Diversified Energy Company, an independent energy company, focuses on the production, transportation, and marketing of natural gas and liquids primarily in the Appalachian and Central regions of the United States. It also operates in the Bossier and Haynesville shale formations and the Cotton Valley sandstones in East Texas and West Louisiana, the Barnett Shale in North Texas and the Mid-Continent …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
ROIC Sustainably Above PeersROIC at 74.4th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
Operating Leverage in EffectOperating leverage is evident (score 0.97), with margins expanding over time.
Key risks
Commodity Pressure / Weak DifferentiationGross margin at 29.6th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
Diversified Energy Company plc ranks #45 of 93
scored companies in Oil & Gas E&P by moat score — the top 48%.
The widest moat in the group is Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL)
at 84/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near DEC in Oil & Gas E&P
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 59
· 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 41
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 63
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 29
· 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 70
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
What is Diversified Energy Company plc's moat score?
Diversified Energy Company plc (DEC) scores 48 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #45 of 93 scored companies in Oil & Gas E&P, the top 48%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 92 companies in Oil & Gas E&P. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (70/100) and its weakest is Resilience (29/100).
How does Diversified Energy Company plc compare with other Oil & Gas E&P companies?
Diversified Energy Company plc ranks #45 of 93 scored companies in Oil & Gas E&P by moat score. The widest moat in Oil & Gas E&P is Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) at 84/100. The companies ranked closest are San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (SJT) at 49 just above it and Expand Energy Corporation (EXEEZ) at 48 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 92 companies in Oil & Gas E&P. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Diversified Energy Company plc 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 Diversified Energy Company plc?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and DEC scores: Pricing Power (33), Cost Advantage (59), Customer Stickiness (41), Capital Efficiency (63), Resilience (29), Scale & Market Position (70). 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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