Oatly Group AB OTLY

Competitive advantage analysis · consumer-defensive

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
32/100
Developing

Ranked against 72 peers in Packaged Foods

About Oatly Group AB

Oatly Group AB, an oatmilk company, provides a range of plant-based dairy products made from oats in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, the United States, Canada, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Its oatmilk portfolio includes original, low-fat, full-fat, chocolate flavored, unsweetened, and Super Basic, which are offered in ambient and chilled packaging. The company … Full OTLY analysis →

Key strengths

  • Operating Leverage in Effect Operating leverage is evident (score 0.88), with margins expanding over time.

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 32.8th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.35), raising refinancing risk.

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Pricing Power

Weak
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Where OTLY ranks in Packaged Foods

Oatly Group AB ranks #51 of 73 scored companies in Packaged Foods by moat score — the top 70%. The widest moat in the group is McCormick & Company, Incorporat (MKC-V) at 79/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
47 Sow Good Inc. SOWG 36/100 Developing
48 Farmmi, Inc. Ordinary Shares FAMI 35/100 Developing
49 Natural Alternatives Internatio NAII 33/100 Developing
50 The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. HAIN 32/100 Developing
51 Oatly Group AB OTLY 32/100 Developing
52 Above Food Ingredients Inc. War ABVEW 28/100 Developing
53 Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. RKDA 27/100 Developing
54 Australian Oilseeds Holdings Li COOT 27/100 Developing
55 Agape ATP Corporation ATPC 25/100 Developing

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How OTLY scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 24 · 20% of the moat score

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 36 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 14 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 26 · 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 65 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding OTLY's moat

What is Oatly Group AB's moat score?

Oatly Group AB (OTLY) scores 32 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #51 of 73 scored companies in Packaged Foods, the top 70%. 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 Scale & Market Position (65/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (14/100).

How does Oatly Group AB compare with other Packaged Foods companies?

Oatly Group AB ranks #51 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 The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (HAIN) at 32 just above it and Above Food Ingredients Inc. War (ABVEW) at 28 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 Oatly Group AB 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 Oatly Group AB?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and OTLY scores: Pricing Power (24), Cost Advantage (34), Customer Stickiness (36), Capital Efficiency (14), Resilience (26), Scale & Market Position (65). 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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