Culp, Inc. CULP

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
31/100
Developing

Ranked against 28 peers in Consumer Cyclical: Apparel & Textile Manufacturing

About Culp, Inc.

Culp, Inc. manufactures, sources, and sells fabrics and mattress covers, sewn covers, and cut and sewn kits for use in mattresses, foundations, and other bedding products in the United States, North America, the Far East, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Mattress Fabrics and Upholstery Fabrics. The Mattress Fabrics segment offers woven jacquard, knitted, sewn mattress covers … Full CULP analysis →

Key strengths

  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.86), suggesting sticky customer base.

Key risks

  • Commodity Pressure / Weak Differentiation Gross margin at 3.6th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 17.4th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.

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Pricing Power

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Where CULP ranks in Consumer Cyclical: Apparel & Textile Manufacturing

Culp, Inc. ranks #24 of 29 scored companies in Consumer Cyclical: Apparel & Textile Manufacturing by moat score — the top 83%. The widest moat in the group is Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL) at 83/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
20 Hanesbrands Inc. HBI 41/100 Developing
21 Albany International Corporatio AIN 40/100 Developing
22 Under Armour, Inc. UAA 36/100 Developing
23 Under Armour, Inc. UA 35/100 Developing
24 Culp, Inc. CULP 31/100 Developing
25 Lakeland Industries, Inc. LAKE 27/100 Developing
26 Children's Place, Inc. (The) PLCE 24/100 Weak
27 JX Luxventure Group Inc. JXG 20/100 Weak
28 Xcel Brands, Inc XELB 20/100 Weak

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How CULP scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 23 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 50 · 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 44 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 26 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 22 · 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 30 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding CULP's moat

What is Culp, Inc.'s moat score?

Culp, Inc. (CULP) scores 31 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #24 of 29 scored companies in Consumer Cyclical: Apparel & Textile Manufacturing, the top 83%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 28 companies in Consumer Cyclical: Apparel & Textile Manufacturing. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (50/100) and its weakest is Resilience (22/100).

How does Culp, Inc. compare with other Consumer Cyclical: Apparel & Textile Manufacturing companies?

Culp, Inc. ranks #24 of 29 scored companies in Consumer Cyclical: Apparel & Textile Manufacturing by moat score. The widest moat in Consumer Cyclical: Apparel & Textile Manufacturing is Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL) at 83/100. The companies ranked closest are Under Armour, Inc. (UA) at 35 just above it and Lakeland Industries, Inc. (LAKE) at 27 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 28 companies in Consumer Cyclical: Apparel & Textile Manufacturing. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Culp, 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 Culp, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CULP scores: Pricing Power (23), Cost Advantage (50), Customer Stickiness (44), Capital Efficiency (26), Resilience (22), Scale & Market Position (30). 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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