Is INGR a high-quality business?

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

What is Ingredion Incorporated's AlphaQuality grade?

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

INGR - Ingredion Incorporated

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Stable Earnings Power

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

B 70.9 / 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%

B 71.7

5yr Avg ROIC 9.9% 60/100
Operating Margin Trend +2.20 pp/yr 100/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

B 73.6

5yr Avg ROE 12.1% 70/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -1.0% 80/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 15%

C+ 60.3

5yr Revenue CAGR 1.2% 30/100
5yr EPS CAGR 59.4% 100/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 3/5 60/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 15%

B- 66.9

5yr FCF Margin 6.2% 55/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 0.82x 82/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 20%

A 92.8

Net Debt / EBITDA 0.61x 89/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 27.32x 100/100
Altman Z-Score 3.74 91/100

Stability

Weight: 15%

C 52.8

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.37 47/100
Piotroski F-Score 5 56/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 2/5 60/100

3 of 3 gurus held; 2 added; 1 trimmed.

Holders: 3
Avg Δ position: +6.5%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 0

Greenblatt increased +68%
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Dalio increased +4%

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.