Is CSL a high-quality business?

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

What is Carlisle Companies Incorporated's AlphaQuality grade?

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

CSL - Carlisle Companies Incorporated

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

A- 80.2 / 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- 84.7

5yr Avg ROIC 16.7% 84/100
Operating Margin Trend +1.07 pp/yr 86/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

A+ 100.0

5yr Avg ROE 46.4% 100/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -5.1% 100/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 10%

B+ 77.1

5yr Revenue CAGR 7.0% 70/100
5yr EPS CAGR 21.3% 96/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 3/5 60/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 15%

A 91.7

5yr FCF Margin 16.8% 85/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 1.00x 100/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 25%

A 87.1

Net Debt / EBITDA 1.45x 78/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 13.09x 90/100
Altman Z-Score 5.27 100/100

Stability

Weight: 20%

C- 46.2

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.66 18/100
Piotroski F-Score 7 78/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 2/5 60/100

2 of 4 gurus held; 1 added; 1 trimmed; 2 full exits.

Holders: 2 -2
Avg Δ position: +214.5%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 2

Cooperman sold -100%
Wood sold -100%
Greenblatt increased +446%

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), Altman Z-Score
Stability (20%) — 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.