Is XYZ a high-quality business?

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

What is Block, Inc.'s AlphaQuality grade?

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

XYZ - Block, Inc.

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

C 52.6 / 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- 46.5

5yr Avg ROIC 2.7% 24/100
Operating Margin Trend +3.05 pp/yr 100/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

F 17.7

5yr Avg ROE 3.5% 27/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR 5.6% 0/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

A- 85.0

5yr Revenue CAGR 8.2% 75/100
5yr EPS CAGR 58.8% 100/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 4/5 80/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

D- 30.3

5yr FCF Margin 3.9% 44/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 0.13x 13/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

A 89.7

Net Debt / EBITDA -0.88x 99/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 23.54x 100/100
Altman Z-Score 2.59 60/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

D+ 40.0

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 1.25 0/100
Piotroski F-Score 6 67/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 1/5 80/100

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

Holders: 5
Avg Δ position: -26.6%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 1

Tepper sold -100%
Dalio decreased -89%
Cooperman decreased -87%

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.