Is WNS a high-quality business?

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

What is WNS (Holdings) Limited's AlphaQuality grade?

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

WNS - WNS (Holdings) Limited

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

B+ 76.0 / 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 55.8

5yr Avg ROIC 11.3% 67/100
Operating Margin Trend -0.61 pp/yr 30/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

A 87.4

5yr Avg ROE 16.3% 83/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -3.1% 95/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

B+ 79.4

5yr Revenue CAGR 9.6% 79/100
5yr EPS CAGR 17.1% 91/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 3/5 60/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

A 87.5

5yr FCF Margin 14.6% 81/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 1.27x 96/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

A 91.4

Net Debt / EBITDA 0.62x 89/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 12.21x 88/100
Altman Z-Score 4.97 100/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

C 52.6

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.43 39/100
Piotroski F-Score 6 67/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 2/5 60/100

1 of 2 gurus held; 1 new buy.

Holders: 1 -1
Avg Δ position: —
New buys: 1
Full exits: 0

Greenblatt new

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.