Algoma Steel Group Inc. ASTL

Competitive advantage analysis · basic-materials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
28/100
Developing

Ranked against 26 peers in Steel

About Algoma Steel Group Inc.

Algoma Steel Group Inc. produces and sells steel products in Canada, the United States, and internationally. The company offers flat/sheet steel products, including temper rolling, cold rolled, hot-rolled pickled and oiled products, floor plate, and cut-to-length products for the automotive industry, hollow structural product manufacturers, and the light manufacturing and transportation industries; and plate steel products consisting of rolled, hot-rolled, … Full ASTL analysis →

Key strengths

  • Strong Liquidity Buffer Liquidity position is strong (score 0.75), providing operational cushion.

Key risks

  • Commodity Pressure / Weak Differentiation Gross margin at 8.3th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
  • Scale Without Profitability Despite scale, profitability lags peers (score 0.10), suggesting limited competitive advantage.

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Pricing Power

Weak
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Where ASTL ranks in Steel

Algoma Steel Group Inc. ranks #20 of 27 scored companies in Steel by moat score — the top 74%. The widest moat in the group is Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. (SIM) at 79/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
16 Huadi International Group Co., HUDI 47/100 Developing
17 Companhia Siderurgica Nacional SID 43/100 Developing
18 Ascent Industries Co. ACNT 40/100 Developing
19 ZK International Group Co., Ltd ZKIN 34/100 Developing
20 Algoma Steel Group Inc. ASTL 28/100 Developing
21 FST Corp. KBSX 26/100 Developing
22 Radius Recycling, Inc. RDUS 26/100 Developing
23 Algoma Steel Group Inc. Warrant ASTLW 24/100 Weak
24 Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. CLF 21/100 Weak

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How ASTL scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 10 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 46 · 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 25 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 22 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 54 · 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 17 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding ASTL's moat

What is Algoma Steel Group Inc.'s moat score?

Algoma Steel Group Inc. (ASTL) scores 28 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #20 of 27 scored companies in Steel, the top 74%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 26 companies in Steel. Its strongest defense is Resilience (54/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (10/100).

How does Algoma Steel Group Inc. compare with other Steel companies?

Algoma Steel Group Inc. ranks #20 of 27 scored companies in Steel by moat score. The widest moat in Steel is Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. (SIM) at 79/100. The companies ranked closest are ZK International Group Co., Ltd (ZKIN) at 34 just above it and FST Corp. (KBSX) at 26 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 26 companies in Steel. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Algoma Steel Group 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 Algoma Steel Group Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and ASTL scores: Pricing Power (10), Cost Advantage (46), Customer Stickiness (25), Capital Efficiency (22), Resilience (54), Scale & Market Position (17). 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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