Is SIG a high-quality business?

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

What is Signet Jewelers Limited's AlphaQuality grade?

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

SIG - Signet Jewelers Limited

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Stable Earnings Power

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

B- 65.2 / 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%

C+ 59.3

5yr Avg ROIC 15.9% 82/100
Operating Margin Trend -1.71 pp/yr 6/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

A+ 98.5

5yr Avg ROE 23.5% 98/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -9.9% 100/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 15%

F 17.9

5yr Revenue CAGR -3.4% 13/100
5yr EPS CAGR -12.8% 0/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 3/5 60/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 15%

B- 67.8

5yr FCF Margin 8.6% 64/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 2.53x 72/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 20%

A 90.7

Net Debt / EBITDA 0.51x 90/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 30.00x 100/100
Altman Z-Score 3.07 81/100

Stability

Weight: 15%

C- 50.1

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.55 26/100
Piotroski F-Score 7 78/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 2/5 60/100

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

Holders: 3 -1
Avg Δ position: +68.4%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 2

Dalio sold -100%
Wood sold -100%
Cooperman increased +171%

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.