NOV Inc. designs, constructs, manufactures, and sells systems, components, and products for oil and gas drilling and production, and industrial and renewable energy sectors in the United States and internationally. It operates in two segments, Energy Equipment, and Energy Products and Services. The Energy Products and Services segment offers drill bits and borehole enlargement products; independent drilling and intervention downhole …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.74), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
Strong Liquidity BufferLiquidity position is strong (score 0.72), providing operational cushion.
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NOV Inc. ranks #26 of 50
scored companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services by moat score — the top 52%.
The widest moat in the group is Cactus, Inc. Class A Common Sto (WHD)
at 78/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near NOV in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 34
· 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 34
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 65
· 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 46
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
NOV Inc. (NOV) scores 50 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #26 of 50 scored companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, the top 52%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 49 companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services. Its strongest defense is Resilience (65/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (34/100).
How does NOV Inc. compare with other Oil & Gas Equipment & Services companies?
NOV Inc. ranks #26 of 50 scored companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services by moat score. The widest moat in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services is Cactus, Inc. Class A Common Sto (WHD) at 78/100. The companies ranked closest are North American Construction Gro (NOA) at 52 just above it and Helix Energy Solutions Group, I (HLX) at 49 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 49 companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is NOV 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 NOV Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and NOV scores: Pricing Power (56), Cost Advantage (34), Customer Stickiness (64), Capital Efficiency (34), Resilience (65), Scale & Market Position (46). 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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