Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, supplies potable water, treats wastewater and water for reuse, and provides water-related products and services in the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, the United States, and the British Virgin Islands. The company operates through Retail, Bulk, Services, and Manufacturing segments. It produces potable water from seawater utilizing reverse osmosis technology and supplies water …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Earning the Allowed ROEReturn on equity is strong vs peers (score 0.69), suggesting rate-base growth is translating into earnings.
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. ranks #11 of 15
scored companies in Utilities - Regulated Water by moat score — the top 73%.
The widest moat in the group is American Water Works Company, I (AWK)
at 72/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near CWCO in Utilities - Regulated Water
How CWCO scores on the Regulated Utilities defenses
Regulatory Franchise
Score 38
· 25% of the moat score
The franchise is the moat, granted rather than earned: an exclusive right to serve a territory in exchange for regulated prices and an obligation to supply.
Rate-Base Return Quality
Score 46
· 20% of the moat score
A utility earns an allowed return on the capital invested in its network, the rate base.
Dividend Sustainability
Score 26
· 18% of the moat score
Utilities are owned largely for income, and the dividend is only as safe as the operating cash flow behind it.
Capital Structure Discipline
Score 100
· 17% of the moat score
Regulated utilities carry more debt than almost any other sector, which suits how predictable their revenue is but makes credit quality a core competitive asset.
Operational Efficiency
Score 63
· 12% of the moat score
Efficiency is unusually consequential under regulation.
Essential Service Resilience
Score 42
· 8% of the moat score
Electricity, gas and water are bought in a recession at close to the volume bought in an expansion, which is why utility revenue barely tracks the economic cycle.
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (CWCO) scores 48 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #11 of 15 scored companies in Utilities - Regulated Water, the top 73%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 14 companies in Utilities - Regulated Water. Its strongest defense is Capital Structure Discipline (100/100) and its weakest is Dividend Sustainability (26/100).
How does Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. compare with other Utilities - Regulated Water companies?
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. ranks #11 of 15 scored companies in Utilities - Regulated Water by moat score. The widest moat in Utilities - Regulated Water is American Water Works Company, I (AWK) at 72/100. The companies ranked closest are Aris Water Solutions, Inc. (ARIS) at 48 just above it and Global Water Resources, Inc. (GWRS) at 43 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Regulated Utilities 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 14 companies in Utilities - Regulated Water. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. scored with the Regulated Utilities template?
A regulated utility is a legal monopoly whose prices are set by a regulator rather than by a market. It cannot raise prices at will and it cannot be undercut, so most of the usual questions about competitive advantage barely apply. What matters is the quality of the regulatory bargain: whether the company earns the return it is allowed, funds its capital programme cheaply, and sustains the dividend investors own it for.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.?
The Regulated Utilities template measures 6 defenses, and CWCO scores: Regulatory Franchise (38), Rate-Base Return Quality (46), Dividend Sustainability (26), Capital Structure Discipline (100), Operational Efficiency (63), Essential Service Resilience (42). 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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