C3is Inc. CISS

Competitive advantage analysis · industrials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
39/100
Developing

Ranked against 33 peers in Marine Shipping

About C3is Inc.

C3is Inc. offers international seaborne transportation services. The company provides its services to dry bulk charterers, including national and private industrial users, commodity producers and traders, oil producers, refineries, and commodities traders and producers. It owns and operates three drybulk carriers, which transport major bulks, such as iron ore, coal, and grains, as well as minor bulks comprising bauxite, phosphate, … Full CISS analysis →

Key strengths

  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.86), with robust interest coverage.
  • Strong Liquidity Buffer Liquidity position is strong (score 0.94), providing operational cushion.

Key risks

  • Commodity Pressure / Weak Differentiation Gross margin at 21.9th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
  • Scale Without Profitability Despite scale, profitability lags peers (score 0.23), suggesting limited competitive advantage.

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Pricing Power

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Where CISS ranks in Marine Shipping

C3is Inc. ranks #25 of 34 scored companies in Marine Shipping by moat score — the top 74%. The widest moat in the group is Euroseas Ltd. (ESEA) at 86/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
21 Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd PANL 47/100 Developing
22 Star Bulk Carriers Corp. SBLK 44/100 Developing
23 Globus Maritime Limited GLBS 39/100 Developing
24 Uni-Fuels Holdings Limited UFG 39/100 Developing
25 C3is Inc. CISS 39/100 Developing
26 Genco Shipping & Trading Limite GNK 30/100 Developing
27 SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc. SMHI 30/100 Developing
28 Castor Maritime Inc. CTRM 30/100 Developing
29 Toro Corp. TORO 24/100 Weak

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How CISS scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 24 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 38 · 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 27 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 41 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 80 · 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 22 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding CISS's moat

What is C3is Inc.'s moat score?

C3is Inc. (CISS) scores 39 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #25 of 34 scored companies in Marine Shipping, the top 74%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 33 companies in Marine Shipping. Its strongest defense is Resilience (80/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (22/100).

How does C3is Inc. compare with other Marine Shipping companies?

C3is Inc. ranks #25 of 34 scored companies in Marine Shipping by moat score. The widest moat in Marine Shipping is Euroseas Ltd. (ESEA) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are Uni-Fuels Holdings Limited (UFG) at 39 just above it and Genco Shipping & Trading Limite (GNK) at 30 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 33 companies in Marine Shipping. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is C3is 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 C3is Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CISS scores: Pricing Power (24), Cost Advantage (38), Customer Stickiness (27), Capital Efficiency (41), Resilience (80), Scale & Market Position (22). 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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