ECD Automotive Design, Inc. ECDA

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-cyclical

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
59/100
Moderate

About ECD Automotive Design, Inc.

ECD Automotive Design, Inc. engages in the production and sale of customized Land Rover vehicles in the United States. The company also provides repair or upgrade services and extended warranties to customers. It restores various vehicles, including Land Rovers Defenders, Land Rover Series IIA and III, the Range Rover Classic, and Jaguar E-Types. The company was founded in 2013 and … Full ECDA analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 90.0th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.74), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.

Key risks

  • Inconsistent Cash Generation Cash generation is inconsistent (score 0.48), indicating operational challenges.

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

Moderate
53

Where ECDA ranks in Auto Manufacturers

ECD Automotive Design, Inc. ranks #10 of 43 scored companies in Auto Manufacturers by moat score — the top 23%. The widest moat in the group is Ferrari N.V. (RACE) at 90/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near ECDA in Auto Manufacturers
# Company Moat score Rating
6 Li Auto Inc. LI 64/100 Moderate
7 Honda Motor Company, Ltd. HMC 64/100 Moderate
8 XPeng Inc. XPEV 60/100 Moderate
9 Niu Technologies NIU 60/100 Moderate
10 ECD Automotive Design, Inc. ECDA 59/100 Moderate
11 ECD Automotive Design, Inc. ECDAW 59/100 Moderate
12 Ford Motor Company F 58/100 Moderate
13 Gogoro Inc. GGR 53/100 Moderate
14 Gogoro Inc. Warrant GGROW 51/100 Moderate

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How ECDA scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 53 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 49 · 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 50 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 79 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 57 · 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 61 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding ECDA's moat

What is ECD Automotive Design, Inc.'s moat score?

ECD Automotive Design, Inc. (ECDA) scores 59 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #10 of 43 scored companies in Auto Manufacturers, the top 23%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 42 companies in Auto Manufacturers. Its strongest defense is Capital Efficiency (79/100) and its weakest is Cost Advantage (49/100).

How does ECD Automotive Design, Inc. compare with other Auto Manufacturers companies?

ECD Automotive Design, Inc. ranks #10 of 43 scored companies in Auto Manufacturers by moat score. The widest moat in Auto Manufacturers is Ferrari N.V. (RACE) at 90/100. The companies ranked closest are Niu Technologies (NIU) at 60 just above it and ECD Automotive Design, Inc. (ECDAW) at 59 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 42 companies in Auto Manufacturers. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is ECD Automotive Design, Inc. 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 ECD Automotive Design, Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and ECDA scores: Pricing Power (53), Cost Advantage (49), Customer Stickiness (50), Capital Efficiency (79), Resilience (57), Scale & Market Position (61). 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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