Ascent industries Co. engages in the development, production, and distribution of specialty chemical solutions. It produces critical ingredients and process aids for the oil and gas, household, industrial and institutional, personal care, coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers, pulp and paper, textile, automotive, agricultural, water treatment, construction, and other industries. The company was formerly known as Synalloy Corporation and changed its …
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Ascent Industries Co. ranks #18 of 27
scored companies in Steel by moat score — the top 67%.
The widest moat in the group is Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. (SIM)
at 79/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near ACNT in Steel
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 13
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 53
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 36
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 46
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 63
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Ascent Industries Co. (ACNT) scores 40 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #18 of 27 scored companies in Steel, the top 67%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 26 companies in Steel. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (63/100) and its weakest is Cost Advantage (13/100).
How does Ascent Industries Co. compare with other Steel companies?
Ascent Industries Co. ranks #18 of 27 scored companies in Steel by moat score. The widest moat in Steel is Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. (SIM) at 79/100. The companies ranked closest are Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (SID) at 43 just above it and ZK International Group Co., Ltd (ZKIN) at 34 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 26 companies in Steel. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Ascent Industries Co. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Ascent Industries Co.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and ACNT scores: Pricing Power (31), Cost Advantage (13), Customer Stickiness (53), Capital Efficiency (36), Resilience (46), Scale & Market Position (63). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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