Is WSC a high-quality business?

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

What is WillScot Holdings Corporation's AlphaQuality grade?

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

WSC - WillScot Holdings Corporation

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

C 54.1 / 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%

D 37.1

5yr Avg ROIC 6.0% 40/100
Operating Margin Trend -0.59 pp/yr 31/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

A+ 97.1

5yr Avg ROE 22.2% 96/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -5.9% 100/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

C- 49.8

5yr Revenue CAGR 8.1% 75/100
5yr EPS CAGR -39.9% 0/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 4/5 80/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

B+ 77.1

5yr FCF Margin 18.2% 87/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 3.15x 65/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

F 6.3

Net Debt / EBITDA 6.91x 1/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 0.75x 10/100
Altman Z-Score 0.80 12/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

D 33.3

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 1.13 0/100
Piotroski F-Score 4 44/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 1/5 80/100

3 of 5 gurus held; 1 added; 1 trimmed; 2 full exits.

Holders: 3 -2
Avg Δ position: +39.4%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 2

Soros sold -100%
Wood sold -100%
Dalio increased +157%

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.