Is NATL a high-quality business?

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

What is NCR Atleos Corporation's AlphaQuality grade?

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

NATL - NCR Atleos Corporation

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Stable Earnings Power

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

B 69.6 / 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%

A+ 96.3

5yr Avg ROIC 43.5% 100/100
Operating Margin Trend +1.19 pp/yr 88/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

B 71.6

5yr Avg ROE 20.5% 93/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR 2.0% 32/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 15%

C- 50.8

5yr Revenue CAGR 5.2% 61/100
5yr EPS CAGR -5.3% 9/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 5/5 100/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 15%

B- 67.4

5yr FCF Margin 5.9% 53/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 1.80x 84/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 20%

C+ 57.3

Net Debt / EBITDA -0.31x 97/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 1.70x 23/100
Altman Z-Score 1.50 27/100

Stability

Weight: 15%

B 69.5

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.32 54/100
Piotroski F-Score 6 67/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 0/5 100/100

4 of 4 gurus held; 2 new buys; 1 added; 1 trimmed.

Holders: 4 +2
Avg Δ position: -12.9%
New buys: 2
Full exits: 0

Soros new
Wood new
Cooperman decreased -29%

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.