Profitability
Weight: 20%
B-
66
- 5yr Avg ROIC 15.1%
- Operating Margin Trend -0.57 pp/yr
AXL
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.
AlphaQuality composite grade, weighted for stable earnings power businesses.
⚠ 2 of the last 5 fiscal years showed negative net income — AlphaQuality will not grade above F for persistent unprofitability in a stable earnings power business.
Grade overrides the 30.0 pillar composite — hard gates always win.
Capital Efficiency
Weight: 15%
D
33
- 5yr Avg ROE 1.6%
- 5yr Share-Count CAGR 0.2%
Growth Quality
Weight: 15%
B
72
- 5yr Revenue CAGR 3.1%
- 5yr EPS CAGR 79.7%
- Revenue-Growth Years (5) 4/5
Cash Generation
Weight: 15%
C
55
- 5yr FCF Margin 4.2%
- 5yr FCF/NI Conversion 23.59x
Balance Sheet
Weight: 20%
C-
50
- Net Debt / EBITDA -5.11x
- Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 0.56x
- Altman Z-Score 0.76
Stability
Weight: 15%
D-
32
- EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.91
- Piotroski F-Score 3
- Negative-Revenue Years (5) 1/5
Guru Flow
Curated superinvestor sentiment — not part of the AlphaQuality grade.1 of 3 gurus held; 1 trimmed; 2 full exits.
- Holders
- 1 -2
- Avg Δ position
- -54.6%
- New buys
- 0
- Full exits
- 2
- Greenblatt sold -100%
- Laffont sold -100%
- Cooperman decreased -55%