Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. manufactures and sells electronic equipment primarily for military and industrial applications in the United States and internationally. Its principal products include power supplies, power converters, filters, power transformers, magnetic components, power distribution equipment, UPS systems, and antennas for use in AC and DC locomotives, shipboard power and radar, airborne power, ground-based radar, and ground mobile …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Consistently Above PeersGross margin at 35.3% (top 24%) and operating margin at 25.1% (top 0%) indicate strong pricing power.
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.73), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. ranks #1 of 55
scored companies in Electrical Equipment & Parts by moat score — the top 2%.
That makes it the widest moat in the group.
Moat scores for companies ranked near ESP in Electrical Equipment & Parts
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 97
· 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 88
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 76
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 68
· 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 84
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
What is Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp.'s moat score?
Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. (ESP) scores 83 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as strong. It ranks #1 of 55 scored companies in Electrical Equipment & Parts, the top 2%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 54 companies in Electrical Equipment & Parts. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (97/100) and its weakest is Resilience (68/100).
How does Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. compare with other Electrical Equipment & Parts companies?
Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. ranks #1 of 55 scored companies in Electrical Equipment & Parts by moat score. That is the widest moat in Electrical Equipment & Parts. The companies ranked closest are Hubbell Inc (HUBB) at 82 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 54 companies in Electrical Equipment & Parts. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. 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 Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and ESP scores: Pricing Power (82), Cost Advantage (97), Customer Stickiness (88), Capital Efficiency (76), Resilience (68), Scale & Market Position (84). 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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