Is SBSW a high-quality business?

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

What is Sibanye Stillwater Limited's AlphaQuality grade?

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

SBSW - Sibanye Stillwater Limited

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Other Commodity Producers

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

D+ 40.7 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for other commodity producers businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 15%

D+ 43.5

5yr Avg ROIC 10.4% 62/100
Operating Margin Trend -5.87 pp/yr 0/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 10%

D 36.3

5yr Avg ROE 0.8% 14/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -0.8% 78/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 5%

F 9.2

5yr Revenue CAGR -8.6% 3/100
5yr EPS CAGR -42.4% 0/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 2/5 40/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 25%

F 20.5

5yr FCF Margin -2.2% 14/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 0.29x 29/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 25%

B+ 75.1

Net Debt / EBITDA 0.86x 86/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 8.63x 80/100
Altman Z-Score 2.26 49/100

Stability

Weight: 20%

D- 30.8

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.96 2/100
Piotroski F-Score 6 67/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 3/5 40/100

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

Holders: 3
Avg Δ position: +570.1%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 1

Laffont sold -100%
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How this is calculated

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

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