Methanex Corporation produces and supplies methanol in Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, and South America. It owns and leases storage and terminal facilities. The company serves chemical and petrochemical producers. Methanex Corporation was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Consistently Above PeersGross margin at 25.3% (top 6%) and operating margin at 12.0% (top 6%) indicate strong pricing power.
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.88), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Key risks
Revenue Volatility Signals Weak StickinessRevenue volatility is high (stability score 0.36), suggesting weak customer stickiness.
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Methanex Corporation ranks #3 of 18
scored companies in Chemicals by moat score — the top 17%.
The widest moat in the group is Westlake Chemical Partners LP (WLKP)
at 88/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near MEOH in Chemicals
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 94
· 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 64
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 68
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 68
· 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 85
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Methanex Corporation (MEOH) scores 77 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as strong. It ranks #3 of 18 scored companies in Chemicals, the top 17%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 17 companies in Chemicals. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (94/100) and its weakest is Customer Stickiness (64/100).
How does Methanex Corporation compare with other Chemicals companies?
Methanex Corporation ranks #3 of 18 scored companies in Chemicals by moat score. The widest moat in Chemicals is Westlake Chemical Partners LP (WLKP) at 88/100. The companies ranked closest are REX American Resources Corporat (REX) at 79 just above it and AdvanSix Inc. (ASIX) at 64 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 17 companies in Chemicals. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Methanex 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 Methanex Corporation?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and MEOH scores: Pricing Power (91), Cost Advantage (94), Customer Stickiness (64), Capital Efficiency (68), Resilience (68), Scale & Market Position (85). 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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