NPK International Inc. NPKI

Competitive advantage analysis · energy

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
62/100
Moderate

About NPK International Inc.

NPK International Inc., a temporary worksite access solutions company, manufactures, sells, and rents recyclable composite matting products. The company engages in the installation and rental of matting systems, and related site construction and services to customers in various markets, including power transmission, oil and natural gas exploration and production, pipeline, renewable energy, petrochemical, construction, and other industries in the United … Full NPKI analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Margins Consistently Above Peers Gross margin at 36.4% (top 19%) and operating margin at 16.9% (top 23%) indicate strong pricing power.
  • Scale Supporting Profitability Profitability at scale is strong (score 0.79), demonstrating competitive advantages.

Key risks

  • Revenue Volatility Signals Weak Stickiness Revenue volatility is high (stability score 0.28), suggesting weak customer stickiness.

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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Pricing Power

Moderate
66

Where NPKI ranks in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

NPK International Inc. ranks #16 of 50 scored companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services by moat score — the top 32%. The widest moat in the group is Cactus, Inc. Class A Common Sto (WHD) at 78/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near NPKI in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
# Company Moat score Rating
12 Weatherford International plc WFRD 65/100 Moderate
13 Innovex International, Inc. INVX 64/100 Moderate
14 Oceaneering International, Inc. OII 64/100 Moderate
15 Valaris Limited VAL 64/100 Moderate
16 NPK International Inc. NPKI 62/100 Moderate
17 Core Laboratories Inc. CLB 62/100 Moderate
18 NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc. NCSM 62/100 Moderate
19 Natural Gas Services Group, Inc NGS 61/100 Moderate
20 Solaris Energy Infrastructure, SEI 61/100 Moderate

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How NPKI scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 66 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 47 · 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 57 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 53 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 67 · 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 79 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding NPKI's moat

What is NPK International Inc.'s moat score?

NPK International Inc. (NPKI) scores 62 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #16 of 50 scored companies in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, the top 32%. 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 Scale & Market Position (79/100) and its weakest is Cost Advantage (47/100).

How does NPK International Inc. compare with other Oil & Gas Equipment & Services companies?

NPK International Inc. ranks #16 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 Valaris Limited (VAL) at 64 just above it and Core Laboratories Inc. (CLB) at 62 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 NPK International 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 NPK International Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and NPKI scores: Pricing Power (66), Cost Advantage (47), Customer Stickiness (57), Capital Efficiency (53), Resilience (67), Scale & Market Position (79). 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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