Core Molding Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a molder of thermoplastic and thermoset structural products. The company offers a range of manufacturing processes that include compression molding of sheet molding compound, resin transfer molding, liquid molding of dicyclopentadiene, spray-up and hand-lay-up molding, direct long-fiber thermoplastics compression molding, and structural foam and structural web injection molding. It serves …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative LeverageDebt serviceability is strong (score 0.95), with robust interest coverage.
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.85), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Key risks
Revenue Volatility Signals Weak StickinessRevenue volatility is high (stability score 0.33), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
Core Molding Technologies Inc ranks #22 of 56
scored companies in Specialty Chemicals by moat score — the top 39%.
The widest moat in the group is WD-40 Company (WDFC)
at 81/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near CMT in Specialty Chemicals
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 58
· 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 36
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 61
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 77
· 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 50
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
What is Core Molding Technologies Inc's moat score?
Core Molding Technologies Inc (CMT) scores 57 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #22 of 56 scored companies in Specialty Chemicals, the top 39%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 56 companies in Specialty Chemicals. Its strongest defense is Resilience (77/100) and its weakest is Customer Stickiness (36/100).
How does Core Molding Technologies Inc compare with other Specialty Chemicals companies?
Core Molding Technologies Inc ranks #22 of 56 scored companies in Specialty Chemicals by moat score. The widest moat in Specialty Chemicals is WD-40 Company (WDFC) at 81/100. The companies ranked closest are Ingevity Corporation (NGVT) at 60 just above it and Flexible Solutions Internationa (FSI) at 56 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 56 companies in Specialty Chemicals. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Core Molding Technologies 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 Core Molding Technologies Inc?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CMT scores: Pricing Power (57), Cost Advantage (58), Customer Stickiness (36), Capital Efficiency (61), Resilience (77), Scale & Market Position (50). 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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