Avangrid, Inc. AGR

Competitive advantage analysis · utilities

Regulated Utilities
Overall moat score
58/100
Moderate

Ranked against 46 peers in Utilities - Regulated Electric

Key strengths

  • Earning the Allowed ROE Return on equity is strong vs peers (score 0.94), suggesting rate-base growth is translating into earnings.
  • Strong Operating Cash Generation Operating cash generation is strong (score 0.80), supporting dividend sustainability.

Key risks

  • Cost Discipline Lags Peers Operational cost discipline is weak (score 0.39), dragging on margins.
  • Interest Coverage Below Peers Interest coverage is weak (score 0.00), which may pressure credit ratings.

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Regulatory Franchise

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Where AGR ranks in Utilities - Regulated Electric

Avangrid, Inc. ranks #12 of 40 scored companies in Utilities - Regulated Electric by moat score — the top 30%. The widest moat in the group is MGE Energy Inc. (MGEE) at 73/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
8 Fortis Inc. FTS 63/100 Moderate
9 Duke Energy Corporation (Holdin DUK 61/100 Moderate
10 Evergy, Inc. EVRG 59/100 Moderate
11 NextEra Energy, Inc. NEE 59/100 Moderate
12 Avangrid, Inc. AGR 58/100 Moderate
13 IDACORP, Inc. IDA 57/100 Moderate
14 Enel Chile S.A. ENIC 57/100 Moderate
15 Alliant Energy Corporation LNT 56/100 Moderate
16 Public Service Enterprise Group PEG 56/100 Moderate

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How AGR scores on the Regulated Utilities defenses

Regulatory Franchise

Score 48 · 25% of the moat score

The franchise is the moat, granted rather than earned: an exclusive right to serve a territory in exchange for regulated prices and an obligation to supply.

Rate-Base Return Quality

Score 60 · 20% of the moat score

A utility earns an allowed return on the capital invested in its network, the rate base.

Dividend Sustainability

Score 54 · 18% of the moat score

Utilities are owned largely for income, and the dividend is only as safe as the operating cash flow behind it.

Capital Structure Discipline

Score 98 · 17% of the moat score

Regulated utilities carry more debt than almost any other sector, which suits how predictable their revenue is but makes credit quality a core competitive asset.

Operational Efficiency

Score 57 · 12% of the moat score

Efficiency is unusually consequential under regulation.

Essential Service Resilience

Score 49 · 8% of the moat score

Electricity, gas and water are bought in a recession at close to the volume bought in an expansion, which is why utility revenue barely tracks the economic cycle.

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Understanding AGR's moat

What is Avangrid, Inc.'s moat score?

Avangrid, Inc. (AGR) scores 58 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #12 of 40 scored companies in Utilities - Regulated Electric, the top 30%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 46 companies in Utilities - Regulated Electric. Its strongest defense is Capital Structure Discipline (98/100) and its weakest is Regulatory Franchise (48/100).

How does Avangrid, Inc. compare with other Utilities - Regulated Electric companies?

Avangrid, Inc. ranks #12 of 40 scored companies in Utilities - Regulated Electric by moat score. The widest moat in Utilities - Regulated Electric is MGE Energy Inc. (MGEE) at 73/100. The companies ranked closest are NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE) at 59 just above it and IDACORP, Inc. (IDA) at 57 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Regulated Utilities 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 46 companies in Utilities - Regulated Electric. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Avangrid, Inc. scored with the Regulated Utilities template?

A regulated utility is a legal monopoly whose prices are set by a regulator rather than by a market. It cannot raise prices at will and it cannot be undercut, so most of the usual questions about competitive advantage barely apply. What matters is the quality of the regulatory bargain: whether the company earns the return it is allowed, funds its capital programme cheaply, and sustains the dividend investors own it for.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Avangrid, Inc.?

The Regulated Utilities template measures 6 defenses, and AGR scores: Regulatory Franchise (48), Rate-Base Return Quality (60), Dividend Sustainability (54), Capital Structure Discipline (98), Operational Efficiency (57), Essential Service Resilience (49). 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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