Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation AP

Competitive advantage analysis · industrials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
31/100
Developing

Ranked against 19 peers in Metal Fabrication

About Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in manufacture and sale of specialty metal products and customized equipment to commercial and industrial users worldwide. The company operates through Forged and Cast Engineered Products (FCEP); and Air and Liquid Processing (ALP) segments. The FCEP segment produces forged hardened steel rolls, cast rolls, and forged engineered products that are used in hot … Full AP analysis →

Key strengths

  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 1.00), suggesting sticky customer base.

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 11.1th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.19), raising refinancing risk.

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Pricing Power

Developing
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Where AP ranks in Metal Fabrication

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation ranks #14 of 20 scored companies in Metal Fabrication by moat score — the top 70%. The widest moat in the group is Mueller Industries, Inc. (MLI) at 83/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
10 Insteel Industries, Inc. IIIN 54/100 Moderate
11 Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. GIFI 51/100 Moderate
12 Mayville Engineering Company, I MEC 49/100 Developing
13 Tredegar Corporation TG 47/100 Developing
14 Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation AP 31/100 Developing
15 TechPrecision Corporation TPCS 31/100 Developing
16 Ryerson Holding Corporation RYI 28/100 Developing
17 Highway Holdings Limited HIHO 25/100 Developing
18 Tungray Technologies Inc TRSG 24/100 Weak

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How AP scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 29 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 35 · 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 64 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 9 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 26 · 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 30 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding AP's moat

What is Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation's moat score?

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation (AP) scores 31 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #14 of 20 scored companies in Metal Fabrication, the top 70%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 19 companies in Metal Fabrication. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (64/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (9/100).

How does Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation compare with other Metal Fabrication companies?

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation ranks #14 of 20 scored companies in Metal Fabrication by moat score. The widest moat in Metal Fabrication is Mueller Industries, Inc. (MLI) at 82/100. The companies ranked closest are Tredegar Corporation (TG) at 47 just above it and TechPrecision Corporation (TPCS) at 31 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 19 companies in Metal Fabrication. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Ampco-Pittsburgh 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 Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and AP scores: Pricing Power (29), Cost Advantage (35), Customer Stickiness (64), Capital Efficiency (9), Resilience (26), Scale & Market Position (30). 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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