Ameresco, Inc. provides energy solutions in the United States, Canada, and Europe. It operates through North America Regions, U.S. Federal, Renewable Fuels, Europe, and All Other segments. The company offers energy efficiency, infrastructure upgrades, energy security and resilience, asset sustainability, and renewable energy solutions for businesses and organizations. It also designs, develops, engineers, and installs projects that reduce the energy, …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.89), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Strong Liquidity BufferLiquidity position is strong (score 0.69), providing operational cushion.
Key risks
Revenue Volatility Signals Weak StickinessRevenue volatility is high (stability score 0.20), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
ROIC Below WACC or PeersROIC at 31.8th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks
against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.
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Ameresco, Inc. ranks #29 of 49
scored companies in Engineering & Construction by moat score — the top 59%.
The widest moat in the group is Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (STRL)
at 79/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near AMRC in Engineering & Construction
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 56
· 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 20
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 40
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 36
· 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 42
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Ameresco, Inc. (AMRC) scores 45 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #29 of 49 scored companies in Engineering & Construction, the top 59%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 48 companies in Engineering & Construction. Its strongest defense is Pricing Power (68/100) and its weakest is Customer Stickiness (20/100).
How does Ameresco, Inc. compare with other Engineering & Construction companies?
Ameresco, Inc. ranks #29 of 49 scored companies in Engineering & Construction by moat score. The widest moat in Engineering & Construction is Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (STRL) at 79/100. The companies ranked closest are Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. (BWMN) at 46 just above it and Skyline Builders Group Holding (SKBL) at 42 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 48 companies in Engineering & Construction. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Ameresco, Inc. 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 Ameresco, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and AMRC scores: Pricing Power (68), Cost Advantage (56), Customer Stickiness (20), Capital Efficiency (40), Resilience (36), Scale & Market Position (42). 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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