Is CMRE a high-quality business?

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

What is Costamare Inc.'s AlphaQuality grade?

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

CMRE - Costamare Inc.

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

C 53.9 / 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%

C- 47.1

5yr Avg ROIC 11.5% 67/100
Operating Margin Trend -4.51 pp/yr 0/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

A- 85.3

5yr Avg ROE 19.8% 91/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -0.6% 74/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

D+ 39.2

5yr Revenue CAGR 2.6% 41/100
5yr EPS CAGR -3.4% 13/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 4/5 80/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

C 54.3

5yr FCF Margin 9.6% 69/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 0.38x 37/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

C+ 61.9

Net Debt / EBITDA 1.60x 76/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 4.97x 65/100
Altman Z-Score 1.73 33/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

C- 47.3

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.67 16/100
Piotroski F-Score 6 67/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 1/5 80/100

2 of 3 gurus held; 2 trimmed; 1 full exit.

Holders: 2 -1
Avg Δ position: -33.8%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 1

Laffont sold -100%
Wood decreased -66%
Cooperman decreased -2%

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.