Is MTCH a high-quality business?

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

What is Match Group, Inc.'s AlphaQuality grade?

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

MTCH - Match Group, Inc.

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

B 70.1 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for platform & compounding fcf businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 25%

B 74.5

5yr Avg ROIC 15.9% 82/100
Operating Margin Trend +0.05 pp/yr 56/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

D+ 40.3

5yr Avg ROE 0.0% 10/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -3.7% 97/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

B+ 78.6

5yr Revenue CAGR 4.0% 52/100
5yr EPS CAGR 26.5% 100/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 5/5 100/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

A 90.1

5yr FCF Margin 24.4% 94/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 1.77x 85/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

C- 47.1

Net Debt / EBITDA 2.94x 51/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 6.06x 69/100
Altman Z-Score 0.88 13/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

B- 62.6

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.49 32/100
Piotroski F-Score 7 78/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 0/5 100/100

2 of 5 gurus held; 2 added; 3 full exits.

Holders: 2 -3
Avg Δ position: +153.4%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 3

Cooperman sold -100%
Dalio sold -100%
Laffont sold -100%

How this is calculated

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

Profitability (25%) — 5yr Avg ROIC, Operating Margin Trend
Capital Efficiency (15%) — 5yr Avg ROE, 5yr Share-Count CAGR
Growth Quality (25%) — 5yr Revenue CAGR, 5yr EPS CAGR, Revenue-Growth Years (5)
Cash Generation (20%) — 5yr FCF Margin, 5yr FCF/NI Conversion
Balance Sheet (10%) — Net Debt / EBITDA, Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int), Altman Z-Score
Stability (5%) — 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.