CECO Environmental Corp. provides critical solutions in industrial air quality, industrial water treatment, and energy transition solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, China, and internationally. It operates through Engineered Systems and Industrial Process Solutions segments. The company offers emissions management, fluid bed cyclones, thermal acoustics, and separation and filtration solutions; engineering services and environmental systems; and …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
ROIC Sustainably Above PeersROIC at 73.7th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
Where CECO ranks in Pollution & Treatment Controls
CECO Environmental Corp. ranks #6 of 20
scored companies in Pollution & Treatment Controls by moat score — the top 30%.
The widest moat in the group is Veralto Corp (VLTO)
at 82/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near CECO in Pollution & Treatment Controls
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 77
· 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 62
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 74
· 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 76
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
CECO Environmental Corp. (CECO) scores 65 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #6 of 20 scored companies in Pollution & Treatment Controls, the top 30%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 19 companies in Pollution & Treatment Controls. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (77/100) and its weakest is Resilience (42/100).
How does CECO Environmental Corp. compare with other Pollution & Treatment Controls companies?
CECO Environmental Corp. ranks #6 of 20 scored companies in Pollution & Treatment Controls by moat score. The widest moat in Pollution & Treatment Controls is Veralto Corp (VLTO) at 82/100. The companies ranked closest are Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp (ZWS) at 75 just above it and Euro Tech Holdings Company Limi (CLWT) at 53 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 Pollution & Treatment Controls. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is CECO Environmental Corp. 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 CECO Environmental Corp.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CECO scores: Pricing Power (60), Cost Advantage (77), Customer Stickiness (62), Capital Efficiency (74), Resilience (42), Scale & Market Position (76). 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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