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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: -$0.49 (2022), $5.01 (2023), $11.89 (2024), $7.40 (2025). It rose every year but one and ended above 2022; the framework scores that as 4.
ROE (net income / common equity): -1.5% (2022), 14.9% (2023), 28.5% (2024), 16.0% (2025). Median 15.4%, lowest -1.5%; the framework scores a median 15-20% as 4.
ROIC of 6.3%: operating income of $3.09B divided by $49.30B of capital (total assets $57.25B minus current liabilities $7.94B), fiscal year to Dec 31, 2025, as filed in the 10-K (SEC EDGAR). The framework scores 5-10% as 2.
Net margin of 11.1%; the framework scores 10-20% as 4; gross margin 22.1%, operating margin 8.7%.
Balance sheet & cash
Debt-to-equity of 0.76; the framework scores 0.3-0.8 as 4 (total debt $24.70B, total cash $697.00M).
Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure): -$4.04B (2022), -$7.72B (2023), -$5.03B (2024), $1.29B (2025). It rose every year but one and ended above 2022; the framework scores that as 4.
Retained earnings, as filed in the 10-Ks (SEC EDGAR): -$496.00M (2022), $761.00M (2023), $4.07B (2024), $5.90B (2025). It rose every year; the framework scores that as 5.
Valuation models
IV = EPS x (8.5 + 2g) x (4.4 / Y) = $10.23 x (8.5 + 2 x 20.0) x (4.4 / 4.5) = $485.13 (EPS CAGR 21.5% capped at 20%). Current price $271.37; price is 44.1% below the model value.
Free cash flow per share is -$18.70; a two-stage DCF cannot be computed from negative free cash flow.
Needs both a Graham value and a DCF value. Graham value $485.13 (price is 44.1% below the model value); DCF value N/A (not comparable).
P/B of 3.02; the framework scores 3.0-5.0 as 2.
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 0 of 5 years (2021-2025); lowest -0.9%, highest 9.4%.
Gross margin, each year
Not reported: the filings don’t state a gross profit or cost of revenue figure, as is common for oil and gas companies, banks and insurers.
Competition, in the company’s own words · 10-K filed Feb 24, 2026
The latest 10-K has no section headed “Competition” that could be quoted. Open the filing to read how the company describes its markets.
Return on capital = operating income / (total assets − current liabilities), the ROIC row’s definition; 15% is the framework’s return threshold. 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); $3.87B paid out against -$15.51B of free cash flow (fail: free cash flow was negative); total debt $5.77B to $8.99B, up 55.9%, 1.5x EBITDA (pass: at most 2x EBITDA); shares outstanding 0.33B to 0.31B, down 4.5% (pass). 3 of 4 tests passed; the framework scores that as 4.
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 = $10.23, g = 20.0%, Y = 4.5
g capped at 20.0% (3-year EPS CAGR was 21.5%)
IV = $485.13
Current price $271.37 vs Graham value $485.13 — price is 44.1% below the model value.
DCF:
FCF/share -$18.699 — 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 $271.37. 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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