Is COL a high-quality business?

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

What is Rockwell Collins, Inc.'s AlphaQuality grade?

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

COL - Rockwell Collins, Inc.

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

B+ 77.3 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for cyclical & capital-intensive businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 15%

A 89.8

5yr Avg ROIC 36.5% 100/100
Operating Margin Trend +0.36 pp/yr 66/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

A+ 98.9

5yr Avg ROE 49.0% 100/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -3.8% 97/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 10%

C- 50.3

5yr Revenue CAGR 2.2% 38/100
5yr EPS CAGR 6.0% 60/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 3/5 60/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 15%

C- 50.5

5yr FCF Margin 6.2% 55/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 0.48x 45/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 25%

A+ 93.7

Net Debt / EBITDA 0.23x 93/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 16.77x 95/100

Stability

Weight: 20%

B- 64.9

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.22 68/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 2/5 60/100

2 of 4 gurus held; 2 new buys.

Holders: 2 -2
Avg Δ position: —
New buys: 2
Full exits: 0

Cooperman new
Wood new

How this is calculated

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

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