Is ASGN a high-quality business?

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

What is ASGN Incorporated's AlphaQuality grade?

AlphaQuality assigns a letter grade (A through F) to ASGN 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 ASGN 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.

ASGN - ASGN Incorporated

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

C- 49.3 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

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

Profitability

Weight: 25%

D+ 43.4

5yr Avg ROIC 7.8% 49/100
Operating Margin Trend -0.61 pp/yr 30/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

A- 83.0

5yr Avg ROE 13.1% 74/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -5.0% 100/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

F 16.8

5yr Revenue CAGR -0.2% 20/100
5yr EPS CAGR -12.0% 0/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 2/5 40/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

B 72.1

5yr FCF Margin 7.1% 58/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 1.58x 89/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

C- 48.4

Net Debt / EBITDA 3.10x 48/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 3.40x 49/100
Altman Z-Score 2.24 49/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

C 54.2

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.32 54/100
Piotroski F-Score 6 67/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 3/5 40/100

2 of 3 gurus held; 1 new buy; 1 trimmed; 2 full exits.

Holders: 2 -1
Avg Δ position: -37.0%
New buys: 1
Full exits: 2

Dalio sold -100%
Greenblatt sold -100%
Wood new

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.