Is WKC a high-quality business?

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

What is World Kinect Corporation's AlphaQuality grade?

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

WKC - World Kinect Corporation

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Oil & Gas E&P

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

D+ 40.5 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for oil & gas e&p businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 15%

D- 32.4

5yr Avg ROIC 1.7% 19/100
Operating Margin Trend +0.32 pp/yr 64/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 10%

D 34.1

5yr Avg ROE -4.7% 1/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -3.5% 96/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 5%

D 38.7

5yr Revenue CAGR 4.2% 54/100
5yr EPS CAGR -0.9% 18/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 2/5 40/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 25%

C+ 57.4

5yr FCF Margin 0.3% 27/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 1.29x 95/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 25%

F 25.0

Net Debt / EBITDA 10.00x 0/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) -5.76x 0/100
Altman Z-Score 5.64 100/100

Stability

Weight: 20%

C- 48.3

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.36 48/100
Piotroski F-Score 5 56/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 3/5 40/100

3 of 3 gurus held; 3 trimmed.

Holders: 3
Avg Δ position: -57.4%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 0

Greenblatt decreased -89%
Wood decreased -78%
Cooperman decreased -5%

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.