Aemetis, Inc AMTX

Competitive advantage analysis · energy

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
17/100
Weak

Ranked against 18 peers in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

About Aemetis, Inc

Aemetis, Inc. operates as a renewable natural gas and renewable fuels company. It operates through three segments: California Ethanol, California Dairy Renewable Natural Gas, and India Biodiesel. The company engages in the operation, acquisition, development, and commercialization of low and negative carbon intensity products and technologies that replace fossil fuel products. It also produces and sells ethanol; wet distillers grains, … Full AMTX analysis →

Key strengths

  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.71), suggesting sticky customer base.

Key risks

  • Commodity Pressure / Weak Differentiation Gross margin at 5.9th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.12), raising refinancing risk.

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Pricing Power

Weak
14
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Where AMTX ranks in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

Aemetis, Inc ranks #18 of 19 scored companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing by moat score — the top 95%. The widest moat in the group is Star Group L.P. (SGU) at 81/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
11 HF Sinclair Corporation DINO 50/100 Moderate
12 Delek US Holdings, Inc. DK 44/100 Developing
13 Clean Energy Fuels Corp. CLNE 38/100 Developing
14 Icahn Enterprises L.P. - Deposi IEP 35/100 Developing
15 World Kinect Corporation WKC 31/100 Developing
16 CVR Energy Inc. CVI 29/100 Developing
17 PBF Energy Inc. PBF 22/100 Weak
18 Aemetis, Inc AMTX 17/100 Weak
19 Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. AE 0/100 Weak

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How AMTX scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 14 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 6 · 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 42 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 25 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 8 · 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 3 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding AMTX's moat

What is Aemetis, Inc's moat score?

Aemetis, Inc (AMTX) scores 17 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as weak. It ranks #18 of 19 scored companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing, the top 95%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 18 companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (42/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (3/100).

How does Aemetis, Inc compare with other Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing companies?

Aemetis, Inc ranks #18 of 19 scored companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing by moat score. The widest moat in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing is Star Group L.P. (SGU) at 81/100. The companies ranked closest are PBF Energy Inc. (PBF) at 22 just above it and Adams Resources & Energy, Inc. (AE) at 0 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 18 companies in Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Aemetis, 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 Aemetis, Inc?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and AMTX scores: Pricing Power (14), Cost Advantage (6), Customer Stickiness (42), Capital Efficiency (25), Resilience (8), Scale & Market Position (3). 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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