Is YETI a high-quality business?

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

What is YETI Holdings, Inc.'s AlphaQuality grade?

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

YETI - YETI Holdings, Inc.

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

B 73.6 / 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%

B- 67.5

5yr Avg ROIC 18.5% 88/100
Operating Margin Trend -1.06 pp/yr 19/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

A+ 95.8

5yr Avg ROE 25.0% 100/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -2.1% 88/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

C 56.2

5yr Revenue CAGR 7.3% 71/100
5yr EPS CAGR -4.1% 12/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 5/5 100/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

B+ 78.1

5yr FCF Margin 8.9% 66/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 0.93x 93/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

A+ 97.1

Net Debt / EBITDA 0.15x 94/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 482.07x 100/100
Altman Z-Score 7.03 100/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

C+ 58.4

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.60 22/100
Piotroski F-Score 7 78/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 0/5 100/100

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

Holders: 3 -2
Avg Δ position: -24.7%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 2

Dalio sold -100%
Laffont sold -100%
Cooperman decreased -82%

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.