Ducommun Incorporated DCO

Competitive advantage analysis · industrials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
39/100
Developing

About Ducommun Incorporated

Ducommun Incorporated provides engineering and manufacturing services for products and applications used in the aerospace and defense, industrial, medical, and other industries in the United States. It operates through two segments, Electronic Systems and Structural Systems. The Electronic Systems segment provides cable assemblies and interconnect systems; printed circuit board assemblies; electronic, electromechanical, and mechanical components and assemblies, as well as … Full DCO analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.97), suggesting sticky customer base.
  • Strong Liquidity Buffer Liquidity position is strong (score 0.67), providing operational cushion.

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 33.3th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.29), raising refinancing risk.

The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.

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Pricing Power

Developing
35

Where DCO ranks in Aerospace & Defense

Ducommun Incorporated ranks #46 of 80 scored companies in Aerospace & Defense by moat score — the top 57%. The widest moat in the group is Howmet Aerospace Inc. (HWM) at 80/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near DCO in Aerospace & Defense
# Company Moat score Rating
42 Boeing Company (The) BA 43/100 Developing
43 Planet Labs PBC PL 42/100 Developing
44 Redwire Corporation RDW 41/100 Developing
45 SIFCO Industries, Inc. SIF 40/100 Developing
46 Ducommun Incorporated DCO 39/100 Developing
47 Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. RGR 39/100 Developing
48 AMMO, Inc. POWW 38/100 Developing
49 AMMO, Inc. - 8.75% Series A Cum POWWP 37/100 Developing
50 New Horizon Aircraft Ltd. HOVR 37/100 Developing

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How DCO scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 35 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 42 · 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 61 · 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 42 · 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 33 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding DCO's moat

What is Ducommun Incorporated's moat score?

Ducommun Incorporated (DCO) scores 39 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #46 of 80 scored companies in Aerospace & Defense, the top 57%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 79 companies in Aerospace & Defense. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (61/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (26/100).

How does Ducommun Incorporated compare with other Aerospace & Defense companies?

Ducommun Incorporated ranks #46 of 80 scored companies in Aerospace & Defense by moat score. The widest moat in Aerospace & Defense is Howmet Aerospace Inc. (HWM) at 80/100. The companies ranked closest are SIFCO Industries, Inc. (SIF) at 40 just above it and Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (RGR) at 39 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 79 companies in Aerospace & Defense. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Ducommun Incorporated 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 Ducommun Incorporated?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and DCO scores: Pricing Power (35), Cost Advantage (42), Customer Stickiness (61), Capital Efficiency (26), Resilience (42), Scale & Market Position (33). 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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