Intuitive Machines, Inc. designs, manufactures, and operates space products and services in the United States. The company provides delivery services for the transportation and delivery of payloads, such as satellites, scientific instruments, and cargo to various destinations in space, rideshare delivery, and lunar surface access; data transmission services, which include the collection, processing, and interpretation of space-based data, utilizing AI …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
ROIC Sustainably Above PeersROIC at 91.7th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
Strong Liquidity BufferLiquidity position is strong (score 0.86), providing operational cushion.
Key risks
Commodity Pressure / Weak DifferentiationGross margin at 8.6th percentile with high volatility suggests weak pricing power or commoditized products.
Revenue Volatility Signals Weak StickinessRevenue volatility is high (stability score 0.18), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
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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Intuitive Machines, Inc. ranks #51 of 80
scored companies in Aerospace & Defense by moat score — the top 64%.
The widest moat in the group is Howmet Aerospace Inc. (HWM)
at 80/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near LUNR in Aerospace & Defense
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 29
· 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 25
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 74
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 43
· 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 26
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Intuitive Machines, Inc. (LUNR) scores 36 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #51 of 80 scored companies in Aerospace & Defense, the top 64%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 79 companies in Aerospace & Defense. Its strongest defense is Capital Efficiency (74/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (18/100).
How does Intuitive Machines, Inc. compare with other Aerospace & Defense companies?
Intuitive Machines, Inc. ranks #51 of 80 scored companies in Aerospace & Defense by moat score. The widest moat in Aerospace & Defense is Howmet Aerospace Inc. (HWM) at 80/100. The companies ranked closest are New Horizon Aircraft Ltd. (HOVR) at 37 just above it and AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) at 35 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 79 companies in Aerospace & Defense. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Intuitive Machines, 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 Intuitive Machines, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and LUNR scores: Pricing Power (18), Cost Advantage (29), Customer Stickiness (25), Capital Efficiency (74), Resilience (43), Scale & Market Position (26). 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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