Davis Commodities Limited DTCK

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-defensive

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
35/100
Developing

Ranked against 28 peers in Farm Products

About Davis Commodities Limited

Davis Commodities Limited, an investment holding company, operates as an agricultural commodity trading company in Africa, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, and internationally. It trades in agricultural commodities, including sugar, rice, and oil and fat products under the Maxwill and Taffy brands. The company also provides warehouse handling, storage, and logistics services. Davis Commodities Limited was founded in … Full DTCK analysis →

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 9.1th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Scale Without Profitability Despite scale, profitability lags peers (score 0.28), suggesting limited competitive advantage.

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Pricing Power

Developing
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Where DTCK ranks in Farm Products

Davis Commodities Limited ranks #22 of 29 scored companies in Farm Products by moat score — the top 76%. The widest moat in the group is Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD) at 80/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
18 Forafric Global PLC Warrants AFRIW 39/100 Developing
19 S&W Seed Company SANW 38/100 Developing
20 Sadot Group Inc. SDOT 36/100 Developing
21 Limoneira Co LMNR 36/100 Developing
22 Davis Commodities Limited DTCK 35/100 Developing
23 Alico, Inc. ALCO 29/100 Developing
24 Local Bounti Corporation LOCL 24/100 Weak
25 Edible Garden AG Incorporated EDBL 19/100 Weak
26 EDIBLE GARDEN AG INC C/WTS (TO EDBLW 19/100 Weak

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How DTCK scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 33 · 20% of the moat score

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 36 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 14 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 40 · 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 32 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding DTCK's moat

What is Davis Commodities Limited's moat score?

Davis Commodities Limited (DTCK) scores 34 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #22 of 29 scored companies in Farm Products, the top 76%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 28 companies in Farm Products. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (59/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (14/100).

How does Davis Commodities Limited compare with other Farm Products companies?

Davis Commodities Limited ranks #22 of 29 scored companies in Farm Products by moat score. The widest moat in Farm Products is Smithfield Foods, Inc. (SFD) at 80/100. The companies ranked closest are Limoneira Co (LMNR) at 36 just above it and Alico, Inc. (ALCO) at 28 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 Farm Products. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Davis Commodities Limited 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 Davis Commodities Limited?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and DTCK scores: Pricing Power (33), Cost Advantage (59), Customer Stickiness (36), Capital Efficiency (14), Resilience (40), Scale & Market Position (32). 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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