Archrock, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy infrastructure company in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Contract Operations and Aftermarket Services. It engages in the designing, sourcing, owning, installing, operating, servicing, repairing, and maintaining of its owned fleet of natural gas compression equipment to provide natural gas compression services. The company also sells over-the-counter …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Consistently Above PeersGross margin at 48.6% (top 6%) and operating margin at 38.6% (top 2%) indicate strong pricing power.
ROIC Sustainably Above PeersROIC at 76.6th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
Where AROC ranks in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Archrock, Inc. ranks #3 of 50
scored companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services by moat score — the top 6%.
The widest moat in the group is Cactus, Inc. Class A Common Sto (WHD)
at 78/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near AROC in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 78
· 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 80
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 76
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 42
· 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 90
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Archrock, Inc. (AROC) scores 72 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #3 of 50 scored companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, the top 6%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 49 companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (90/100) and its weakest is Resilience (42/100).
How does Archrock, Inc. compare with other Oil & Gas Equipment & Services companies?
Archrock, Inc. ranks #3 of 50 scored companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services by moat score. The widest moat in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services is Cactus, Inc. Class A Common Sto (WHD) at 78/100. The companies ranked closest are USA Compression Partners, LP (USAC) at 77 just above it and LandBridge Company LLC (LB) at 71 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 49 companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Archrock, 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 Archrock, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and AROC scores: Pricing Power (70), Cost Advantage (78), Customer Stickiness (80), Capital Efficiency (76), Resilience (42), Scale & Market Position (90). 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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