Is EPC a high-quality business?

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

What is Edgewell Personal Care Company's AlphaQuality grade?

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

EPC - Edgewell Personal Care Company

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Stable Earnings Power

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

D+ 39.7 / 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%

D- 31.7

5yr Avg ROIC 6.0% 40/100
Operating Margin Trend -1.38 pp/yr 12/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

C+ 59.4

5yr Avg ROE 5.9% 39/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -3.6% 97/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 15%

D- 31.0

5yr Revenue CAGR 1.6% 33/100
5yr EPS CAGR -29.3% 0/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 4/5 80/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 15%

B 70.8

5yr FCF Margin 5.5% 52/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 1.35x 94/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 20%

F 12.5

Net Debt / EBITDA 7.09x 0/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 1.32x 18/100
Altman Z-Score 1.55 29/100

Stability

Weight: 15%

C- 45.5

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.54 27/100
Piotroski F-Score 4 44/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 1/5 80/100

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

Holders: 1 -2
Avg Δ position: -74.1%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 2

Laffont sold -100%
Wood sold -100%
Cooperman decreased -74%

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.