Is PODD a high-quality business?

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

What is Insulet Corporation's AlphaQuality grade?

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

PODD - Insulet Corporation

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

B- 64.3 / 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%

C+ 60.7

5yr Avg ROIC 6.8% 44/100
Operating Margin Trend +2.41 pp/yr 100/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

C+ 59.8

5yr Avg ROE 11.8% 69/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR 1.2% 43/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

A+ 100.0

5yr Revenue CAGR 25.3% 100/100
5yr EPS CAGR 93.2% 100/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 5/5 100/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

F 20.6

5yr FCF Margin 2.5% 38/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion -3.42x 0/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

A- 85.8

Net Debt / EBITDA 0.57x 89/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 5.94x 69/100
Altman Z-Score 5.94 100/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

C- 48.3

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 1.36 0/100
Piotroski F-Score 7 78/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 0/5 100/100

4 of 4 gurus held; 2 added; 2 trimmed.

Holders: 4
Avg Δ position: +121.1%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 0

Cooperman increased +377%
Wood increased +146%
Dalio decreased -38%

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.