MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Fund MEGI

Competitive advantage analysis · financial-services

Asset Management Specialized
Overall moat score
65/100
Moderate

Ranked against 174 peers in Asset Management

About MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Fund

NYLI CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Term Fund is headquartered in New York, New York. Full MEGI analysis →

Key strengths

  • Premium Fee Margins Fee margin quality is strong (score 0.75).
  • High Return on Equity Return on equity ranks highly vs peers (score 0.86).

Key risks

  • AUM Retention Risk Revenue stickiness is low (stability score 0.28).
  • Volatile Earnings Quality Earnings stability is low (score 0.30).

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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Fee Revenue Quality

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Where MEGI ranks in Asset Management

MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Fund ranks #19 of 173 scored companies in Asset Management by moat score — the top 11%. The widest moat in the group is Sound Point Meridian Capital Inc (SPMC) at 77/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
15 First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund FTHY 65/100 Moderate
16 abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund ASGI 65/100 Moderate
17 PIMCO Access Income Fund PAXS 65/100 Moderate
18 SEI Investments Company SEIC 65/100 Moderate
19 MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Fund MEGI 65/100 Moderate
20 RiverNorth Managed Duration Municipal Income Fund II Inc RMMZ 65/100 Moderate
21 Nuveen Multi-Asset Income Fund NMAI 65/100 Moderate
22 Sixth Street Specialty Lending, TSLX 65/100 Moderate
23 Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp NCDL 64/100 Moderate

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How MEGI scores on the Asset Management Specialized defenses

Fee Revenue Quality

Score 82 · 20% of the moat score

Fee revenue quality is the ability to charge above the industry's falling average and keep charging it.

Client Retention & Revenue Stickiness

Score 48 · 18% of the moat score

Assets under management leave far more easily than they arrive, and the fee leaves with them.

Compensation Discipline

Score 62 · 18% of the moat score

Compensation is the largest expense in asset management and the one that decides whether a good year ever reaches shareholders.

Capital Efficiency

Score 69 · 20% of the moat score

Asset managers are asset-light: with little capital employed, a healthy business should earn a very high return on equity, and a merely average one is a real warning.

Earnings Quality & Cash Conversion

Score 52 · 14% of the moat score

Reported profits here can be flattered by performance fees, seed-capital gains and consolidated fund accounting, none of which recur reliably.

Balance Sheet Strength

Score 77 · 10% of the moat score

Because the business needs so little capital, an asset manager carrying meaningful debt has usually borrowed to buy another manager or to fund distributions.

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Understanding MEGI's moat

What is MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Fund's moat score?

MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Fund (MEGI) scores 65 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #19 of 173 scored companies in Asset Management, the top 11%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 174 companies in Asset Management. Its strongest defense is Fee Revenue Quality (82/100) and its weakest is Client Retention & Revenue Stickiness (48/100).

How does MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Fund compare with other Asset Management companies?

MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Fund ranks #19 of 173 scored companies in Asset Management by moat score. The widest moat in Asset Management is Sound Point Meridian Capital Inc (SPMC) at 77/100. The companies ranked closest are SEI Investments Company (SEIC) at 65 just above it and RiverNorth Managed Duration Municipal Income Fund II Inc (RMMZ) at 65 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Asset Management Specialized 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 174 companies in Asset Management. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Fund scored with the Asset Management Specialized template?

An asset manager owns almost nothing. It charges a fee on someone else's money, pays much of that fee out in compensation, and keeps the remainder — so its economics turn on the fee rate it can defend, whether client money stays, and how much revenue survives the bonus pool. The Asset Management template scores those questions rather than the balance sheet, which in this industry is largely beside the point.

Which competitive defenses are measured for MainStay CBRE Global Infrastructure Megatrends Fund?

The Asset Management Specialized template measures 6 defenses, and MEGI scores: Fee Revenue Quality (82), Client Retention & Revenue Stickiness (48), Compensation Discipline (62), Capital Efficiency (69), Earnings Quality & Cash Conversion (52), Balance Sheet Strength (77). 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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