Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria, an agricultural company, engages in the production of agricultural commodities in Brazil and other Latin American countries. The company operates through Agricultural Business, and Business Urban Properties and Investments segments. It is also involved in the management, development, and ownership of shopping malls, office buildings, and hotels; sale of grain derivatives, such …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Cost Leadership PositionOperating margin at 100.0th percentile with strong OpEx control demonstrates cost leadership.
Scale Supporting ProfitabilityProfitability at scale is strong (score 0.80), demonstrating competitive advantages.
Key risks
Revenue Volatility Signals Weak StickinessRevenue volatility is high (stability score 0.20), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
Volatile Margins Suggest CyclicalityMargin volatility is high (stability score 0.28), suggesting cyclical exposure or competitive pressure.
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Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. ranks #9 of 27
scored companies in Conglomerates by moat score — the top 33%.
The widest moat in the group is Steel Partners Holdings LP LTD (SPLP)
at 79/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near CRESY in Conglomerates
How CRESY scores on the Corporate Default defenses
Pricing Power
Score 57
· 20% of the moat score
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 88
· 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 42
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 60
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 55
· 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 75
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. (CRESY) scores 62 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #9 of 27 scored companies in Conglomerates, the top 33%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 26 companies in Conglomerates. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (88/100) and its weakest is Customer Stickiness (42/100).
How does Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. compare with other Conglomerates companies?
Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. ranks #9 of 27 scored companies in Conglomerates by moat score. The widest moat in Conglomerates is Steel Partners Holdings LP LTD (SPLP) at 79/100. The companies ranked closest are Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. Warrant (CRESW) at 62 just above it and MDU Resources Group, Inc. (MDU) at 61 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 Conglomerates. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. 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 Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CRESY scores: Pricing Power (57), Cost Advantage (88), Customer Stickiness (42), Capital Efficiency (60), Resilience (55), Scale & Market Position (75). 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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