Is WCC a high-quality business?

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

What is WESCO International, Inc.'s AlphaQuality grade?

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

WCC - WESCO International, Inc.

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

C 56.4 / 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- 50.1

5yr Avg ROIC 7.5% 47/100
Operating Margin Trend +0.06 pp/yr 57/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

B+ 77.8

5yr Avg ROE 13.7% 76/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -1.2% 82/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

B+ 76.4

5yr Revenue CAGR 6.6% 68/100
5yr EPS CAGR 13.6% 85/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 4/5 80/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

D 33.6

5yr FCF Margin 1.2% 31/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 0.38x 36/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

C- 44.2

Net Debt / EBITDA 4.71x 19/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 3.19x 47/100
Altman Z-Score 3.38 86/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

D+ 40.5

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.67 16/100
Piotroski F-Score 4 44/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 1/5 80/100

5 of 5 gurus held; 5 added.

Holders: 5 +1
Avg Δ position: +29.3%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 0

Cooperman increased +87%
Greenblatt increased +19%
Wood increased +11%

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.