Valuation
26% of the score
73median 13
Verizon is valued at 12.4x its operating profit, including debt: an ordinary multiple.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
12.4x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
VZVerizon
$46.69+11% 1Y
$46.69
$37.1952 weeks$51.39
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 55 out of 100, Average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Average. Verizon scores higher than 57% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by valuation and cycle position, held back by return on new capital and return on capital.
Communication Services median 55 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
41median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 7.4% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
7.4%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 6.7%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
24median 49
Over 6 years yearly profit fell by 1 cents for every dollar earned. New capital earned -1.9%, and 44% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
-0.9%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
59median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 0.4% a year over 5 years: new shares
575%
-3%
0.4%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 5% a year, sales 1.5%
6112%
-2%
3.5%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
72median 62
Today's operating margin of 21% is 0.94x its normal 22%: 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
0.9x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 21%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
25median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA3.4x a year of EBITDA
274.5x
0.5x
3.4x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 4x
231.5x
12x
3.9x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
93median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.41x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
2.4x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 5.1% of assets
858%
0%
-8%
-5.1%
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.
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