Is JOE a high-quality business?

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

What is The St. Joe Company's AlphaQuality grade?

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

JOE - The St. Joe Company

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Stable Earnings Power

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

C 55.6 / 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 39.0

5yr Avg ROIC 8.2% 51/100
Operating Margin Trend -1.44 pp/yr 11/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

B- 67.1

5yr Avg ROE 10.8% 64/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -0.5% 73/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 15%

A 87.8

5yr Revenue CAGR 17.8% 96/100
5yr EPS CAGR 12.0% 82/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 4/5 80/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 15%

F 0.0

5yr FCF Margin -11.5% 0/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion -0.32x 0/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 20%

B+ 76.1

Net Debt / EBITDA 0.95x 86/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 3.01x 45/100
Altman Z-Score 4.23 96/100

Stability

Weight: 15%

B- 62.2

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.54 27/100
Piotroski F-Score 9 100/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 1/5 80/100

3 of 4 gurus held; 2 added; 1 trimmed; 1 full exit.

Holders: 3 -1
Avg Δ position: +20.8%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 1

Dalio sold -100%
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Wood decreased -44%

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.