Huadi International Group Co., HUDI

Competitive advantage analysis · basic-materials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
47/100
Developing

About Huadi International Group Co.,

Huadi International Group Co., Ltd., through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells stainless steel seamless pipes, tubes, and bars in the People's Republic of China. The company also supplies products that are used in thermal, nuclear power plants, automotive, oil and gas, agricultural and industrial equipment, chemical engineering, and electricity markets. It also exports its products to various countries, … Full HUDI analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.89), with robust interest coverage.
  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.75), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 22.7th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Below-Peer Operating Efficiency Operating margin at 37.5th percentile indicates below-peer efficiency.

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

Developing
44

Where HUDI ranks in Steel

Huadi International Group Co., ranks #16 of 27 scored companies in Steel by moat score — the top 59%. The widest moat in the group is Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. (SIM) at 79/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near HUDI in Steel
# Company Moat score Rating
12 POSCO Holdings Inc. PKX 55/100 Moderate
13 Worthington Steel, Inc. WS 53/100 Moderate
14 Ternium S.A. Ternium S.A. TX 49/100 Developing
15 Metallus Inc. MTUS 48/100 Developing
16 Huadi International Group Co., HUDI 47/100 Developing
17 Companhia Siderurgica Nacional SID 43/100 Developing
18 Ascent Industries Co. ACNT 40/100 Developing
19 ZK International Group Co., Ltd ZKIN 34/100 Developing
20 Algoma Steel Group Inc. ASTL 28/100 Developing

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How HUDI scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 44 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 37 · 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 48 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 46 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 61 · 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 49 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding HUDI's moat

What is Huadi International Group Co., 's moat score?

Huadi International Group Co., (HUDI) scores 47 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #16 of 27 scored companies in Steel, the top 59%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 26 companies in Steel. Its strongest defense is Resilience (61/100) and its weakest is Cost Advantage (37/100).

How does Huadi International Group Co., compare with other Steel companies?

Huadi International Group Co., ranks #16 of 27 scored companies in Steel by moat score. The widest moat in Steel is Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. (SIM) at 79/100. The companies ranked closest are Metallus Inc. (MTUS) at 48 just above it and Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (SID) at 43 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 26 companies in Steel. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Huadi International Group Co., 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 Huadi International Group Co., ?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and HUDI scores: Pricing Power (44), Cost Advantage (37), Customer Stickiness (48), Capital Efficiency (46), Resilience (61), Scale & Market Position (49). 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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