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Value Scorecard · run 2026-10-18
11 of the 12 checks that carry a score were scored from the data available. 1 could not be scored (Margin of Safety) and was left out, so the score is out of 55 instead of 60. The label uses the same share of the available points as for a full scorecard. The moat is shown as evidence from the filings, without a score.
Earnings & returns
Diluted EPS: $10.51 (2022), $14.87 (2023), $7.99 (2024), $4.22 (2025). The latest figure is half the 2022 figure or less; the framework scores that as 1.
ROE (net income / common equity): 17.5% (2022), 20.7% (2023), 11.5% (2024), 5.1% (2025). Median 14.5%, lowest 5.1%; the framework scores a median 10-15% as 3.
ROIC of 6.0%: earnings before interest and taxes of $1.76B (pre-tax income $1.13B plus interest expense $628.00M; the 10-K's financial data has no standard operating income figure) divided by $29.40B of capital (total assets $44.53B minus current liabilities $15.13B), fiscal year to Dec 31, 2025, as filed in the 10-K (SEC EDGAR). The framework scores 5-10% as 2.
Net margin of 1.1%; the framework scores 0-5% as 2; gross margin 4.9%, operating margin 4.6%.
Balance sheet & cash
Debt-to-equity of 0.98; the framework scores 0.8-1.5 as 3 (total debt $17.06B, total cash $788.00M).
Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure): -$6.10B (2022), $2.19B (2023), $524.00M (2024), -$879.00M (2025). The latest figure is at or below zero; the framework scores that as 1.
Retained earnings, as filed in the 10-Ks (SEC EDGAR): $10.22B (2022), $12.08B (2023), $12.84B (2024), $13.15B (2025). It rose every year; the framework scores that as 5.
Valuation models
IV = EPS x (8.5 + 2g) x (4.4 / Y) = $5.02 x (8.5 + 2 x 0.0) x (4.4 / 4.5) = $41.72 (EPS CAGR -46.7% floored at 0%; the formula returns a negative value below -4.25% growth). Current price $106.14; price is 154.4% above the model value.
Free cash flow per share is -$33.71; a two-stage DCF cannot be computed from negative free cash flow.
Needs both a Graham value and a DCF value. Graham value $41.72 (price is 154.4% above the model value); DCF value N/A (not comparable).
P/B of 1.28; the framework scores 1.0-1.5 as 4.
Business quality
A moat (a brand, a network, switching costs, patents, scale, a licence) is not a number in the filings, so Valerius doesn’t score it. Below are the figures and the words moat analysis starts from, from the company’s own 10-K filings. The conclusion is yours.
Return on capital, each year
Above 15% in 2 of 4 years (2022-2025); lowest 6.0%, highest 20.2%.
Gross margin, each year
Between 17.5% and 27.2% over 5 years (a range of 9.7 points).
Competition, in the company’s own words · 10-K filed Feb 19, 2026
Due to the commodity nature, markets for our soybeans, soybean meal, and crude soybean oil are highly competitive and subject to product substitution. Competition is principally based on price, quality, product and service offerings, and geographic location. Competition for refined soybean oil is based on a number of factors, including price, raw material procurement, distribution capability, cost structure, brand recognition, product quality, product innovation, technical support, composition and nutritional value, and advertising and promotion.
The opening of the company’s “Competition” section in its 10-K, quoted word for word, not summarized or edited. It is the company’s own description, not Valerius’s view, and may include the company’s expectations. Open the filing.
Return on capital = operating income / (total assets − current liabilities), the ROIC row’s definition; 15% is the framework’s return threshold. For a year whose 10-K financial data has no standard operating income figure, earnings before interest and taxes (pre-tax income plus interest expense) is used. Gross margin = gross profit / revenue. Both from each year’s 10-K via SEC EDGAR. Moat analysis commonly looks at whether returns and margins held up over many years. These figures don’t say whether the company has an advantage, what it is, or whether it will last.
Capital allocation, 2022-2025: dividends or buybacks paid in every year (pass); $4.02B paid out against -$4.27B of free cash flow (fail: free cash flow was negative); total debt $5.62B to $15.86B, up 182.0%, 6.4x EBITDA (fail: up more than 10% and above 2x EBITDA); shares outstanding 0.15B to 0.19B, up 29.0% (fail: up more than 2%). 1 of 4 tests passed; the framework scores that as 2.
Filings
Three kinds of event the company reported to the SEC in the last 5 years, from its filings on SEC EDGAR.
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These are events the company reported to the SEC. An auditor change or a late filing can have many causes; each date links to the filing, where the company explains it. Valerius does not score these.
Graham Formula:
IV = EPS x (8.5 + 2g) x (4.4 / Y)
EPS = $5.02, g = 0.0%, Y = 4.5
g floored at 0.0% (3-year EPS CAGR was -46.7%; below -4.25% the formula returns a negative value)
IV = $41.72
Current price $106.14 vs Graham value $41.72 — price is 154.4% above the model value.
DCF:
FCF/share -$33.705 — a two-stage DCF cannot be computed from negative free cash flow.Data from yfinance summary figures and financial statements, and from the company’s 10-K filings via SEC EDGAR; computed at a price of $106.14. Every score is calculated from the figures by the framework’s fixed rules, and the explanation beside it is generated from the same figures: Graham value, DCF value, margin of safety, ROIC, profit margins, debt-to-equity, price-to-book, EPS trend, ROE trend, free cash flow, retained earnings and capital allocation. No AI is involved in this scorecard. The moat is shown as evidence, without a score. Read each score with the figures beside it. A check that cannot be scored from the available data is shown as not scored and left out of the composite score. Intrinsic value calculations are model outputs based on stated assumptions, not predictions.
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