Nomad Foods Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes a range of frozen food products in the United Kingdom and internationally. It offers frozen fish products, including fish fingers, coated fish, and natural fish; ready-to-cook vegetable products, such as peas and spinach; and frozen poultry and meat products comprising nuggets, grills, and burgers. The company also provides meal …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.92), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Cost Leadership PositionOperating margin at 89.4th percentile with strong OpEx control demonstrates cost leadership.
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Nomad Foods Limited ranks #16 of 73
scored companies in Packaged Foods by moat score — the top 22%.
The widest moat in the group is McCormick & Company, Incorporat (MKC-V)
at 79/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near NOMD in Packaged Foods
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 89
· 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 79
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 64
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 48
· 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 62
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Nomad Foods Limited (NOMD) scores 69 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #16 of 73 scored companies in Packaged Foods, the top 22%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 72 companies in Packaged Foods. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (89/100) and its weakest is Resilience (48/100).
How does Nomad Foods Limited compare with other Packaged Foods companies?
Nomad Foods Limited ranks #16 of 73 scored companies in Packaged Foods by moat score. The widest moat in Packaged Foods is McCormick & Company, Incorporat (MKC-V) at 79/100. The companies ranked closest are Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY) at 69 just above it and FitLife Brands, Inc. (FTLF) at 68 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 72 companies in Packaged Foods. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Nomad Foods Limited 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 Nomad Foods Limited?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and NOMD scores: Pricing Power (80), Cost Advantage (89), Customer Stickiness (79), Capital Efficiency (64), Resilience (48), Scale & Market Position (62). 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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