Is SLVM a high-quality business?

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

What is Sylvamo Corporation's AlphaQuality grade?

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

SLVM - Sylvamo Corporation

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

B- 65.3 / 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+ 60.8

5yr Avg ROIC 14.8% 79/100
Operating Margin Trend -1.13 pp/yr 17/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

A+ 93.4

5yr Avg ROE 23.5% 98/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -1.7% 86/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

D+ 40.8

5yr Revenue CAGR 4.3% 55/100
5yr EPS CAGR -19.1% 0/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 4/5 80/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

B+ 77.6

5yr FCF Margin 8.1% 63/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 1.24x 96/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

B 74.5

Net Debt / EBITDA 1.70x 75/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 5.42x 67/100
Altman Z-Score 3.26 84/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

C+ 58.1

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.42 40/100
Piotroski F-Score 6 67/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 1/5 80/100

3 of 3 gurus held; 3 trimmed.

Holders: 3
Avg Δ position: -19.7%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 0

Cooperman decreased -46%
Wood decreased -13%
Greenblatt decreased -0%

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.