FTAI Aviation Ltd. - 8.00% Fixe FTAIO

Competitive advantage analysis · industrials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
63/100
Moderate

Ranked against 27 peers in Rental & Leasing Services

Key strengths

  • Scale Supporting Profitability Profitability at scale is strong (score 0.87), demonstrating competitive advantages.
  • Margins Consistently Above Peers Gross margin at 52.4% (top 23%) and operating margin at 45.7% (top 4%) indicate strong pricing power.

Key risks

  • Revenue Volatility Signals Weak Stickiness Revenue volatility is high (stability score 0.08), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
  • Inconsistent Cash Generation Cash generation is inconsistent (score 0.00), 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

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Where FTAIO ranks in Rental & Leasing Services

FTAI Aviation Ltd. - 8.00% Fixe ranks #5 of 28 scored companies in Rental & Leasing Services by moat score — the top 18%. The widest moat in the group is Global Ship Lease Inc New (GSL) at 79/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
1 Global Ship Lease Inc New GSL 79/100 Strong
2 United Rentals, Inc. URI 74/100 Moderate
3 GATX Corporation GATX 68/100 Moderate
4 McGrath RentCorp MGRC 67/100 Moderate
5 FTAI Aviation Ltd. - 8.00% Fixe FTAIO 63/100 Moderate
6 FTAI Aviation Ltd. - 8.25% Fixe FTAIN 63/100 Moderate
7 FTAI Aviation Ltd. FTAI 62/100 Moderate
8 FTAI Aviation Ltd. - 9.500% Fix FTAIM 62/100 Moderate
9 PROG Holdings, Inc. PRG 62/100 Moderate

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How FTAIO scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 57 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 96 · 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 8 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Not measurable · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 50 · 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 89 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding FTAIO's moat

What is FTAI Aviation Ltd. - 8.00% Fixe's moat score?

FTAI Aviation Ltd. - 8.00% Fixe (FTAIO) scores 63 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #5 of 28 scored companies in Rental & Leasing Services, the top 18%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 27 companies in Rental & Leasing Services. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (96/100) and its weakest is Customer Stickiness (8/100).

How does FTAI Aviation Ltd. - 8.00% Fixe compare with other Rental & Leasing Services companies?

FTAI Aviation Ltd. - 8.00% Fixe ranks #5 of 28 scored companies in Rental & Leasing Services by moat score. The widest moat in Rental & Leasing Services is Global Ship Lease Inc New (GSL) at 79/100. The companies ranked closest are McGrath RentCorp (MGRC) at 67 just above it and FTAI Aviation Ltd. - 8.25% Fixe (FTAIN) at 63 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 27 companies in Rental & Leasing Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is FTAI Aviation Ltd. - 8.00% Fixe 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 FTAI Aviation Ltd. - 8.00% Fixe?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and FTAIO scores: Pricing Power (57), Cost Advantage (96), Customer Stickiness (8), Capital Efficiency (not measurable), Resilience (50), Scale & Market Position (89). 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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