Is CPB a high-quality business?

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

What is Campbell Soup Company's AlphaQuality grade?

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

CPB - Campbell Soup Company

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Stable Earnings Power

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

C 54.7 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for stable earnings power businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 20%

C- 47.0

5yr Avg ROIC 8.4% 52/100
Operating Margin Trend -0.43 pp/yr 35/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

A- 83.8

5yr Avg ROE 19.4% 91/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -0.4% 71/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 15%

D+ 42.6

5yr Revenue CAGR 4.9% 59/100
5yr EPS CAGR -11.6% 0/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 4/5 80/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 15%

B+ 79.6

5yr FCF Margin 8.4% 64/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 1.05x 99/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 20%

D- 32.4

Net Debt / EBITDA 4.50x 23/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 3.31x 48/100
Altman Z-Score 1.64 31/100

Stability

Weight: 15%

C 52.5

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.53 28/100
Piotroski F-Score 6 67/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 1/5 80/100

4 of 4 gurus held; 2 added; 2 trimmed.

Holders: 4
Avg Δ position: -26.3%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 0

Dalio decreased -81%
Wood decreased -50%
Greenblatt increased +14%

How this is calculated

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

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