Is ADV a high-quality business?

AlphaMadera's AlphaQuality grade scores Advantage Solutions Inc. on six pillars — profitability, capital efficiency, balance-sheet strength, growth durability, cash generation, and shareholder yield. The composite letter grade reflects how ADV compares to a Buffett-style quality bar.

What is Advantage Solutions Inc.'s AlphaQuality grade?

AlphaQuality assigns a letter grade (A through F) to ADV based on a six-pillar quantitative model. The live page shows the composite grade plus each pillar's individual score with the underlying metrics.

What makes ADV a quality stock?

AlphaQuality looks at return on capital, free-cash-flow margins, debt-to-equity, revenue stability, dividend and buyback policy, and operating-margin trend. Stocks scoring well across all six pillars earn higher grades — the methodology favors compounders over cyclicals.

ADV - Advantage Solutions Inc.

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

F 30.0 / 100 pillar composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for platform & compounding fcf businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

⚠ 4 of the last 5 fiscal years showed negative net income — AlphaQuality will not grade above F for persistent unprofitability in a platform & compounding fcf business.

Grade overrides the 30.0 pillar composite because hard gates always win. Use the pillar breakdown below to see where the underlying numbers sit.

Profitability

Weight: 25%

D- 30.0

5yr Avg ROIC -45.1% 0/100
Operating Margin Trend +2.08 pp/yr 100/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

F 20.8

5yr Avg ROE -70.2% 0/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR 0.3% 59/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

D- 27.6

5yr Revenue CAGR -0.4% 19/100
5yr EPS CAGR 0.0% 20/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 3/5 60/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

C+ 58.9

5yr FCF Margin 2.4% 37/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 1.74x 86/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

C- 45.9

Net Debt / EBITDA -3.00x 100/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) -0.91x 0/100
Altman Z-Score 0.24 4/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

D- 31.7

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 1.49 0/100
Piotroski F-Score 5 56/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 2/5 60/100

Not enough curated-guru data to call a flow.

Cooperman sold -100%

How this is calculated

AlphaQuality grades six pillars from 0-100 and weights each by archetype:

Profitability (25%) — 5yr Avg ROIC, Operating Margin Trend
Capital Efficiency (15%) — 5yr Avg ROE, 5yr Share-Count CAGR
Growth Quality (25%) — 5yr Revenue CAGR, 5yr EPS CAGR, Revenue-Growth Years (5)
Cash Generation (20%) — 5yr FCF Margin, 5yr FCF/NI Conversion
Balance Sheet (10%) — Net Debt / EBITDA, Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int), Altman Z-Score
Stability (5%) — EPS Volatility (σ/μ), Piotroski F-Score, Negative-Revenue Years (5)

We deliberately ignore stock price, analyst targets, and consensus ratings so the grade is suitable for backtesting forward returns. A minimum of 5 fiscal years of audited statements is required; distressed and highly leveraged infrastructure businesses are declared ungradable rather than forced into a numeric score.