Gold Resource Corporation engages in the exploration, development, and production of gold and silver projects. It also explores copper, lead, and zinc deposits. It holds 100% interest in the Don David gold mine, including two production stage and four exploration stage properties located in Oaxaca, Mexico that cover approximately 55,119 hectares. The company also holds 100% interest in the Back …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Operating Leverage in EffectOperating leverage is evident (score 0.92), with margins expanding over time.
Key risks
Commodity Pressure / Weak DifferentiationGross margin at 23.3th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
Gold Resource Corporation ranks #44 of 49
scored companies in Gold by moat score — the top 90%.
The widest moat in the group is Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (AEM)
at 78/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near GORO in Gold
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 27
· 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 22
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 14
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 8
· 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 53
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Gold Resource Corporation (GORO) scores 22 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as weak. It ranks #44 of 49 scored companies in Gold, the top 90%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 48 companies in Gold. Its strongest defense is Scale & Market Position (53/100) and its weakest is Resilience (8/100).
How does Gold Resource Corporation compare with other Gold companies?
Gold Resource Corporation ranks #44 of 49 scored companies in Gold by moat score. The widest moat in Gold is Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (AEM) at 78/100. The companies ranked closest are GoldMining Inc. (GLDG) at 22 just above it and Vista Gold Corp (VGZ) at 20 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 48 companies in Gold. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Gold Resource Corporation 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 Gold Resource Corporation?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and GORO scores: Pricing Power (12), Cost Advantage (27), Customer Stickiness (22), Capital Efficiency (14), Resilience (8), Scale & Market Position (53). 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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