Luxfer Holdings PLC LXFR

Competitive advantage analysis · industrials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
47/100
Developing

About Luxfer Holdings PLC

Luxfer Holdings PLC, together with its subsidiaries, develops and manufactures high-performance materials, components, and high-pressure gas containment devices. The company operates through two segments: Gas Cylinders and Elektron. The Gas Cylinders segment manufactures and markets specialized highly engineered containment solutions using aluminum alloys and carbon composite technologies. It offers carbon composite high-pressure, aerospace and aviation, space-related, aluminum and composite medical … Full LXFR analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key risks

  • Scale Without Profitability Despite scale, profitability lags peers (score 0.31), suggesting limited competitive advantage.
  • Inconsistent Cash Generation Cash generation is inconsistent (score 0.43), indicating operational challenges.

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Pricing Power

Developing
39

Where LXFR ranks in Specialty Industrial Machinery

Luxfer Holdings PLC ranks #45 of 82 scored companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery by moat score — the top 55%. The widest moat in the group is Graco Inc. (GGG) at 86/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near LXFR in Specialty Industrial Machinery
# Company Moat score Rating
41 Graham Corporation GHM 50/100 Moderate
42 Tennant Company TNC 50/100 Developing
43 Mirion Technologies, Inc. MIR 48/100 Developing
44 Helios Technologies, Inc. HLIO 47/100 Developing
45 Luxfer Holdings PLC LXFR 47/100 Developing
46 Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. PKOH 46/100 Developing
47 Chart Industries, Inc. GTLS 46/100 Developing
48 Generac Holdlings Inc. GNRC 45/100 Developing
49 ATS Corporation ATS 45/100 Developing

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How LXFR scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 39 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 69 · 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 53 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 39 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 51 · 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 32 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding LXFR's moat

What is Luxfer Holdings PLC's moat score?

Luxfer Holdings PLC (LXFR) scores 47 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #45 of 82 scored companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery, the top 55%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 81 companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (69/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (32/100).

How does Luxfer Holdings PLC compare with other Specialty Industrial Machinery companies?

Luxfer Holdings PLC ranks #45 of 82 scored companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery by moat score. The widest moat in Specialty Industrial Machinery is Graco Inc. (GGG) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are Helios Technologies, Inc. (HLIO) at 47 just above it and Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. (PKOH) at 46 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 81 companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Luxfer Holdings PLC 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 Luxfer Holdings PLC?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and LXFR scores: Pricing Power (39), Cost Advantage (69), Customer Stickiness (53), Capital Efficiency (39), Resilience (51), Scale & Market Position (32). 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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