Valuation
26% of the score
42median 56
Winmark Corporation is valued at 28.4x its operating profit, including debt: a rich multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
28.4x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
WINAWinmark Corporation
$299.63-35% 1Y
$299.63
$285.5952 weeks$502.29
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 70 out of 100, Above average
Above average. Winmark Corporation scores higher than 74% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on capital and capital allocation, held back by valuation.
Consumer Cyclical median 67 · all companies 57
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time83
82
85
73
70
2020202120222023today
The biggest move was down 12 points from 2022 to 2023, mostly valuation.
Return on capital
18% of the score
100median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 255% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
255%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 463%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
46median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 3 cents. It did so while using less capital than before.
-5%
12%
2.8%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
85median 67
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 0.9% a year over 5 years: buybacks
745%
-3%
-0.9%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew -4.5% a year, sales 5.4%
10012%
-2%
-9.9%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
68median 62
Today's operating margin of 62% is 0.98x its normal 64%: 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
1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 62%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
100median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 22x
1001.5x
12x
22x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
90median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.08x profit over 3 years
700.7x
1x
1.3x
1.1x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 12.5% of assets
1008%
0%
-8%
-13%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-3.07
100-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-3.07
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 2026-06-27, latest annual report FY2025.
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