Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd PANL

Competitive advantage analysis · industrials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
47/100
Developing

About Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd

Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides seaborne dry bulk logistics and transportation services to industrial customers worldwide. It offers transportation services for various dry bulk cargoes, such as grains, coal, iron ore, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, bauxite, alumina, cement clinker, dolomite, and limestone; and terminal and stevedoring services. The company also provides cargo loading, cargo discharge, … Full PANL analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.97), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • Operating Leverage in Effect Operating leverage is evident (score 0.69), with margins expanding over time.

Key risks

  • Scale Without Profitability Despite scale, profitability lags peers (score 0.25), suggesting limited competitive advantage.
  • Weak or Negative Cash Flow Cash generation is weak (score 0.31), limiting financial flexibility.

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
54

Where PANL ranks in Marine Shipping

Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd ranks #21 of 34 scored companies in Marine Shipping by moat score — the top 62%. The widest moat in the group is Euroseas Ltd. (ESEA) at 86/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near PANL in Marine Shipping
# Company Moat score Rating
17 Ardmore Shipping Corporation ASC 54/100 Moderate
18 SFL Corporation Ltd SFL 52/100 Moderate
19 Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp SHIP 52/100 Moderate
20 ZIM Integrated Shipping Service ZIM 47/100 Developing
21 Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd PANL 47/100 Developing
22 Star Bulk Carriers Corp. SBLK 44/100 Developing
23 Globus Maritime Limited GLBS 39/100 Developing
24 Uni-Fuels Holdings Limited UFG 39/100 Developing
25 C3is Inc. CISS 39/100 Developing

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How PANL scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 54 · 20% of the moat score

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

Cost Advantage

Score 50 · 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 37 · 15% of the moat score

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

Capital Efficiency

Score 45 · 18% of the moat score

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

Resilience

Score 50 · 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 42 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding PANL's moat

What is Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd's moat score?

Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd (PANL) scores 47 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #21 of 34 scored companies in Marine Shipping, the top 62%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 33 companies in Marine Shipping. Its strongest defense is Pricing Power (54/100) and its weakest is Customer Stickiness (37/100).

How does Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd compare with other Marine Shipping companies?

Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd ranks #21 of 34 scored companies in Marine Shipping by moat score. The widest moat in Marine Shipping is Euroseas Ltd. (ESEA) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are ZIM Integrated Shipping Service (ZIM) at 47 just above it and Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (SBLK) at 44 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 33 companies in Marine Shipping. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd 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 Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and PANL scores: Pricing Power (54), Cost Advantage (50), Customer Stickiness (37), Capital Efficiency (45), Resilience (50), Scale & Market Position (42). 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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