Valaris Limited scores higher than 44% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on new capital and capital allocation, held back by return on capital and earnings quality.
Energy median 64 · all companies 57
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time
7
12
22
18
49
69
53
202020212022202320242025today
The biggest move was up 31 points from 2023 to 2024, mostly valuation.
Valuation
26% of the score, 30% here after data gaps
52median 56
Valaris Limited is valued at 24.5x its operating profit, including debt: a rich multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
24.5x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
Return on capital
18% of the score, 20% here after data gaps
0median 34
Over 7 years the business earned -11% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
-11%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
Return on capital by year
7 years agolatest 13%
Return on new capital
16% of the score, 18% here after data gaps
100median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 20082 cents. It did so while using less capital than before.
-5%
12%
20082%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score, 16% here after data gaps
100median 67
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 18.6% a year over 5 years: buybacks
100
5%
-3%
-19%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -16% a year, sales 11%
100
12%
-2%
-27%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
Taken out: its 12% is shared by the others
n/ano data
Margins have been too thin to measure a cycle against.
Balance sheet
8% of the score, 9% here after data gaps
43median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA1.4x a year of EBITDA
77
4.5x
0.5x
1.4x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 3x
9
1.5x
12x
2.5x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score, 7% here after data gaps
0median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 0.53x profit over 3 years
0
0.7x
1x
1.3x
0.5x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsProfit ran ahead of cash by 9% of assets
0
8%
0%
-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. For VAL, cycle position 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.