Is BGS a high-quality business?

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

What is B&G Foods, Inc.'s AlphaQuality grade?

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

BGS - B&G Foods, Inc.

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

F 25.6 / 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 25.6 pillar composite because hard gates always win. Use the pillar breakdown below to see where the underlying numbers sit.

Profitability

Weight: 25%

F 21.7

5yr Avg ROIC 2.7% 23/100
Operating Margin Trend -1.11 pp/yr 18/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

F 0.2

5yr Avg ROE -13.4% 0/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR 4.9% 1/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

F 21.4

5yr Revenue CAGR -2.9% 14/100
5yr EPS CAGR 0.0% 20/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 2/5 40/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

C+ 58.7

5yr FCF Margin 4.3% 47/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 0.75x 73/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

F 11.5

Net Debt / EBITDA 6.83x 1/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 1.30x 17/100
Altman Z-Score 1.32 23/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

D+ 40.1

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.45 37/100
Piotroski F-Score 4 44/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 3/5 40/100

Not enough curated-guru data to call a flow.

Cooperman sold -100%
Greenblatt 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.