AGCO Corporation manufactures and distributes agricultural equipment and replacement parts worldwide. It offers horsepower tractors for row crop production, soil cultivation, planting, land leveling, seeding, and commercial hay operations; utility tractors for small- and medium-sized farms, as well as for dairy, livestock, orchards, and vineyards; and compact tractors for small farms, specialty agricultural industries, landscaping, equestrian, and residential uses. The …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key risks
Liquidity ConcernsLiquidity is concerning (score 0.17), raising questions about short-term obligations.
Volatile Margins Suggest CyclicalityMargin volatility is high (stability score 0.39), suggesting cyclical exposure or competitive pressure.
The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks
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Where AGCO ranks in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
AGCO Corporation ranks #14 of 29
scored companies in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery by moat score — the top 48%.
The widest moat in the group is Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT)
at 80/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near AGCO in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 52
· 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 59
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 54
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 51
· 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 37
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
AGCO Corporation (AGCO) scores 50 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #14 of 29 scored companies in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery, the top 48%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 28 companies in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (59/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (37/100).
How does AGCO Corporation compare with other Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery companies?
AGCO Corporation ranks #14 of 29 scored companies in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery by moat score. The widest moat in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery is Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) at 80/100. The companies ranked closest are Wabash National Corporation (WNC) at 51 just above it and Art's-Way Manufacturing Co., In (ARTW) at 47 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 28 companies in Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is AGCO Corporation 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 AGCO Corporation?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and AGCO scores: Pricing Power (47), Cost Advantage (52), Customer Stickiness (59), Capital Efficiency (54), Resilience (51), Scale & Market Position (37). 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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