Centrais Electricas Brasileiras EBR-B

Competitive advantage analysis · utilities

Regulated Utilities
Overall moat score
78/100
Strong

Ranked against 24 peers in Utilities - Renewable

Key strengths

  • Earning the Allowed ROE Return on equity is strong vs peers (score 0.85), suggesting rate-base growth is translating into earnings.
  • Strong Regulated Margins Regulated margin level is strong (score 0.95), indicating favourable rate-case outcomes.

Key risks

  • Weak Return on Invested Capital ROIC is weak vs peers (score 0.00), raising capital efficiency concerns.

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Regulatory Franchise

Moderate
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Where EBR-B ranks in Utilities - Renewable

Centrais Electricas Brasileiras ranks #2 of 24 scored companies in Utilities - Renewable by moat score — the top 8%. The widest moat in the group is Ormat Technologies, Inc. (ORA) at 81/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
1 Ormat Technologies, Inc. ORA 81/100 Strong
2 Centrais Electricas Brasileiras EBR-B 78/100 Strong
3 ReNew Energy Global plc RNW 74/100 Moderate
4 Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd. ENLT 73/100 Moderate
5 ReNew Energy Global plc Warrant RNWWW 72/100 Moderate
6 GE Vernova Inc. GEV 70/100 Moderate
7 Constellation Energy Corporatio CEG 65/100 Moderate
8 Brookfield Renewable Partners L BEP 63/100 Moderate
9 Clearway Energy, Inc. CWEN-A 59/100 Moderate

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How EBR-B scores on the Regulated Utilities defenses

Regulatory Franchise

Score 71 · 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 90 · 20% of the moat score

A utility earns an allowed return on the capital invested in its network, the rate base.

Dividend Sustainability

Score 80 · 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 82 · 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 80 · 12% of the moat score

Efficiency is unusually consequential under regulation.

Essential Service Resilience

Score 44 · 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.

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Understanding EBR-B's moat

What is Centrais Electricas Brasileiras's moat score?

Centrais Electricas Brasileiras (EBR-B) scores 78 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as strong. It ranks #2 of 24 scored companies in Utilities - Renewable, the top 8%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 24 companies in Utilities - Renewable. Its strongest defense is Rate-Base Return Quality (90/100) and its weakest is Essential Service Resilience (44/100).

How does Centrais Electricas Brasileiras compare with other Utilities - Renewable companies?

Centrais Electricas Brasileiras ranks #2 of 24 scored companies in Utilities - Renewable by moat score. The widest moat in Utilities - Renewable is Ormat Technologies, Inc. (ORA) at 80/100. The companies ranked closest are Ormat Technologies, Inc. (ORA) at 80 just above it and ReNew Energy Global plc (RNW) at 74 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 24 companies in Utilities - Renewable. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Centrais Electricas Brasileiras 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 Centrais Electricas Brasileiras?

The Regulated Utilities template measures 6 defenses, and EBR-B scores: Regulatory Franchise (71), Rate-Base Return Quality (90), Dividend Sustainability (80), Capital Structure Discipline (82), Operational Efficiency (80), Essential Service Resilience (44). 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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