Valuation
26% of the score
0median 13
Walmart is valued at 30.1x its operating profit, including debt: past the 25 times where this criterion gives nothing.
25x
20x
15x
10x
6x
30.1x
Full points at 6x or less, none from 25xfull points
WMTWalmart
$108.74+8.8% 1Y
$108.74
$99.8152 weeks$134.20
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. Walmart scores higher than 57% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by capital allocation and return on capital, held back by valuation.
Consumer Defensive median 60 · all companies 50
Return on capital
18% of the score
65median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 12% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
12%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 13%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
61median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 5 cents. New capital earned 23%, and 24% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
5.4%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
87median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 1.3% a year over 5 years: buybacks
785%
-3%
-1.3%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 2.4% a year, sales 5%
10012%
-2%
-2.6%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
62median 62
Today's operating margin of 4.4% is 1.04x its normal 4.2%: 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 4.4%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
96median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA0.8x a year of EBITDA
924.5x
0.5x
0.8x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 17x
1001.5x
12x
17.4x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
98median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 2.00x profit over 3 years
1000.7x
1x
1.3x
2x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 7.2% of assets
968%
0%
-8%
-7.2%
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 2026-07-31, latest annual report FY2026.
Consumer Defensive
Ranks #61 of 109 by RyuScore