Frequency Electronics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of precision time and frequency control products and components for microwave integrated circuit applications. The company operates through two segments, FEI-NY and FEI-Zyfer. The FEI-NY segment offers precision time and frequency control products for communication satellites, terrestrial cellular telephone or other ground-based telecommunication stations; …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Operating Leverage in EffectOperating leverage is evident (score 0.91), with margins expanding over time.
Key risks
Commodity Pressure / Weak DifferentiationGross margin at 24.1th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
Frequency Electronics, Inc. ranks #32 of 59
scored companies in Communication Equipment by moat score — the top 54%.
The widest moat in the group is Ubiquiti Inc. (UI)
at 82/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near FEIM in Communication Equipment
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 45
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 31
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 46
· 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 57
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Frequency Electronics, Inc. (FEIM) scores 41 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #32 of 59 scored companies in Communication Equipment, the top 54%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 58 companies in Communication Equipment. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (57/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (27/100).
How does Frequency Electronics, Inc. compare with other Communication Equipment companies?
Frequency Electronics, Inc. ranks #32 of 59 scored companies in Communication Equipment by moat score. The widest moat in Communication Equipment is Ubiquiti Inc. (UI) at 82/100. The companies ranked closest are Moving iMage Technologies, Inc. (MITQ) at 43 just above it and Comtech Telecommunications Corp (CMTL) at 41 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 58 companies in Communication Equipment. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Frequency Electronics, 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 Frequency Electronics, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and FEIM scores: Pricing Power (27), Cost Advantage (49), Customer Stickiness (45), Capital Efficiency (31), Resilience (46), Scale & Market Position (57). 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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