Is WNC a high-quality business?

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

What is Wabash National Corporation's AlphaQuality grade?

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

WNC - Wabash National Corporation

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Cyclical & Capital-Intensive

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

C 54.1 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for cyclical & capital-intensive businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 15%

B- 63.1

5yr Avg ROIC 8.4% 52/100
Operating Margin Trend +1.29 pp/yr 89/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

A- 86.6

5yr Avg ROE 14.8% 79/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -5.2% 100/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 10%

C 52.6

5yr Revenue CAGR -3.8% 12/100
5yr EPS CAGR 287.0% 100/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 3/5 60/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 15%

F 19.1

5yr FCF Margin 1.9% 35/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion -11.78x 0/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 25%

B 72.5

Net Debt / EBITDA 1.13x 83/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 14.28x 91/100
Altman Z-Score 1.63 31/100

Stability

Weight: 20%

F 26.4

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.74 11/100
Piotroski F-Score 2 22/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 2/5 60/100

2 of 2 gurus held; 1 added; 1 trimmed.

Holders: 2 +1
Avg Δ position: -12.7%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 0

Cooperman decreased -13%
Wood increased

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 (15%) — 5yr Avg ROE, 5yr Share-Count CAGR
Growth Quality (10%) — 5yr Revenue CAGR, 5yr EPS CAGR, Revenue-Growth Years (5)
Cash Generation (15%) — 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.