RPM International Inc. (RPM) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 77 Materials companies.
RPM International Inc. (RPM) scores 6.4 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as solid quality. The reading rests on solvency, and growth is what holds it back.
One pillar, efficiency, is unscored because the filings behind it carry too little to judge. It is shown as a dash rather than a zero, and the overall score is the weighted average of what could be scored.
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The Quality Score for RPM stands at 6.4 out of 10 as of October 19, 2026, which puts RPM International Inc. in the solid quality band. This band covers companies that do several things well but not everything, so the pillar detail below matters more than the headline. It rolls RPM International Inc.’s profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability into one number, each judged against the norms of its sector.
Ranked with the 77 Materials companies Lemma publishes, the score sits at the 79th percentile, in the top quarter of its peers. A typical company in the group scores 4.4, and the best quarter starts from 6.2. RPM International Inc. is well above that typical reading.
On profitability, RPM International Inc. scores 6.7, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 4.4 across 74 Materials companies, which places it well above them, at the 78th percentile. An average profitability reading usually means the company earns a fair return without obvious pricing power, so the other pillars decide more of the story.
Solvency scores 7.3 out of 10, which reads as strong. The median across 66 Materials companies is 6.7, so RPM International Inc. is above its peers on this pillar and ranks at the 58th percentile. A high solvency score means leverage is modest relative to earnings and cash flow, which gives management room to act in a bad year.
On growth, RPM International Inc. scores 4.9, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 3.2 across 57 Materials companies, which places it well above them, at the 66th percentile. Growth near the median is neither a reason to buy nor a concern, but it does mean the quality case rests more on the other pillars.
Efficiency has no score for RPM International Inc. Fewer than half of the pillar’s metric weight could be computed from the reported statements, so it is drawn as a dash and left out of the overall rather than counted as a zero. For context, the median efficiency score across 71 Materials companies is 5.2. Without it the overall cannot say how well reported profit turns into cash.
RPM International Inc.’s predictability score is 6.6 out of 10 (average). Against a median of 4.5 among 76 Materials companies, that is well above the group and the 88th percentile. An average predictability reading means results have wobbled about as much as is normal for the sector.
Solvency at 7.3 is RPM International Inc.’s best pillar and growth at 4.9 its weakest. The 2.4 point gap between them is worth keeping in mind when reading the overall. Leading with solvency is a defensive strength: it protects the business more than it grows it. Slow growth limits how fast the business can compound, even when everything else is in order.
RPM International Inc. has no pillar below the median of Materials companies, which leaves little room to rise. Its exposure is to slippage instead, and profitability carries the most weight: one point less there would mean an overall of roughly 6.1 rather than 6.4. With one pillar unscored, the overall rests on 85 of the 100 weight points, spread across the four pillars that could be measured (the full set is profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20).
For a fair comparison, start with companies of a similar size: the Materials companies below are nearest to RPM International Inc. by market value, each scored on the same pillars.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading RPM International Inc. scores 6.4 out of 10, which reads as solid quality. Its strongest pillar is solvency, its weakest is growth. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
RPM International Inc. ranks at the 79th percentile of the 77 Materials companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 4.4 and the top quarter starts at 6.2, against RPM International Inc.’s 6.4.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 19, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for RPM are in the app.
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